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In interview, Bono cites Nelson Mandela’s wit, restraint

December 7, 2013February 12, 2014 Admin Comment is Closed

Bono and Nelson Mandela

By Steven Zeitchik

Few entertainment luminaries have had as keen an eye into Nelson Mandela’s personality and worldview than Bono, The Edge and the rest of U2.

Just a day before Mandela’s passing, Bono and Edge were speaking to The Times about Madiba, whom they campaigned with on numerous social issues, particularly the global AIDS crisis. Band members felt strongly enough about the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s legacy that they contributed a song to the soundtrack of Justin Chadwick’s “Mandela” biopic, a closing-credit number titled “Ordinary Love.”

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U2’s ‘Ordinary Love’ Hits iTunes Top 10 in At Least 10 Countries

December 6, 2013February 12, 2014 Admin Comment is Closed

U2’s new single, “Ordinary Love,” was added this week to the iTunes Music Store in dozens of countries, and is off to a fairly good start as far as downloads are concerned. As of about 5:00 pm PT on Friday (December 6), “Ordinary Love” is the top-sell…

December 6, 2013February 12, 2014 Admin Comment is Closed

U2 Officially Says Thanks & Goodbye to Paul McGuinness

It’s been nearly a month since the original reports that Paul McGuinness was stepping aside as U2’s manager, and the band members have now finally confirmed the news and issued their first comments on the management change.
A statement on U2.

Thanking Paul McGuinness

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A statement from Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry.

Bono’s Statement on Nelson Mandela Legacy

“It was as if he was born to teach the age a lesson in humility, in humour and above all else in patience. In the end, Nelson Mandela showed us how to love rather than hate, not because he had never surrendered to rage or violence, but because he learnt that love would do a […]

Bono Remembers Nelson Mandela for TIME

December 5, 2013February 12, 2014 AdminLeave a Comment

You likely know that Nelson Mandela died today in Johannesburg at the age of 95. An icon of the anti-apartheid effort, Mandela spent 27 years in prison before his release in 1990. He won the Nobel Peace Prize three years later and was named South Afri…

“Love rather than hate…”

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Bono remembers Nelson Mandela.

Bono Honors The Man Who Could Not Cry

December 5, 2013February 12, 2014 Admin Comment is Closed

Humor, humility and the ability to compromise were the marks of the man By Bono As an activist I have pretty much been doing what Nelson Mandela tells me since I was a teenager. He has been a forceful presence in my life going back to 1979, when U2 m…

Bono Honors The Man Who Could Not Cry

December 5, 2013 Admin Comment is Closed

Humor, humility and the ability to compromise were the marks of the man By Bono As an activist I have pretty much been doing what Nelson Mandela tells me since I was a teenager. He has been a forceful presence in my life going back to 1979, when U2 m…

The Joshua Tree added to Grammy Hall of Fame

December 4, 2013February 12, 2014 AdminLeave a Comment

U2’s iconic The Joshua Tree album has been added to the Grammy Hall of Fame. It’s one of more than two dozen albums and singles in the class of 2014 that will be displayed at the Grammy museum in Los Angeles. It’s the first U2 recording to be added.
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