That’s a big NO. I read that he was asked that once and answered in the negative, but if you Google “Bono reality show” now, you’ll find nothing but a full page of Chaz Bono reality show stories. But trust me on this: He won’t do it. Regardless, it’s fun to imagine the potential titles and possible […]
Read MoreU2 is Pretentious: So What?
Now that a movie with 90% of its title in parenthesis has been nominated for an Academy Award, this is the perfect time to discuss that unshakable idea about U2 that seems embedded in the public consciousness: that they are the consummate example of what it means to be pretentious. Here’s why that movie and […]
Read MoreKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 20: Making a Comeback
We’ve been hearing for weeks that Bono was on the mend – and now, we finally have something to go on besides photos of him walking around Dublin in a cast. As if the amazing ABC’s letter wasn’t enough, Bono has now given us evidence of his recovery by appearing in a viral video in which […]
Read MoreU2 Lessons for the New Year
Happy new year, fellow U2 fans! As I’m sitting at LAX awaiting a flight to New York City, I’m praying that all will be quiet on New Year’s Day and the days leading up to it – no protests, no violence, no deadly attacks on innocent police officers or innocent people, period. That seems like a reasonable […]
Read MoreAnother Time, Another U2 Request
I’m late to the party on the #U2Request hashtag, but for good reason. When it first started showing up on Twitter, the tour hadn’t even been announced yet and we had more pressing things to worry about (like Bono’s broken bones) – so I thought, why bother? But now that he’s walking around Dublin like […]
Read MoreNo Opening Acts on the Horizon?
(Editors note: On May 11th 2015, Live Nation confirmed that there will NOT be an opening act for the U2 Innocence + Experience tour.) A few U2 tour rumors have been floating around over the past week, the most recent of which is the notion that there may not be an opening act this time around. Because […]
Read MoreU2 Questions of the Week
Gee, is there anything going on in U2 news this week? Oh not much, just a TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! So here’s what I want to know from you right now: Are you an Innocence member or an Experience member? If you’re an Innocence member, how pissed are you that they did that? Grrr. What’s your number […]
Read MoreAll is Quiet on Thanksgiving Day
Another week, and there’s not much to report in terms of how our favorite frontman is doing. Mum’s the word when it comes to Bono’s condition, and I completely respect that. Let me repeat, lest anyone be led to believe that my fangirl griping is somehow “rude” to the man we all love and adore: […]
Read MoreKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 19: Being Bono Full Time
All day, I planned to write a column that was solemn, somber and appropriately hysterical about the news that Bono’s condition was much more serious than originally reported. After all, there’s a big difference between a broken arm and a facial fracture involving the orbit of his eye, three separate fractures of his left shoulder blade […]
Read MoreGermany: Bad Luck for Bono?
In the past 48 hours, something has become very clear: If Bono wants to live, he must avoid Germany at all costs. It’s been four years since Bono broke his back in Deutschland, after which he was treated by the famed Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (see a fun comment on his name here around the 4:52 mark), forcing the […]
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