Was Bono actually at Mandela's funeral? I assumed he would be but didn't see him on the telly :unsure:

Bono Invests in Shop-Hers – a High-end Online Consignment Shop

 

 

 

In what seems to be an unusual investing note, Bono, of U2 fame, and his Elevation Partners equity firm just took part in Shop-Hers $3.5M round.1 Shop-Hers is an online high-end clothing consignment marketplace. Or in their own words:

 

Shop Hers is the only luxury marketplace dedicated exclusively to pre-owned designer fashion. We curate our community to guarantee authenticity & quality.2

High-end does not even do the website justice. These items are the exception, but you can have your very own Cartier Watch for $10,500, or a Hermes Orange Ostrich purse for $16,000, or a BVLGARI gold and diamond necklace for $12,500. Bono’s Elevation Partners investment in the company seems to be a match made in heaven.

 

 

 

As, “Bono is also a committed and successful activist in global politics and development policy,”3 and as “Shop-Hers currently leads in the international community giving women in over 129 countries access to Shop-Hers closets and an app in development will give women the ability to buy and sell on the go,”4 it seems a perfect marriage. In the announcement of the round, Shop-Hers CEO Jaclyn Shanfeld stated as much:

 

At Shop-Hers we are committed to changing the way the world perceives and ultimately shops sustainable fashion…Bono is no stranger to massively influencing human behavior and with him beside us we are certain that our dream will be realized that much faster.5

Sustainable indeed.

 

As women all over the world gain access to Shop-Hers, there is no limit to what might be accomplished. Progress marches on, bringing the world closer to that pivotal moment when everyone will be on the same playing field. Perhaps we will come to remember this date – the day Bono invested in Shop-Hers – as the day that changed the world forever. Or, perhaps, it is just a clothing ecommerce site. Who is really to say?

 

 

Techfaster.com

U2 talks of new album in the works, Nelson Mandela

 

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U2's band members are Adam Clayton, left, the Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Bono.

 

December 19, 2013, 6:00 a.m.

 

NEW YORK — Bono took a look around the cluttered recording studio, filled with Coke bottles and laptops and vinyl records, and turned to a reporter.

 

'I'm not sure where we put the crack pipe," he deadpanned, pretending to riffle around a coffee table as he also poked at the band's workaholic image. "We usually leave it out for guests."

 

A moment later the U2 frontman had cranked up a track from the band's work-in-progress April album, an anthemic number about leaving one's hometown titled "Invisible." As the song played, he spiritedly played air guitar to it, also belting along with the track's vocals, so that, in effect, Bono was performing a duet with himself.

 

 

U2: An article about the band U2 in the Dec. 19 Calendar section misspelled the last name of drummer Larry Mullen Jr. as Mullens. —

The 53-year-old rock star's self-mocking turn is enjoyably at odds with his self-serious public image, a sign of an icon who knows when not to be iconic. But similarly surprising is his approach to the music, a kind of boyish giddiness suggesting that, even after 12 studio albums and thousands of shows, that's really what matters, perhaps more now than in a long while.

 

 

After years of being known as much for activism as rock 'n' roll — the day after the studio session, Nelson Mandela will have passed away, and an essay from Bono recollecting his impressions of the South African leader and friend will have materialized on Time.com — U2 had perhaps its most commercially disappointing album in decades with 2009's "No Line on the Horizon." They also worked on some aborted projects that led to just one new studio album in the past nine years. So now they're shaking things up.

 

The band, which of course also includes guitarist Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr., came up with the concept of a collection of songs told partly from the perspective of an innocent and partly from a seasoned veteran. And they brought on the electronic dance music producer Danger Mouse to help them craft it.

 

Told that some fans were still puzzling over how that collaboration would work, Edge, 52, laughed. "I think we're still figuring that out ourselves," he said.

 

On this December evening the band moved between studio rooms. In one, engineers tried different mixes as Bono sang along and gave notes in equal proportion. In another, Mullen, Edge and several others were tinkering with some rhythms. "You're seeing a little bit of creativity as it happens," Mullen said. "Like penguins in the wild."

