Library Rock's Backpages

Stereo MCs: Zooropean Sons

Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 26 June 1993

Stereo MCs are already one of the biggest (dance) bands in Britain. By the end of the summer, after touring Europe with U2, unarguably the biggest (any genre) band on the planet, they should go supernova. Paul Lester joins the Stereos on the German leg of U2's Zooropa tour, finds out what the two acts think of each other, gets an exclusive blast of U2's new single, 'Numb', from the Edge and wonders about Bono's courageous stand in the face of fascism.

Total word count of piece: 3066

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.