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Fri 08 Aug 2007Ageing rockers on tour - is it the kiss of death for insurers?Brian Boydon musicThey have conducted medical tests on Bono, wiring him up seconds before he is due to step out on stage in front of 80,000 people. The results showed that the amount of adrenaline flowing through his system at that precise moment would be enough to kill a person stone dead.