Article: Harvey's happy to be outsider, going own way

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In 1995, iconoclastic rocker P.J. Harvey toured the arenas as the opening act for Live and vowed she'd never do anything like it again. "But I ended up here," she says with a sigh.

"Here" is the much-coveted support slot on U2's "Elevation Tour," which comes to the United Center for four sold-out shows starting Saturday. It's a gig that any musician in search of fame and fortune would kill for. But Harvey has never been just any musician, and she isn't circumspect in voicing her complaints.

"It's a challenge for me to be playing in front of a U2 audience, and some nights, ...

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