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Bono? Oh, no. Think again.
With nice weather this past weekend, you Emerson students arriving back in Boston after spring break were no doubt spending a good amount of time outside. Good weather might’ve not been your only luck– you could have been one of the lucky few to see U2’s Bono walking around Boston. He was spotted saying hello to Bostonians in the East and the South; but was it really such a beautiful day?
Sorry to burst your bubbles, U2 fans, but this sweetest thing was too good to be true. But don’t feel bad– you weren’t the only one who was tricked. Actually, even The Boston Herald was fooled:
Bono has been bopping around Boston for the past couple of days, acting like a regular tourist on holiday and surprising the heck out of a lot of locals who have had close encounters with the U2 frontman.
“He couldn’t have been nicer,” said one barfly who ran into the Irish rocker at the Beantown Pub on Thursday night. “He was just in there having a pint, but when word got around, the girls were like three deep.”
Yesterday Bono grabbed eggs and coffee at Donna’s Restaurant in East Boston after he told his driver he was hungry and the chauffeur suggested the neighborhood joint.
From The Boston Herald
Poor lady is starstruck.
Direct rival The Boston Globe broke the news, outing the U2 frontman lookalike as none other than Paul Sfera. He’s quite convincing, too, complete with the slicked-back black hair and the shiny silver sunglasses. Qutie possibly the most entertaining part of the whole shpiel is that Sfera isn’t new to this business. Actually, quite the contrary: he does this sort of thing for a living.
On his website, bonolookalike.com, Sfera sells his service of posing as the lead singer to clients across the country. And no doubt with this new-found popularity, he’s going to be getting a lot more calls and friend requests on his MySpace. So, if you’re walking down the street and you think you see Bono, think again– you still haven’t found what you’re looking for.