![]() Hewson’s band became U2 the McCormicks formed, er, Shook Up!Įver-ebullient and tragically headstrong, Neil McCormick (Ben Barnes) fumbles every chance at stardom while his loyal brother (Robert Sheehan) remains in the dark about such questionable moves as turning down a chance to be U2’s opening act at a massive concert and selling 25 percent of the band to a pitiless Irish gangster (Stanley Townsend). The group wanted Ivan to join them as its rhythm guitarist, but Neil talked them out of telling Ivan about the offer, insisting that he and his little brother would be the core of their own band. ![]() In the 1970s, Neil and Ivan McCormick were two Dublin boys whose schoolmates Paul Hewson and Dave Evans joined a band. ![]() A charming admixture of “Goodfellas” and “Almost Famous,” “Killing Bono” is a fanciful rock tale that is nevertheless based on a true story. ![]()
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