Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:15AM - By Krystal Clark
This past Sunday (October 4th), some of the most talented people in the music and movie industry came out to support the New York based benefit, (Red) Nights AIDS. It was a charity gig that brought out Bono, Courtney Love, Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, and even Scarlett Johansson. The event was filled with collaborative performances from both new and established artists in the industry.
Take a look at the finale performance featuring the entire roster of stars…
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:37AM - By craigsternberg
U2’s 360 Degree tour marched on into fall with a historic one of a kind performance at Giant Stadium. Over 82,000 tickets were sold for this special occasion making it the biggest concert in the venue’s history. Keeping in tune with the name of the tour, the stage could be seen from all sides of the stadium which gave the band an upper hand when it came to selling more tickets than other shows.
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:00AM - By Adam Tod Brown
As usual, the arrival of a new U2 album is being treated as something akin to the return of Jesus, and unfortunately, U2 lovefest 2009 shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. If anything, it is gaining momentum. First there was that over-enthusiastic 5 star Rolling Stone review of their new album, No Line On the Horizon. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that they would be taking over the Late Show With David Letterman stage for a five night residency. And now, out of NYC comes news that mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to name a street after the band, temporarily, anyway.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:00AM - By Mali
Yesterday we reported on ScreenCrave that Lion King musical creator Julie Taymor would be directing Spider-Man the musical.
Broadway announced that the musical, would feature music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge and that Evan Rachel Wood would be appearing as Mary Jane. The show is set to open in February 2010 at the Hilton Theatre.
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Monday, January 19, 2009 6:30PM - By Morelli
The We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial pulled crowds with big names performing for the celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama. Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder, Bono and Garth Brooks took to the stage to sing classics like “This Land Is Your Land”, and “America the Beautiful”.
The Obamas held the seats of honor as the diverse lineup of talent played for the throng of people gathered. Historical passages were read by Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington, and Steve Carell and Jamie Foxx also got onstage for comic relief. Foxx even did an impersonation of Barack’s monotone, staccato voice, which the future president heartily enjoyed.
More photos after the jump:
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:55PM - By Seraphina L.
As if he weren’t trying hard enough to save the world through his band, his charities, and organizations, U2‘s Bono has now been granted a position as a contributing writer for the New York Times. Although it will not be a weekly column, Bono will continue to occasionally write for the publication.
Read his first article here along with a podcast.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:40PM - By Matt Unangst
Not content with changing the authorship of the Beatles’ songs to raise himself above John Lennon, Paul McCartney is beginning attacks on Lennon’s politics. In an interview with the U.K.’s Prospect magazine published Sunday, McCartney claimed that he was the Beatle who first became politically involved. McCartney said that a meeting he had with philosopher Bertrand Russell in the mid-60s was the first exposure any of the Beatles had to alternative thoughts on world events. He says that he told Lennon of the meeting, inspiring Lennon’s later political stances. McCartney went on to claim that his political work inspired Bono and Bob Geldorf in their work in Africa.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 8:26AM - By Emily
In celebration of World AIDS Day Bono launched the website RED (WIRE) yesterday. The online music magazine will feature exclusive tracks from musical artists that users can access for a $5 membership fee.
Each week’s issue of (RED)WIRE has an exclusive track from a major artist, a song by an artist they want you to hear, updates from Africa, and an extra such as a short video of someone telling a story, a slideshow of great photography, someone reading something they love. A new track is available to download from the site each Wednesday, and all digital files are DRM free so you can burn them on a CD or put them on your MP3 player.
Half of every membership fee goes to The Global Fund which helps administer medicine to those living with HIV in Africa.
Check out a list of the artists currently involved in the project after the break:
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:03PM - By Kevin
Philanthropist, activist and occasional U2 frontman Bono has been asked by the New York Times to write some opinion columns in 2009. Radar is reporting that Bono will write the op-ed pieces for free and topics will include “Africa, poverty, and, importantly, the music of Frank Sinatra.”
The Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal, while speaking to journalism students at Columbia University also expressed an interest in getting Brian May of Queen, Bruce Springsteen and comedian Larry David to write op-eds as well.
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