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UNSEEN U2 PHOTOGRAPHS GO ON SHOW FOR FIRST TIME

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Oh dear Lord. That is superb! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Why is Adam wearing a potty on his head? :unsure:

 

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http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2012/05/16...trap-versus-u2/

 

Temper Trap: 'U2's The Edge Is "A Bit Rich" To Say We Stole His Sound'

16 May, 2012

 

Lorenzo Stillitto, frontman for Australian indie rock outfit The Temper Trap, has said that he thinks it was "a bit rich" for The Edge, lead guitarist with one of the world's biggest bands, U2, to suggest that he'd stolen his guitar sound.

 

Referencing comments by The Edge, which later resulted in U2's frontman Bono to come out and publically say he was 'inspired' by The Temper Trap, he Stillitto opened up about the altercation in this week's cover story for The Drum Media.

 

"I think what The Edge said in the first place was a bit rich to suggest I stole his guitar sound," said Sillitto . "They’re definitely an inspiration for me, but so many acts can seep into your subconscious"

 

He even joked that they'd caused tension and infighting within U2. "Bono said we inspired him and that’s really cool, so I just joked [on radio] that we must have caused some infighting."

 

Speaking about the bands new self-titled album, which is out this Friday 18 May, he said, "I think this album is much more about how we’ve changed ourselves and how that’s shaped our sound.”

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I love this song of the Temper Trap's

 

 

 

 

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This incentive may make Bono change his tune

 

 

 

 

The Government should publish a list each year of the top 100 taxpayers in the country. There'd be a corporate list and an individual one. The winners get a medal and lunch with the Queen. There'd be fierce competition to move up the table. Chief executives' bonuses would be directly linked to how much tax their companies paid. Accountants would be employed to fiddle the numbers so companies handed over more than they owed. Sir Philip Green would brag to Kate Moss about the size of his payments. My tax return's bigger than Roman Abramovich's yacht, darlin'.

 

He and Simon Cowell would engage in Twitter warfare about which of them gave more to the Exchequer and was therefore a better bloke. Forbes would do an annual tax list. There'd be TV spin-offs.

 

Bono would suddenly realise how laughable his charitable work looks as long as he's paying tax in Holland. He'd apologise for absolutely everything and insist on paying backdated refunds.

 

It could happen.

 

Source.. Independentuk

Bono Smugly Declares ‘We Need More Aid’ And Only The ‘Brain-Dead’ Disagree

 

 

 

 

The Daily Caller reports that Friday afternoon at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Food and Global Agriculture (mouthful!) symposium, U2 singer and humanitarian Bono declared that even though “we are broke,” we need to increase foreign aid budgets. And to those who disagree? Well, Bono says you’re all “brain-dead, heart-dead ideologues or controversialists.”

 

Bono spoke to the crowd about Europe’s debt woes, conceding that “we’re broke.” He continued on to explain that during these tough economic times, when he goes busking for foreign aid in Western capital cities, “the word ‘aid’ sounds like an expletive. It’s like you brought a bad smell into the room.” But despite the resistance, Bono insists, “we need aid.”

 

“Of course we still need aid. Of course we do,” he declared. “Does anyone disagree? Anyone apart from brain-dead, heart-dead ideologues or professional controversialists? Come on. Every sensible person knows that.”

 

What smugness.

 

It’s a common tactic to minimize the opposition by claiming that no sensible person could possibly disagree with you. (Hey, remember when President Obama said there was simply no disagreement that we need a government stimulus? And then this showed up.) Bono has mastered this tactic over the years.

 

Bono must believe that serious economists, scholars, and writers like Andrew Mwenda, Dambisa Moya, William Easterly, June Arunga, James Shikwati, Karol Boudreaux, and many others are all “brain-dead.”

 

It’s easy to claim everyone else is “heart-dead” when you believe you have millions of poor people on your side. But Bono is simply wrong about foreign aid.

 

We give billions in aid to oppressive regimes who predictably hide portions of the money in Swiss banks or spend it on lavish mansions and cars. Food aid gets stolen too. ABC News visited Kenya several years ago and met Kenyan farmers who said bags of food aid from their government never arrives. This is not surprising because many of the aid-recipient regimes are kleptocracies – that is, they thrive mainly on plundering from the citizens they govern.

