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UMMM Kesha Lady Gaga Micheal Jackson Amy Winehouse Nelly Furtado Nicki Minaj Marina Adele Robyn Pink Kelly Clarkson Bjork Alexandra Burke Lana Del Ray Eminem Drake and i think thats it :D

 

 

Kesha Lady Gaga Micheal Jackson Amy Winehouse Nelly Furtado Nicki Minaj Marina Adele Robyn Pink Kelly Clarkson Bjork Alexandra Burke Lana Del Ray Eminem Drake

 

There you go.......... have adjusted your list, that's better B-)

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UMMM Kesha Lady Gaga Micheal Jackson Amy Winehouse Nelly Furtado Nicki Minaj Marina Adele Robyn Pink Kelly Clarkson Bjork Alexandra Burke Lana Del Ray Eminem Drake and i think thats it :D

 

 

Kesha Lady Gaga Micheal Jackson Amy Winehouse Nelly Furtado Nicki Minaj Marina Adele Robyn Pink Kelly Clarkson Bjork Alexandra Burke Lana Del Ray Eminem Drake and i think thats it :D

 

 

 

I've further amended your list. There. Much better. ^_^

 

 

 

 

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Scandal!!!! :o

 

 

Court told Bono met Saudi prince on yacht in hotel deal

 

The rock star Bono met a billionaire Saudi prince on a yacht during a deal to sell the Savoy, one of the world's most famous hotels, a court has heard.

 

The U2 singer was referred to during a legal battle between businessmen over the control of three top London hotels.

 

 

Full story ici

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17860805

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http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-...on-3092673.html

 

 

Beautiful day for U2 who make rich list with cool half a billion

Thursday April 26 2012

 

U2 are worth a massive half a billion pounds (€0.61bn), a rich list of music movers and shakers has revealed.

 

The rock band and their manager are in fifth place in the UK and Irish rankings, just behind Beatles' legend Paul McCartney.

 

Macca has moved up the ranks of millionaire musicians after his marriage to US businesswoman Nancy Shevell.

 

He and his new wife are worth £665m (¤813m), according to the Sunday Times.

 

And Michael Flatley comes in at ninth place :huh: -- ahead of the Beckhams .

 

Millionaires

 

Last year's list had Paul's personal fortune pegged at £495m (¤605m) but it has increased due largely to his wife's £150m (¤183m) stake in her family haulage business.

 

He has also pulled in £20m (¤24.45m) from performing and album sales and is third in the Sunday Times Rich List Music Millionaires Top 50.

 

Above him are theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh, whose personal wealth is estimated at £725m (¤886.5m), and record industry executive Clive Calder whose fortune is said to be £1,350m (¤1,650m).

 

Andrew Lloyd-Webber is fourth in the list with a personal fortune of £590m (¤721.3m), down from £680m (¤831.4m) the year before.

 

The four members of Irish rockers U2 and their manager are in fifth spot after their combined fortune rose by £59m (¤72m) to £514m (¤628.5m).

 

Also in the top 10 are David and Victoria Beckham. They are tied in 10th place with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and Daniel Ek. :unsure:

Bono witnessed £230m deal to sell Savoy hotel, judge told

 

April 27th 2012

 

Rock star Bono joined two businessmen and a billionaire Saudi prince on a yacht in the south of France as a multimillion-pound deal to sell one of the world’s most famous hotels was finalised, a London High Court judge was told yesterday.

 

The U2 star sat with property developers Patrick McKillen and Derek Quinlan in Cannes as they concluded negotiations for the £230m (€280m) sale of The Savoy to Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal in 2004, Mr Justice David Richards heard.

 

Details of Bono’s presence at the meeting emerged as the judge heard evidence in a legal battle between businessmen at the helm of a firm which owns London hotels.

 

Mr McKillen is suing the Barclay brothers over their attempt to take over Coroin, the company which runs the hotels, and claims Mr Quinlan’s share sold by NAMA to the Barclays should have been offered to him instead under a clause in the shareholders’ agreement of the firm.

 

Barclays

 

The court has previously heard how the Barclays have given financial support to Mr Quinlan, claiming it was to help a friend out in a time of need. Mr McKillen has claimed he acted on their behalf to the detriment of the company.

 

Mr Quinlan has claimed a controversial decision to sell his shares in three prestigious London hotels to the Barclay brothers had nothing to do with the fact that they were funding his millionaire lifestyle.

