BBC NEWS | Entertainment | U2 open tour with political plea

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | U2 open tour with political plea: "Last Updated: Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 10:51 GMT

Irish rock band U2 opened their tour with a political message asking for the only Australian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay to be sent home.

Bono made the plea as he sang Sunday Bloody Sunday at the Brisbane gig.

He asked that David Hicks, who has been held at the US military prison without trial for five years, be sent home to be tried 'fairly'."