The Man who wants to kill Bono Neil McCormick may be a famous music critic but he really wanted to be a rock star. Ahead of his NI lecture, this week he tells Matthew McCreary why he holds a grudge against U2’s frontman Monday, 8 March 2010 Many rock pundits are more than happy to write about th[...]
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Bono’s Laser Stage Suit by Moritz Waldemeyer
Bono’s Laser Stage Suit by Moritz Waldemeyer February 28th, 2010 It’s taken a while, but German-born designer Moritz Waldemeyer has sent some official pictures of the laser suit he created for U2 singer Bono for their current world tour. The suit, featuring 240 lasers, was created for the grou[...]
Bono slammed for U2’s decision to play in Israel
Bono slammed for U2’s decision to play in Israel By PATRICK ROBERTS , IrishCentral.com Staff Writer Published Monday, February 8, 2010 Bono slammed for U2’s decision to play in Israel Rock star and activist Bono and his band U2 face a boycott and action from pro-Palestinian groups after[...]
U2: Local Act, Global Horizons (Part II)
U2: Local Act, Global Horizons (Part II) By Justin Kavanagh | Saturday, September 12, 2009 Since their beginnings in the troubled Dublin of the 1980s, U2’s political message has stayed strong. From speaking out about Pinochet’s c[...]
Spider-Man has “Super” friend in Bono
Spider-Man has “Super” friend in Bono Meredith Lucio Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark may indeed live to see the light of Broadway by getting by with a little help from its friend’s friends. While “modest construction work” has resumed on the mammoth production at the Hilt[...]
Bono, Michael Stipe, and Brandon Flowers Star in Anton Corbijn Doc
Bono, Michael Stipe, and Brandon Flowers Star in Anton Corbijn Doc When rock photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn took on the daunting task of helming the Ian Curtis biopic Control, he had a lot to overcome: Corbijn had never directed a feature film before and attempting to portray a [...]
U2’s Bono May Lose Passport from Bosnia
U2’s Bono May Lose Passport from Bosnia Text by Balkan Insight 18 August 2009 | Along with scores of former Islamic fighters and suspected terrorists, U2 frontman Bono Vox could be stripped of his Bosnian passport, local media reported over the weekend. Bono who, with other world stars, worked[...]
