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Originally posted by Miss_Hewson:I don´t mind that people say about Bono and the two 19-years-old girls. It´s a stupidity ¬¬ He´s still my idol and that´s all.
AndI´mthenextoneintobewithhim

Originally posted by TheBono to become New York Times columnist

The U2 frontman will wax lyrical on Africa, poverty and Frank Sinatra – and he'll be doing it for free. Expect future contributions from Brian May and Bruce Springsteen.

A new writer will be joining the New York Times editorial staff, issuing literate meditations on the issues of the day. He's Irish. He wears wrap-around sunglasses. And his name rhymes with "Oh no!"

Yes, U2's Bono is the latest columnist to be hired by New York's esteemed newspaper. Editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal announced the decision at Columbia's School of Journalism this week, saying that the former Nobel Peace Prize nominee will pen between six and 10 articles over the course of 2009.

Bono will wax lyrical (or actually, less lyrical than normal) on the topics of Africa, poverty and Frank Sinatra, Rosenthal said.

The appointment of Bono may have been spurred by Rosenthal's fascination with learning the guitar – he showed students several sheets of guitar tablature he had downloaded. But more likely it was inspired by, er, Bono's celebrity status. And by his pay demands; Bono will be paid exactly "nothing", Rosenthal said.

The New York Times also expressed an interest in bringing Queen's Brian May back to the pages of the paper. The guitarist – who recently earned his doctorate in astrophysics - has already written about space for the New York Times website. Rosenthal said he was a fan, too, of previous op-eds by Bruce Springsteen.

Though rockers and pop stars are welcome, another group faces an uphill battle on to the New York Times' editorial page - conservatives. "[US Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice is a particularly bad op-ed writer," Rosenthal said. However, the problem doesn't end there. "The problem with conservative columnists," Rosenthal said, "is that many of them lie in print." And they can't sing.

Originally posted by MWSAH:[..]

In short: If he copies his One-speeches to Microsoft Word he doesn't need to write a thing.

Originally posted by Miss_Hewson:I don´t mind that people say about Bono and the two 19-years-old girls. It´s a stupidity ¬¬ He´s still my idol and that´s all.
AndI´mthenextoneintobewithhim

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

Pictures do not tell the whole story. Who else was there? What the circumstances were? Are the girls friends of the family or friends of friends... Trial by media can be a dangerous and inaccurate prospect.

Originally posted by UkThe new U2 album could be released at the start of 2009, a band spokeswoman has revealed.

The Irish rock legends have been working on the follow-up to 2004's "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" for some months, with producer Brian Eno.

Bono has promised the record, thought to be called "No Line On The Horizon", will be their "best ever".

Speaking about a possible release date, the U2 representative said the group remained hard at work.

"We still don't have a release date for this album, the band are still working. It might be early in the New Year."

Originally posted by thefly07:[..]

lol

Originally posted by Ale91:Guggi talks about the bikini girls:
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/bonos-inner-circle-condemns-the-mails-sleazy-bikini-spin-1517420.html

Originally posted by thatin certain sections of British-owned media

Originally posted by RTE.ieU2 Tower development now on hold
The Dublin Docklands Development Authority has put on hold the development of the U2 Tower for 12 months to allow property and financial markets to improve.

The Geranger consortium had been selected as the provisional preferred bidder to design, construct and finance the U2 Tower late last year.

Geranger consists of Ballymore Properties, Patrick McKillen and August Partners (U2 band members and management).

The Authority said that negotiations on the deal were suspended "to allow for an improvement in the current uncertainty surrounding the property and financial markets".

It added that it continued to have "full confidence" in the project, which is an important element of its master plan for the docklands area.

The Tower was to have included a hotel and residential and retail areas, as well as a recording studio for the band.

Originally posted by AssociatedDUBLIN, Ireland – Plans to build the tallest building in Ireland — with new recording studios for Irish supergroup U2 on top — were suspended Friday because of Dublin's slumping property market and slide into recession.

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority said it remains committed to building the long-planned U2 Tower, but a souring economy at home and abroad means the project must be shelved. It expressed hope of reopening negotiations with potential developers within 12 months.

"The objective is to see this landmark project completed. However, given the current unfavorable economic environment, more time is needed at this juncture," the Dublin development agency said in a statement, adding it was "confident that these economic uncertainties are short- to medium-term."

The project shelving caps a six-year struggle and three rounds of architectural competition to build a U2 Tower. It raises doubts about whether the current lavish design, by world-renowned British architect Norman Foster, will ever get beyond the draftsman's board.

The projected 200 million euro ($250 million) construction would have dominated the low-rise skyline of Dublin, where conservationists have successfully shot down other skyscraper projects.