U2 tipped for Oscar after landing no ‘Ordinary’ gong

Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen, Jr., and The Edge (L to R), from the band U2, pose backstage with their award for Best Original Song for “Ordinary Love” from the film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 12, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

by LAURA BUTLER

U2 are in pole position to win an Oscar after the supergroup picked up a gong at the 71st Golden Globes in Hollywood.

The band won the Best Original Song award for their ‘Ordinary Love’ track, which features in the Nelson Mandela biopic, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.’

The Globes are the traditional curtain raiser for awards season in Hollywood, and a good barometer as to what might come at the Academy Awards.

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