Desire is driving a documentary filmmaker's hopes to sing alongside the world's biggest band tomorrow night at B.C. Place.
Patrick Stark finds himself a guinea pig at the conclusion of his own documentary One Life: No Regrets as he attempts to get on stage and perform with U2.
"The whole point is people's lives are all sorts of shifts, twists and turns and quite often these dreams tend to just be put aside," Stark said. "Most people never ever do anything about them and they only come up at the end of their lives."
For the documentary, Stark interviewed people - impoverished and wealthy - to find which hopes they held dear and the obstacles that have kept them from a passionate pursuit.
Stark's been busy chasing his dream by taking singing lessons with a local voice coach, then graduating on to karaoke performances and finally open mic nights at various clubs.
"I've always wanted to sing in front of a large group of people, not just karaoke but a large group of people," he said.
Still, management for U2 have yet to reply to Stark's requests to sing with Bono.
The filmmaker gets his chance at an impromptu audition today at 2 p.m. in front of the Terry Fox Memorial outside B.C. Place where he will belt out a four-song set.
"I want to get enough attention," Stark said, "so the band may say 'let's give this guy a shot.'"
