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The 1997 song U2 found “impossible” to perform after the September 11 attacks: “Your own pain”
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The likely subject (based on the title) is U2's 1997 song "Please" or "Peace on Earth," which the band has spoken about being emotionally difficult to play live after 9/11 — but I don't want to guess at specifics for the summary without confirming from the real article.
Explained simply
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976. Their 1997 album Pop included “Please”, a song about the conflict in Northern Ireland, where violence between nationalists, unionists and the British state had continued for decades.
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people. U2 later performed for audiences affected by the attacks, bringing the song’s themes of suffering and conflict into a different context.