So Martin went off to talk and of course, being nosy, I poked my head around the door to get a look at these kids, who it turned out were called U2. I don’t know if it had been raining outside but they looked like something the cat had dragged in, and they were sitting in reception staring at Martin with complete awe. Very funny. They were huge fans of Joy Division, it turned out, and wanted Martin to produce their first single, “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” which he did. Years later I got the shock of my life when Tony told me one story about Bono. It seems that after Ian had died Tony met Bono
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