Bono (L) and Chris Martin perform onstage during Jony And Marc’s (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s on November 23, 2013 in New York City. THEO WARGO/GETTY BY MARIANNE GARVEY, BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT The season of giving got an early start Satu…
Read MoreBono Shares Fond Moments with Mandela
Music and fashion merged on Monday (November 25) night in New York to celebrate the new film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” Rock band U2 and Vogue editor Anna Wintour hosted the night attended by some of the biggest names in fashion. U2 wrote a song for the film which The Edge called a full circle moment.
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Bono Shares Fond Moments with Mandela
Music and fashion merged on Monday (November 25) night in New York to celebrate the new film “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” Rock band U2 and Vogue editor Anna Wintour hosted the night attended by some of the biggest names in fashion. U2 wrote a song for the film which The Edge called a full circle moment.
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Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images North America
Copyright 2013 U2 France / http://www.u2france.com/actu
U2’s ‘In A Little While’ on Phillipines Relief Album
U2 is one of a couple dozen major artists to contribute a song to Songs For The Philippines, a new charity relief album that’s available on iTunes. The 39-track album is selling for $$9.99, with all proceeds going to the Philippines Red Cross and its …
Read MoreU2 Attends NYC Screening of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
All four members of U2 were on hand Monday night for a special New York City screening of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, the upcoming film that features their new song, “Ordinary Love,” on the soundtrack. Bono was among those who spoke inside the thea…
Read MoreOrdinary Love Gets No Extraordinary Response From Fans
It’s been a few years since there’s been any new U2 material worth talking about. With the release of the music video for the band’s new single “Ordinary Love,” some fans seem to feel that there still isn’t. On November 21st, U2 released the first full look at any new material since 2009′s No Line on […]
Read MoreOne-of-a-Kind Jony Ive (RED) Leica M Sells for a Whopping $1.8M at Charity Auction
by DL Cade The one-of-a-kind Leica M created by world-famous designers Jony Ive and Mark Newson finally went up on the auction block yesterday, and it wound up fetching more than twice as much as auction house Sotheby’s highest estimate. Read onCopyr…
Read MoreOne-of-a-Kind Jony Ive (RED) Leica M Sells for a Whopping $1.8M at Charity Auction
by DL Cade The one-of-a-kind Leica M created by world-famous designers Jony Ive and Mark Newson finally went up on the auction block yesterday, and it wound up fetching more than twice as much as auction house Sotheby’s highest estimate. Read onCopyr…
Read More(RED) equals Lots of Green
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This past Saturday the Sotheby’s (RED) auction held in New York City. Bono and with some help from his friends Jony Ive (Apple) and Marc Newson have reportedly raised close to 13 million and was doubled by none other than Bill Gates. The money will benefit the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. Bono and The Edge had a jam session performing a cover of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky with Angelique Kidjo, Nile Rodgers and his band, Chic. We would call it a rehearsal jam session. However during the auction Bono and Chris Martin ( ColdPlay) performed a couple of tunes on the piano that was to be auctioned.
Read MorePaul McGuinness to step down as U2 manager after over 30 years at the helm
By Denise Calnan U2’s manager Paul McGuinness is to sell his company and step down as manager of the world-famous band. McGuinness, who has managed the band since the beginning of their career more than 30 years ago, is negotiating to sell his compan…
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