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New Stories:
BackStreets.com: Bono joins Springsteen on stage (11-24-2002)
DATA: Heart of America Tour: Africa's Future and Ours (11-24-2002)
Washington Post: Bono's Talking Tour (11-24-2002)
Sun-Sentinel: Springsteen helps the healing, brings a rebirth
(11-24-2002)
YouTwo.net: Bono Joins The Boss in Miami! (11-24-2002)
Iowa City Press-Citizen: Bono to speak on AIDS at IMU (11-23-2002)
Journal Star: Bono, Judd sell out in 17 min. (11-23-2002)
AP: Rock singer tops former Russian president's record for ticket
distribution (11-23-2002)
Newday: Neb. Tickets for Bono, Judd Sell Out (11-23-2002)
The Mirror: Stars Net Honours (11-23-2002)
Entertainment Weekly: What to Watch (11-23-2002)
Launch: Johnny Ramone Sought Springsteen, Pleased With Kiss (11-22-2002)
Launch: U2's Bono & Britney Spears Create Art For African AIDS Charity
Event (11-22-2002)
University of Iowa: Bono to speak on campus about AIDS in Africa
(11-22-2002)
RTE: U2 nominated for Interactive Music Award (11-22-2002)
NY Observer: You can be Bono's neighbor if you have $4.5 million
(11-22-2002)
UNL Today: Bono to Speak at Thompson Forum Event (11-22-2002)
Daily Iowan: Bono to speak on AIDS at UI (11-22-2002)
Journal Star: Tickets free for Bono-Judd AIDS Day event (11-22-2002)
Washington Post: Larry King interviews Bono (11-22-2002)
AP: Bono to Attend World AIDS Day in Nebraska (11-22-2002)
Katrillion: Bono Receives Humanitarian Award (11-22-2002)
Katrillion: Score the Best and Rarest U2 Stuff Around! (11-22-2002)
Omaha World-Herald: Bono tickets are available at UNL today (11-22-2002)
VH1: U2 - The Best of 1990-2000 Special (11-22-2002)
U2Guatemala.com: Mp3 of Jools Holland and Bono collaboration
(11-22-2002)
Jewish Week: 'Beautiful Day' For Bono (11-22-2002)
YouTwo.net: Part 1 - The Simon Wiesenthal Center Presents Humanitarian
Award to Bono (11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Transcript of Jeffrey Sachs' speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Bill Clinton's letter to Bono on receiving Simon Wiesenthal
Center award (11-21-2002)
ChartAttack: Can't Stop Eminem (11-21-2002)
SoundSpike: U2 at #34on album chart (11-21-2002)
U2Mexico.com: Rattle & Hum in Mexico (11-21-2002)
Chicago Tribune: Photo of Bono and Larry King (11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Part 2 - The Simon Wiesenthal Center Presents Humanitarian
Award to Bono (11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Part 2 - Transcript of Bono's speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Part 1 - Transcript of Bono's speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
NY Daily News: Viva La Vargas! (11-21-2002)
London Evening Standard: Bono among Sexiest Man Alive candidates
(11-21-2002)
The Stage: U2 stay in docklands despite plans defeat (11-21-2002)
Irish Examiner: Celebrity art makes waves at charity auction
(11-21-2002)
YouTwo.net: Lego Numb (11-21-2002)
Manchester Online: Must have albums (11-21-2002)
AP: Anniversary of Band Aid (11-21-2002)
Malaysia Mail: Staying Big (11-21-2002)
Houston Chronicle: Site changes script for breaking into movie biz
(11-21-2002)
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BackStreets.com: Bono joins Springsteen on stage (11-24-2002)
From BackStreets.com:
NOVEMBER 23: FLORIDA'S ON FIRE The Florida stunners continue, as Miami
gets four tour debuts and three special guests: ''Because the Night''
with Bono and Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame), ''If I Should Fall
Behind'' with Dion, ''Out in the Street,'' and ''So Young and in
Love.'' Next stop: Sunday night in Tampa, for the third of the three
Florida dates and the last concert until after Thanksgiving.
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DATA: Heart of America Tour: Africa's Future and Ours (11-24-2002)
From DATA:
November 22, 2002
"HEART OF AMERICA TOUR: AFRICA'S FUTURE AND OURS" KICKS OFF ON WORLD
AIDS DAY
BONO, ASHLEY JUDD AND AFRICAN FRIENDS HEAD TO THE HEARTLAND
Sunday, December 1 marks the beginning of the Christmas season. It is
also World AIDS Day. In Africa that
day, like every other, 6500 men, women and children will die of AIDS and
another 9500 Africans will be infected
with the disease. It does not have to be this way. African determination
matched with American leadership,
know-how and faith can beat this plague.