 

 

But the first salvo in the Irish megagroup's latest musical phase has already happened. U2 recently released its first new song in nearly three years, "Ordinary Love," an ode to Nelson and Winnie Mandela that appears on the soundtrack to Justin Chadwick's newly released biopic, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." The song was nominated for a Golden Globe last week and is likely to get an Oscar nod next month.

 

"Ordinary Love" is a throwback, mid-tempo number that would not have been out of place on one of the band's 1980s albums, and a song that walks the line, as it has for U2 so many times before, between the personal and the political. "We can't fall any further if we can't feel ordinary love," it goes, narrating the tremulous relationships both among a citizenry and its symbolic First Family.

 

"It's a plea for common decency among the people who've been oppressed," Bono said at dinner earlier in the evening. "And it's a plea for common decency in a marriage as it starts to fall apart."

 

U2 hoped to portray the complexity of the Mandela relationship, according to Chadwick, who called it "a film that deals with apartheid but is really about love."

 

OBITUARY: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, dies

The film's producer, longtime Mandela friend Anant Singh, sent Bono love letters that Nelson Mandela wrote to his wife from his prison cell on Robben Island, and the band set about turning its poetry into lyrics.

 

"We thought it should be a love song, a very human song. Not epic, not earnest in dealing with world-changing political shifts," Edge said, "but personal in two people trying to hold on to one another in the face of dreadful mistreatment and heartbreak."

 

Mandela was a huge influence on the members of U2, who played early anti-apartheid shows. Bono and Edge said that, though it was his political leadership that the world knew Mandela for, in person it was Mandela's dry wit that would win you over.

 

 

latimes.

Edited December 21, 201311 yr by Sydney

Jagger sought Bono's advice on Glastonbury gig

 

 

Mick Jagger says that he asked Bono for advice ahead of The Rolling Stones' debut appearance at Glastonbury this year. He also received a letter from Coldplay's Chris Martin encouraging him to play the headline slot.

 

Speaking to today's Observer newspaper, 70-year-old Jagger said: "It's not your stage and it's not your crowd per se – people have bought their tickets before any acts have been announced. I know U2 didn't have the best of nights [in 2011], although the weather didn't help."

 

Jagger asked for Bono's advice on whether the Stones should appear, while Chris Martin wrote him a letter listing the reasons why the group should. "Chris was very sweet. The truth is, though, that they'd never actually asked us – and the first time they did, we said yes."

 

The Stones man and festival veteran who will become a great grandfather next year is currently working on a film about Elvis Presley, based on the Peter Guralnick book Last Train to Memphis.

 

"There's a Taschen book of the journey that Elvis took from Memphis to New York to sing Hound Dog on TV in 1956, and in every picture he just looks so super glamorous."

 

Jagger added that he never met Presley: "No. John Lennon told me not to."

 

 

rte.ie

Invisible. Just like the arrival of the new album <_<

WATCH: Glen Hansard and Bono busk on Grafton St for Simon Community

 

Hansard asked those listening to “dig in and keep a few people off the street”.

 

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Bono, Glen Hansard and co at the top of Grafton Street this evening Bono, Glen Hansard and co at the top of Grafton Street this evening

 

 

GLEN HANSARD WAS back on Grafton Street today, busking to raise money for the Simon Community, and he was joined by U2 frontman Bono this evening.

This has been a tradition for Hansard the last number of years, with Bono joining in on few occasions.

Despite the rain and the cold winds, a festive crowd gathered to listen to the former The Frames musician who was in fine form early-on.

He urged those listening in to “dig in and keep a few people off the street”.

 

Later Bono arrived for a festive tune and without microphones he had to work those vocal chords hard:

 

journal.ie

Just horsing around: U2 frontman Bono attends Leopardstown racing festival in Ireland with wife Ali Hewson

 

 

 

He spent Christmas Eve busking on the streets of Dublin with The Frames singer, Glen Hansard and on Boxing Day, Irish singer Bono was pictured enjoying some quality time with his wife, Ali Hewson.

The pair, who have been married for 31 years, were seen cheering on the horses at the St Stephen's Day luncheon at Leopardstown races in Co. Dublin, Ireland.

