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  2. Bono and The Edge performed a pair of songs with B.B. King and an all-star ensemble at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday (10/26).

    The event was the annual Thelonious Monk gala, a multi-themed event that serves the dual purpose of showcasing some of the top young talent being schooled in the Monk Institute of Jazz and a splashy concert event drawing top names across the musical spectrum.

    This year's concert featured performances by Robert Cray, Cassandra Wilson, Keb 'Mo, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock and Poncho Sanchez among others.

    But the highlight and finale of the evening was U2 members Bono and Edge taking the stage with blues legend B.B King for a split version of "When Love Comes To Town," starting with the rock version immortalized in the 1988 U2 film and album "Rattle & Hum," and followed by a taste of King's arrangement, which has been a late-set romp at most of his shows since then.

    Following the song, most of the concert cast took the stage with King for a group take of "Let The Good Times Roll," which pulled Bono and Edge from the wings again by the first verse.




  3. 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
  4. 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


    haha love your avatar
  5. 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.


    In short: If he copies his One-speeches to Microsoft Word he doesn't need to write a thing.
  7. 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


    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.
  8. 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.


    very well said, and very true
  9. 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."


    More of the same, still no official release date. Original post is from yesterday.


  10. And he can even have his titles in bold, and do smilies at the end of every column. He could donate to Africa what he would have spent on Microsoft Word, and use a free solution like Notepad or Wordpad. Makes business sense, and maybe Notepad will inspire Bono so much after his column writing, he writes all future lyrics on it.

    What a wonderful idea. No clip-art, so that's a downside.
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