Bono, Ashley Judd, African entertainers and health workers will be
setting out on the Heart of America Tour on
World AIDS Day to spread awareness of the AIDS emergency and the
opportunity we have now to stop it.
They will visit seven heartland states in seven days, meeting thousands
of people who want to know more in
church halls, colleges and coffee shops--and local heroes who are
already making a difference in their communities.
Bono said: "We've been invited by people in the heartland to talk about
the AIDS emergency in Africa, hear
what people have to say, and see what we can do about it. A preventable,
treatable disease is killing 2.5 million
Africans each year, leaving behind generations of orphaned children.
This generation of Americans has the
opportunity to change the course of history."
Ashley Judd said: "I believe Americans truly want to reach out and make
a difference. No mother should face
giving her own child a death sentence by HIV/AIDS in childbirth. Every
father should have the hope of living to
see his children grow up. This tour is about showing that we can help
bring hope back to millions of African
families."
There is a growing movement, including Pope John Paul II and Secretary
of State Colin Powell, who believe
that the health crisis in Africa is the critical moral challenge of our
time. President Bush is traveling to Africa early in
2003 to see the crisis for himself and see what more must be done to
beat AIDS.
The tour will open in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sunday, December 1, and
travel by bus to Omaha, Iowa City,
Dubuque, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Nashville,
with formal and informal stops in smaller
communities along the way.
The Heart of America tour is sponsored by DATA, a new non-profit
organization that aims to raise awareness
about the crisis of unpayable DEBTS, the urgent need for more and better
development assistance, especially
to fight AIDS, and the unfair TRADE rules that keep AFRICA poor. DATA
works to bring politicians, celebrities
and civic activists together as campaigners to strengthen public support
for U.S. leadership in helping Africans
build a better future.
(YouTwo.net note: There is a DataData.org Animation for the 'Heart of
America'
Tour here:
http://www.datadata.org//images/dataTrailer_heartland.swf )
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Washington Post: Bono's Talking Tour (11-24-2002)
From The Washington Post:
Bono's Talking Tour
Bono's touring the United States again -- but not with U2. Six months
after he traveled to four African countries with Treasury Secretary
Paul O'Neill, Bono is teaming up with actress Ashley Judd on a one-week
bus tour of seven American cities and towns to spread the message
about Africa's plight, especially the HIV-AIDS pandemic. They'll
start on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, in Lincoln, Neb., then head to Iowa
City, Louisville, and four other cities where they'll hold ''town
hall-type meetings'' at universities, churches and other venues,
Jamie Drummond, who works closely with the U-2 singer, told the Post's
Paul Blustein. Among the participants will be Agnes Nyamayarwo , an
HIV-positive Ugandan woman who moved many to tears on the Bono-O'Neill
tour with the tale of how the disease had devastated her family.
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Sun-Sentinel: Springsteen helps the healing, brings a rebirth
(11-24-2002)
Condensed from The Sun-Sentinel:
Springsteen helps the healing, brings a rebirth
By Sean Piccoli Pop Music Writer
November 24 2002
Miami · The sense of mission that Bruce Springsteen brought to the
making of his latest album, The Rising, helped carry him, his band
and the audience through a rousing concert on Saturday night at
AmericanAirlines Arena.
It also contributed to an occasional sense of disconnect: Springsteen
was here in part to reckon with life after the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, the subject that pervades The Rising, while a near-sellout
crowd of 17,000 was happiest hearing ''the Boss'' and his E Street
Band play the sing-a-long standards from life before.
This was not, however, the collision of expectations that occurred
in 1996 on Springsteen's pensive, comparatively hit-free solo
acoustic tour in support of The Ghost of Tom Joad. Springsteen was
canny and good-humored enough on Saturday to adapt to the wants
of his spectators, knowing that healing and inspiration come in
many forms. He sprung the surprise of the tour by bringing out
special guests, singer Bono of U2 and guitarist Dave Stewart of the
Eurythmics, for a bracing cover of Patti Smith's Because The Night --
a song remarkably Springsteen-like in its dramatic pitch and dynamics
and well handled by the all-star cavalcade on stage.
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YouTwo.net: Bono Joins The Boss in Miami! (11-24-2002)
Last night (November 23) Bono joined Bruce and the E Street Band
in Miami at American Airlines Arena.
They performed "Because the Night," a song Springsteen wrote for
Patti Smith and has recorded himself. Bono came on stage wearing
an army bucket hat with a star on the back, navy blue fatigues,
and no glasses.
According to a fan who was at the concert, they sounded amazing
together, with Bono adlibbing the ending of the song. The two
artists traded verses and shared the choruses.
Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics also came onstage and played
guitar during the song. While Springsteen was playing guitar, Bono
was urging him on, "Come on! Come on! Play!"
Also making a guest appearance last evening was singer Dion who
performed "If I Should Fall Behind" with Springsteen.
