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  4. U2's Bono, Edge to perform at Monk Institute fete

    LiveDaily, October 17, 2008

    Richard Tafoya

    U2's Bono and the Edge have been added to the announced performer's lineup for the annual Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz event at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, on Oct. 26.

    The duo will take the stage as part of a concert lineup honoring B.B. King, to whom they will also present the organization's Founder's Award, according to a Monk Institute spokesperson. The pairing sets the stage for a possible re-creation of U2's performance debut with King in November of 1987, where they unveiled the U2-penned song "When Love Comes To Town," captured for the band's 1988 film Rattle and Hum. The song has been a staple at King concerts since then.

    The event's other honoree, Microsoft co-Founder Paul G. Allen, will be presented with the 2008 Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award. In 2007, the Monk Institute inaugurated the Hancock award with an all-star event honoring Hancock and featuring Sting, Joni Mitchell, Jamie Foxx, Chris Botti and others, also at the Kodak.

    This year's Monk event, showcasing performances by both King and Hancock, is titled the "Two American Classics Gala Concert" and will also feature jazz and blues mainstays Terence Blanchard, Terri Lynne Carrington, Robert Cray, Keb' Mo', Wayne Shorter, Cassandra Wilson and others. The show is a benefit for public school music education programs in Los Angeles, New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta.

    King recently turned 83 and rolled out an aggressive tour schedule that will keep him on the road through the end of the year in support of his latest release, One Kind Favor, which hit stores in August.

  5. From the SF party:




  7. ditto.

    I totally squeed sorry guys, a girl gotta let go sometimes lol
  8. Originally posted by Remy:U2 is visiting the concert of Marco Borsato tonight, here in the Netherlands. Arnhem, Gelredome. They are watching his "special effects". Marco Borsato, the most popular Dutch singer, gives 8 concerts in a row here, and his shows are really big and innovative. Last shows a crew of U2 also attended the show, but this time U2 itself will be attending his show. Too bad they can't understand what Marco's singing

    [..]

    We shouldn't be surprised if U2 copies some things from this show for their upcoming tour. Video from his last concerts two years ago (where crew from U2 was attending):

    [YouTube Video]

    Looks pretty good huh?


    I like the look of it.
    Sounds like it'll match
  9. About U2 sightings..I saw a large U2-truck a few weeks ago, driving on the highway. It was completely black with the Joshua Tree coverphoto printed on it. Looked official to me.
  10. According to the pics the guys didn't had a boring evening...

    And we're still waiting...
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