POP/ROCK - Sept. 21, 1992

Hello Operator: White House telephone operators have been invited to a performance by the Irish rock band U2 as repayment for tolerating lead singer Bono’s nightly calls from the concert stage. The band sent a formal invitation to the White House asking the operators to come to a show Wednesday in Columbia, S.C., and offered the use of the tour plane as well. “I’ve started feeling like I know some of these ladies,” Bono said. The rock star has made the attempt to call President Bush a part of his group’s high-tech “Zoo TV” tour.