 

Much aid is rewarded without regard for internal reforms, despite the fact that corruption, absence of private property protections, and lack of rule of law are some of the main reasons the developing world experiences crippling poverty. Dumping foreign aid on them has done nothing to liberalize those oppressive regimes and create the economic growth to lift the people out of poverty.

 

World Bank economic studies confirm that foreign aid actually does great harm because “higher aid levels erode the quality of governance.”

 

In the past 40 years, Western governments have given Africa more than half a trillion dollars in aid. Yet Africa is even poorer than it was before the money started rolling in. A study from the London School of Economics further confirms the failure of foreign aid. By reviewing the aid given to more than 95 countries, the study finds that ‘‘aid does not increase investment and growth, nor benefit the poor as measured by improvements in human development indicators, but it does increase the size of government.’’ Another comprehensive study by the IMF also found no relationship between aid and growth.

 

Foreign aid hasn’t accomplished its goals. Instead it has financed mostly authoritarian governments, whose destructive policies — trade protectionism, insurmountable licensing schemes, price and wage controls, nationalization of industries — have all been supported in some fashion by our foreign aid programs.

 

To say foreign aid is a failure is not to say that we, as individuals, should do nothing to help. There are wonderful charities that do actual on-the-ground work. Micro-finance organizations are another way to directly empower the impoverished.

 

But no, Bono, we do not need more government foreign aid. And it’s not “heart-dead” to think so.

 

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Bono to appear on stage with Suu Kyi at concert during whistle-stop tour

 

 

 

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Bono has long been a vocal supporter of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

 

BONO will appear on stage with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she attends a special concert in her honour here next month.

 

A theatrical celebration has been planned for Ms Suu Kyi in the Bord Gais Theatre in Dublin's docklands on June 18. Ms Suu Kyi will attend the event as part of a whistle-stop visit to Dublin.

 

While U2 will not appear as a band, Bono has not ruled out making a musical contribution on the evening, according to sources close to the group.

 

The singer campaigned for many years on behalf of Ms Suu Kyi (66) and prominently featured her 15 years of house arrest in Burma during the band's performances.

 

The visit is being organised by Amnesty International and Art for Amnesty founder Bill Shipsey has promised a "special event to mark the occasion".

 

Ms Suu Kyi will be presented with Amnesty International's most prestigious award -- Ambassador of Conscience -- at the concert.

 

It is understood that the human rights organisation asked Dublin entrepreneur Harry Crosbie to stage the event in the theatre.

 

Mr Crosbie, who produced a concert for Queen Elizabeth's visit last year at the Convention Centre in the capital, was unavailable for comment yesterday.

 

Sources close to Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore confirmed that the Burmese opposition leader would, however, not be staying overnight in Dublin.

 

"Ms Suu Kyi will only be in Dublin for half a day or less and the concert will be the focal point, where she will receive awards and plaudits, but no details have been finalised," said the source.

 

Although she will address both Houses of Parliament at Westminster in London after she leaves Ireland, it is understood that there are no plans for her to address the houses of the Oireachtas.

 

"The Government will be happy to facilitate anything for the celebrated visitor but they are aware Ms Suu Kyi is a guest of Amnesty International," the source said.

 

Prize

 

Ms Suu Kyi is expected to fly to Dublin from Oslo where she will formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to her in 1991.

 

In Dublin Ms Suu Kyi will be presented with a number of honours awarded to her during her years of house arrest, including the freedom of Dublin city, granted to her in 2000 alongside the members of U2.

 

Earlier this month in Burma, Ms Suu Kyi was sworn in as an MP after her National League for Democracy won 43 seats in parliament.

 

Although the ruling military junta kept her under house arrest for 15 years, Ms Suu Kyi was always free to leave Burma -- but she refused, fearing she would not be readmitted.

 

Her European tour marks the first trip outside Burma since 1988. After her release from house arrest in 2010, Ms Suu Kyi said she wanted to develop closer ties with Ireland.

 

Mr Gilmore said he looked forward to discussing how Ireland can assist the people of Burma with Ms Suu Kyi.

 

 

 

Irish Independent

Edited by Marchhare

Part of the 360 tour was dedicated to her wasn't it?

 

I seem to remember people wearing cut out paper masks of her face, and Bono waffling on about it for what seemed

far too long tbh.

