{"id":207,"date":"2011-07-03T19:50:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholenotes\/?p=207"},"modified":"2011-07-03T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T23:50:38","slug":"u2-plays-impromptu-song-with-blind-guitarist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholenotes\/2011\/07\/u2-plays-impromptu-song-with-blind-guitarist.html","title":{"rendered":"U2 plays impromptu song with blind guitarist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard about this yet, it&#8217;s a pretty amazing thing that happened last night in Nashville. U2 was wrapping up its concert there when Bono noticed a man on the front holding up a sign that said, &#8220;I&#8217;m blind but I can play the guitar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bono brought the man to the stage, asked him what he wanted to play (&#8220;All I Want Is You&#8221;) and this is what happened:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"U2 Nashville All I Want Is You\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xNZjfz8rgT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Pretty amazing stuff. Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard about this yet, it&#8217;s a pretty amazing thing that happened last night in Nashville. 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