Bono (U2)

The genius behind the incredible sets for U2, Rolling Stones and Olympics

Nov 21 2009 Brian Mciver HE MADE the Earth revolve around a bird's nest in Beijing, brought the world's biggest rock band into Scotland on a claw and is the man every pop star wants on their team. Mark Fisher might just be the...

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Fake That: The uncanny world of America's biggest celebrity-lookalike convention

Holy mackerel! Look over there! Isn't that Richard Gere, with his dreamy silver hair and professorial wire spectacles, taking a leak in the Gents? And OhMiGaaaad, am I seeing things or is that Sarah Palin holding a conversation...

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U2, Nick Cave (But Not Anvil) Among Oscar Hopefuls

The little-documentary-that-could The Story Of Anvil , about the band that was like a "real life Spinal Tap" right down to having a drummer named Robb Reiner, stole everyone's heart this past year....

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Bono talks about his love for wife's underwear

Friday, November 20th 2009, 4:00 AM really loves his missus, Ali Hewson — and her racy undergarments. "She wears really, really attractive underwear," U2's front man laughed at the RFK Ripple of Hope Dinner at Pier 60 on...

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Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Beatles vs Elvis Costello

Results: It was only a matter of time: there are now officially no Gen Xers left in the ToR, as a great Boomer legend waxes U2 … by nearly a two-to-one margin. Wow, on so many levels. The numbers: #5 Neil Young 65% ; #1 U2 35%....

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Novelist Nolan had 'wonderful life', thanks to parents

By Louise Hogan Friday November 20 2009 THE sister of an award-winning author yesterday praised her parents for allowing him to live a "wonderful life" despite his severe disabilities. Whitbread prize-winner Christopher Nolan...

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Bono, Wyclef Jean Receive RFK Humanitarian Award

NEW YORK—The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights awarded singer Bono and Wyclef Jean the organization’s 2009 Ripple of Hope Award at an annual dinner held at Pier 60 on Manhattan’s West Side on Nov. 18. “As...

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One by U2

We're one but we're not the same You say, one love, one life You gave me nothin' now it's all I got One! Or do you feel the same? One life but we're not the same Publisher: POLYGRAM INT. MUSIC PUBL. B.V. One life, you got to do...

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Do they know it’s christmas Live aid 1985 london

Do they know it’s christmas Live aid London Wembley The greatest collection of musicians ever on a single stage Freddie Mercury is God hurriccane / November 1, 2009 7:22 pm Did anyone else think that when bono did the “Do they...

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The man behind the Jedward factor (and it's not Simon Cowell)

Six months ago, as Robert Stephenson manned the door to the finals of the battle-of-the-bands competition he was hosting in Dublin, two mud-splattered identical twins bounded up to him. Triumph of self belief: Jedward, aka John...

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