They were joined by their children, Jordan, 24, Eve, 22, Elijah, 14 and 12-year old John as well as bandmate The Edge and wife Morleigh. Friends Guggi and John Rocha also sat at their table.

 

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The singer, whose real name is Paul Hewson, shared the bubbly around with members of the Irish media in a gesture of goodwill and clinked glasses with various guests.

Bono told the Irish Independent he attends the event each year. 'The tradition started because of closeness, it was handy. It's round the corner, it's world class and it's an amazing place to visit.

 

Ali, 52, looked stunning in a black dress which had a mesh panel around the neckline and her 53-year-old husband wore a stylish green and blue scarf over a black jumper and navy blazer.

They were pictured watching the races from a VIP glass enclosure and the couple whooped and fist-pumped the air as one of their horses came in.

Bono told the Irish Mirror that Ali had a small win on the day but admitted the couple don't bet much, which is just as well considering the multi-millionaire prefers to donate much of his money to charity.

He told the Irish Mirror: 'We don't bet much but we still feel really humiliated when we lose.

 

'But Mrs Hewson was very lucky. You would laugh out loud. When bookies see us coming, they get depressed.'

The Leopardstown Christmas Festival runs from the 26th-29th December annually and is one of the highlights of the Irish racing and social calendar. This year, 14,802 people enjoyed the day.

 

 

 

Dailymail.uk

He's dressed kind of normally for once. No pinks, yellows, greens. No polka dots or anything. I'm shocked! :o

He's dressed kind of normally for once. No pinks, yellows, greens. No polka dots or anything. I'm shocked! :o

 

 

I guess you have never been to the races in Ireland, he would have been stoned if he arrived in anything other than black :lol:

 

U2’s Bono photobombs Irish couple’s wedding

 

 

U2’s frontman Bono is known for his singing and his humanitarian efforts. He’s now going to be known for his humor and good nature, too, after he stepped into the wedding photographs of an Irish couple being married in his neighborhood, according to Irish Central on Jan 3.

 

Sinead O’Sullivan and David O’Connor were just finishing up with their wedding photos. When they looked up, they were quite surprised to see Bono coming down the street with his daughter.

 

Bono was quite agreeable to stepping in and photobombing a few of the wedding photos. According to the photographer, Carol Ryan, the couple was “stunned” at how “charming” the very famous Irish rock star was and very impressed at how genuinely “nice” he was.

 

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Bono is the non de plume, so to speak, of Dubliner Paul David Hewson, leader of the Irish rock band U2 since 1976. The 53-year-old rock star is known in the music world as a singer and songwriter. He is almost as well-known as an activist. Bono travels all over the world giving speeches and lobbying politicians for the causes dear to his heart. He is very well-respected for his knowledge on the issues and his powers of persuasion.

 

Now to that we can add “nice guy.” Sinead and David will certainly have some very special wedding photos, not to mention memories on their anniversary for years to come.

 

 

Examiner.com

Awww. Nice photo. Nice dress btw. :wub:

From

 

http://www.etonline.com/music/142224_Bono_...rs_Phil_Everly/

 

ET FIRST: Bono Remembers Phil Everly

By ETONLINE STAFF January 05, 2014

 

 

Before his passing last week, Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers influenced many musicians, from Elvis Presley to The Beatles. U2's Bono revealed the impact that Everly made on his life in speaking with ET on the red carpet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

 

"You can't avoid those harmonies, if you're a musician," said Bono, who received the festival's Sonny Bono Visionary Award along with his band U2. "One of my prized possessions is an Everly guitar -- beautiful guitar made by Gibson."

Everly died on Friday following complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.

The late musician and his brother Don formed one of the most influential vocal duos of the 20th century with hits such as Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown, When Will I Be Loved and All I Have to Do is Dream.

We need a new News Thread btw.... :P

Oscars: U2 Writes One From The Heart For Nelson Mandela; Interview With Bono And The Edge

 

Interview, video , pics etc .... click link below

 

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/video-u2-b...dela-interview/

New thread time ^_^