U2 in New York from back of the stage

"It’s beyond the beyond of ‘tough’. It was the late ’70s, the last time we played without Larry. I think a motorcycle fell on his foot, and he couldn’t play, and we had a drummer called Eric [Briggs]. That wasn’t a great feeling, but Eric was very good-looking and Larry hurried back – he hopped behind the kit! But it’s not just that, you know, it’s a psychic force that Larry brings." - Bono on Larry missing out on Vegas, November 2023