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Bono's bin sells for $30,000

Linconshire Echo, September 23, 2008

Bono's bin is no laughing joke.

At a New York auction of designer waste bins, a custom-designed Vipp bin by the U2 frontman sold for the highest price of 30,000 dollars. Bono's Trash, which contained unpublished lyrics off the Irish band's next album, including a tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday, set a new record price.

REM's Michael Stipe, actress Mena Suvari, rapper Q-Tip and supermodel Christy Turlington also put their own stamp on the handmade pedal bins, and theirs averaged around 1,750 dollars per bin.

"I have been very fortunate in my career and life, so it's an amazing feeling to be able to support the people who dedicate a large part of their lives to helping others," said Helena, who contributed three bins to the auction.

Hosted by Danish supermodel Helena Christensen, the silent auction, which was held at the Winston Wachter Fine Art Gallery in Manhattan on September 18, raised over 60,000 dollars for Food Bank For New York City and Chernobyl Children's Project International.

© Lincolnshire Echo, 2008.

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Is that Mario Batali on the left?

EDIT: Yea he is - and they like each other.

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All aboard edge's €15m 'hip ship'
By Richie Taylor

Wednesday September 24 2008

U2 GUITARIST The Edge has revealed how he has fulfilled a dream by buying a €15m luxury yacht.

It was recently claimed that Bono had splashed out a small fortune on the Cyan, a 140-foot yacht with six cabins and accommodation for 12 guests.

But Edge spoke out last night to the Irish Independent to put the record straight.

"It's not Bono's yacht at all, it's mine. Bono doesn't know a thing about boats," he said.

"For years it was a dream of mine to own a yacht, but to be honest, it was a bit out of my league. So myself and a few friends got together, chipped in, and bought the Cyan. I don't know where the story that Bono owns it came from."

And Edge's wife Morleigh Steinberg has spent the past few months in the south of France overseeing a total redesign of the yacht, which included a new paint job.

Edge added: "She's now been totally refurbished and we're really happy with her. Morleigh has totally overseen all the work onboard and it's great. So it's now a really hip ship!"

The Cyan has a long list of luxuries, including an on-deck jacuzzi, a state-of-the-art music system, a swimming platform, large dining area and a luxury bar. It was built in 1997 by Codesca Yachts and commanded a charter price of between e140,000 and e175,000, depending on how long it was being hired for.

Edge and Bono own a luxury villa beside the beach in Eze-sur-mer on the French Riviera, where neighbours include superstars Elton John, Tina Turner and Michael Flatley.

While Bono has often been snapped on the beach or entertaining friends during his annual break, Edge and his family are very rarely pictured on their holidays there.

Edge also owns a home in Killiney in south county Dublin, as well as a property near Malibu in America.

And the guitar ace, who recently starred in a documentary film with guitar greats Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Jack White of The White Stripes, is now dividing his time between enjoying the yacht and finishing the next album.

A spokeswoman for the band revealed: "There won't be much public activity from the band until next year. They're still perfecting the album, which won't be released until next year."

And she said that their office was receiving constant queries from fans and reporters alike over whether the band would play Croke Park, the Phoenix Park or the O2 venue as part of next year's world tour.

"The tour plans haven't been confirmed at all, but they certainly will be playing Dublin. It is their hometown after all," she added.

- Richie Taylor

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In New York. Courtesy of Scatter O'Light blogspot

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oh my goodness, he looks better than ever

Originally posted by @u2Meanwhile, back in New York City, Bono spent much of the week hanging out with a veritable who's who of the world's politicians,academics, business leaders and media moguls. He rubbed shoulders with French President Nicolas Sarkozy; former US President Bill Clinton; former US vice president, presidential candidate and Oscar winner Al Gore, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch, economist Jeffrey Sachs, President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and UK Prime Minster Gordon Brown. He was supposed to have met with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but fate – or perhaps an emergency phone call from Larry Mullen Jnr – intervened and they could only manage a quick chat on the phone. I can imagine the phone call from Larry "Ah, look, Bono, seriously, the answer is no. This is not cool. If I wake up in the morning and see a photo of you and Sarah Palin on the front page of the paper, you are out of the band."

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lol

Originally posted by MWSAH:I miss the Bono from the early eighties...