 

Still, it gave me time to sit down and rest the old legs during that particular time of the gig. B-)

 

 

Bono made a surprise appearance on the late late show last night

 

 

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Bono made a (somewhat) surprise appearance on RTE TV tonight in Ireland during the 50th anniversary special for The Late Late Show, and he made a few interesting comments about U2's album progress.

 

Host Ryan Tubridy began by asking Bono what the band is up to currently.

 

"Looking for the perfect pop song. Edge is in denial of his genius. I'm a little too sure of my own. Larry is suspicious of both and Adam sees merit in both. They're unbelievable. They really want it, though, I will say that. As a band there's no sense of entitlement. I think they're very aware that U2's gotta do something very special to have a reason to exist right now, so that's what we're doing. We're song writing -- you know the process. But it's -- they're amazing men. They really are extraordinary. They really, really want it."

 

"There won't be a U2 album unless there's something really special. You just gotta go to that place. You gotta dig a deep well and see what you can pull up. We've been through many songs and there's some great stuff. I would say we had the best three weeks in the studio that we've had since, like, 1979. Three weeks is all it should take...."

 

Later in the interview, he says he knows U2 has a great song "because the band will stop arguing."

 

You can watch the show online via RTE, Bono's segment starts at the 2:00:00 mark, and then he starts talking about the album at about 2:03:00.

 

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=3305560

 

 

Source atu2.com

Edited by Marchhare

Bono in awe after meeting 'amazing' queen

 

 

 

ROCK star Bono and his wife Ali Hewson are still in awe after meeting Queen Elizabeth II.

 

The U2 singer met the British monarch at the Royal Academy of Arts in London last Wednesday where he had been invited to speak as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee awards ceremony to recognise young students who had made a special contribution to national culture.

 

Commenting on the meeting, his wife said the couple were amazed by the queen's energy and stamina at the age of 86.

 

"She's an incredible woman. Her stamina is unbelievable," she told the Irish Independent yesterday.

 

"I think she's an amazing woman. It's not an easy job and she works hard.

 

"She stood for the whole ceremony and then walked through a room of 600 to 800, meeting people. She's got some incredible stamina," she said.

 

She added that the queen was "very receptive" to the rock star, who spoke of her historic visit here last year. "She had an amazing time in Ireland and it was a great thing to have her come and for Ireland to move on," Ms Hewson said.

 

She revealed Bono was looking forward to presenting Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience award when she visits Ireland on June 18.

 

"It's such an incredible thing to have her come to Ireland. It's a huge honour for us to have her in the country," she said.

 

Ms Hewson also revealed that the couple's daughter Eve, who turns 21 next month, is busy studying for acting exams at New York University. Eve made her film debut recently appearing alongside Sean Penn in the film 'This Must Be The Place' -- which was shot in Dublin.

 

"She's about to get her degree so she's got her head down and working hard," Ms Hewson said.

 

But she was less candid about the couple's business interests, including their investment in Facebook, following the tumbling of share prices after the initial public offering (IPO) on May 18 reportedly earned the singer a massive $1.9bn after he invested $90m for 2.3pc of the company's shares in 2009.

 

"I'm going to leave that one," she said. "But I still have a huge amount of faith in Facebook and the markets are all over the place anyway.

 

"We'll see how it rides out but it's a long-term thing, it's not a short-term thing," she said.

 

Ms Hewson made the comments after paying a visit to the Notre Dame Junior School in Churchtown, Dublin, in her role as a supporter of the Children Helping Children charity. Ms Hewson has been supporting the project since it was founded by school principal Ken King 16 years ago.

 

The project encourages children to create their own small businesses to raise money for children's charities.

 

"What he's (Mr King) managed to do is capture that spirit. Everybody sees kids trying to sell things like lemonade out on the street and I think it's part of their desire to socially interact and to create something themselves," she said.

 

Pupil Aisling O'Byrne (11) said she was delighted that Ms Hewson autographed two of U2's 'Greatest Hits' CDs, which they intend to auction. "I think it might fetch a lot of money," Aisling said.

 

Jessica O'Connor (11), from Knocklyon, Dublin, set up a "Giddy Golf" game after encouraging sponsors to donate prizes to the cause.

 

 

Source .. Irish Independent

 

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