 

“Although I was naturally well-disposed towards the Barclay brothers because of their generosity to my family, at no point did my relationship with them lead me to take a decision which I thought was anything other than in the best interests of the company,” a witness statement from Mr Quinlan said.

 

Mr Quinlan claims that the sale of a site of land, worth £10m (€12.23m) in Chelsea for £1 to Frederick Barclay in 2005 for a special needs school confirmed a close friendship between he and the brothers.

 

During the summer of 2010, when his financial position was “precarious”, Mr Quinlan said he met the brothers regularly for coffee in the Cafe de Paris in Monaco where he was offered financial help and they would discuss the future of Coroin.

 

“These were in no way detailed or purposeful discussions. We were basically shooting the breeze over a cup of coffee and a cigar,” he said.

 

The court was told that Bono was a friend of Mr McKillen. Mr Quinlan said in December 2004 Mr McKillen had approached him about investing in the Clarence Hotel in Dublin — which was owned by members of U2 and a “prominent promoter” called Harry Crosbie.

 

“Mr Crosbie and two of the band members, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton, wanted to exit so Bono and the fourth band member, The Edge (real name David Evans), were seeking investment from Mr McKillen, who is their close friend,” said Mr Quinlan, in the statement.

 

“Mr McKillen invited me to co-invest with him and invited me to lunch at the Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in Dublin on December 15, 2004.

 

“After we had sat down, Bono and his wife Ali arrived to join us. We agreed that each of us (Mr McKillen, Bono, The Edge and I) would take a 25pc interest in the Clarence.”

 

Mr Quinlan said in 2009, he was under “huge” financial “pressures” and met Mr McKillen, Bono and The Edge to discuss his investment in the Clarence.

 

He said after that meeting his relationship with Mr McKillen “deteriorated”. Mr Quinlan said a plan to restructure the hotel’s debt was proposed, but documentation was “heavily lawyered”, and he thought that the deal would have left him at a disadvantage.

 

“I took this to be a tremendous insult from Mr McKillen — he was trying to oppress me and he must have assumed that I would not properly read the documentation and understand its import,” said Mr Quinlan.

 

“I do not believe Bono or The Edge were behind this — this was Mr McKillen’s doing.

 

“I did not sign. From this point on, my relationship with Mr McKillen deteriorated, and he took a series of steps which were designed to embarrass me and exclude me from the decision-making process.”

 

“In his statement, Mr Quinlan claims he worked “tirelessly” to find the best deal for his stake.

 

The case, with further evidence from Mr Quinlan, is expected to continue today in London.

 

- Shane Hickey in London

 

Irish Independent

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Coaches sing 'Beautiful Day' on the Voice.

 

Come back Bono. All is forgiven....

 

 

 

 

 

:cry: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Coaches sing 'Beautiful Day' on the Voice.

 

Come back Bono. All is forgiven....

:cry: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

 

I know, they were dreadful :lol:

And the acts weren't much better.... :lol:

 

I quite liked some of the acts...quite like that Tyler guy ( friend of the Late Amy Winehouse )

UNSEEN U2 PHOTOGRAPHS GO ON SHOW FOR FIRST TIME

 

 

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U2 manager Paul McGuinness will open U2: 1978-81 at the Little Museum this Thursday, May 10th. The exhibition, which is sponsored by Jagermeister, features 32 rare early photographs of U2. It’s the first time that the collection has ever been exhibited, and the show is the subject of massive international interest.

 

 

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U2: 1978-1981 reveals the early U2 as a tight but restless unit – future icons but also teenagers mucking around. The photographs were taken by Dubliner Patrick Brocklebank, who worked as a graphic artist and photographer in the 1970s. “Because I was always in town,” recalls Brocklebank, “and because we were the same age, I’d often see U2 around the place. The show records the energy and ambition of a local band that would later conquer the world.”

 

 

Mucking around in Trinity College or gigging in the Project, these images reveal the relentless surge of a band on the rise. Pots, guns and paintings are used as props, and Bono proves himself a serial scene-stealer. “Paul [bono] couldn’t play guitar,” recalls Brocklebank, “and he wasn’t much of a singer, but he had that certain something: the swagger and stage presence that would later make U2 a household name.”

 

 

littlemuseum.ie

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