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Irish rock band U2 took to the stage in Japan last week for the first time in eight years.
Bono and his fellow band-mates performed to a sell-out crowd of more than 20,000 enthusiastic fans at the Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo on November 29 for their first concert in Japan since 1988.
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Prior to taking to the stage, the band members took time-out to sign autographs for die-hard fans who had waited for hours outside the arena.
Bono even treated the audience to a few words in Japanese.
- REUTERS