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Iowa City Press-Citizen: Bono to speak on AIDS at IMU (11-23-2002)
From The Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Bono to speak on AIDS at IMU
By Gigi Woodm Iowa City Press-Citizen
Achtung, Iowa City.
Rock star and U2 frontman Bono will visit the University of Iowa on Dec.
2 to promote World
AIDS Day.
About 300 people lined up at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday to get a
free ticket to the
event, which is sponsored by the UI Lecture Committee. The Dublin,
Ireland, native is appearing
for free.
The University Box Office had fewer than 100 tickets remaining late
Friday afternoon. The office is
open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today , from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and
from 10 a.m. to at least
8 p.m. weekdays. Tickets do not guarantee a seat in the union's Main
Lounge, however.
Bono's talk will be videotaped and fed live to various televisions
throughout the building.
The visit is part of a multi-stop, nationwide tour to promote awareness
of the AIDS epidemic in
Africa and developing countries. Earlier this year, Bono embarked on a
10-day tour of South Africa
with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, visiting mothers with AIDS.
About 4.7 million people in
South Africa are infected with AIDS.
The lecture committee sent out promotional materials to Bono's
representatives in August and the
singer accepted earlier this month, said Patrick Finn, head of marketing
for the committee.
"We heavily promoted Iowa City as the place to go if he was going to
come to the area," Finn said.
"Iowa City's progressive atmosphere and AIDS research at the University
Hospital definitely
helped with that."
UI student Chris Sand, 19, said he was chatting online with friends
Thursday evening when he came
across the lecture committee's announcement about Bono's visit posted on
the university Web site.
He notified his friends on the other end of the modem, and they jumped
in their car and drove from
Decatur, Ill., to Iowa City that night. They were first in line for
tickets at 8 a.m. Friday.
"Bono's music is what got me to start writing music," said Matt Hainley,
22, one of Sand's friends
who made the trek. "I couldn't believe it when I heard he was coming."
U2 has released 14 albums since its first, "Boy," in 1980. The group
made its big break in 1987 with
the release of "The Joshua Tree," an album many UI students said turned
them into fans of the band.
Sand's friends, who are starting a band together, say they cannot pick
one album as the best U2
release.
"It depends on your mood," Sand said. "If I'm in a deep mood, I listen
to 'The Joshua Tree.' If I want
something upbeat, I listen to 'Achtung Baby.'"
Achtung is a German word for "attention."
Another group of students, meanwhile, waited three hours in line for
tickets because they are excited
to hear Bono's message about AIDS. They do not consider themselves major
fans of U2's music.
"I became interested in his music because of what he has said about
AIDS," said Rachel Hanson, a
senior anthropology major.
"I think it's very cool he's using his name to further the cause," said
McCay Wiesemann, a junior
majoring in English.
The day before his visit, Bono will appear on the Larry King Live show
on CNN to mark World AIDS
Day. Earlier this month, he received the Humanitarian Laureate Award
from the Simon Wiesenthal
Centre in New York City for his long-running campaign to fight AIDS and
cancel unpayable debts of
the world's poorest countries.
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Fans line up to get tickets to hear Bono on Friday at the Iowa Memorial
Union.
Press-Citizen/Gigi Wood
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Journal Star: Bono, Judd sell out in 17 min. (11-23-2002)
From The Journal Star:
Bono, Judd sell out in 17 min.
Lincoln Journal Star
In Lincoln's latest popularity poll, Bono beat Gorbachev 17 to 40.
Fans hoping to see U2 lead singer Bono and actress Ashley Judd had
exactly 17 minutes Friday
morning to pick up free tickets for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's
Dec. 1 E.N. Thompson
Forum on World Issues.
When Gorbachev spoke in March, the tickets were gone after 40 minutes.
Friday, the line for Bono and Judd started forming at 3 a.m. Friday. The
box office opened at 11 a.m.
About half of those waiting for tickets were students, said Laura Levy,
director of audience
development and communications.
Those who didn't get a ticket can still show up Dec. 1 and form a line
to fill empty seats. All tickets are
void at 6:45, and people will be seated with or without a ticket.
An overflow area will be set up at the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The
event also will be broadcast
live on the UNL Web site (www.unl.edu), Lincoln cable channel 21, KRNU
(90.3 FM) and UNL
campus TV.
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Awareness Day.
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AP: Rock singer tops former Russian president's record for ticket
distribution (11-23-2002)
From The Associated Press:
Rock singer tops former Russian president's record for ticket
distribution
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Who draws more of a crowd: an Irish rock singer or the
one-time leader of
the former Soviet Union?
It's not even a contest in Lincoln. Fans hoping to see U2 lead singer
Bono took exactly 17
minutes Friday morning to pick up free tickets for the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln's E.N.
Thompson Forum on World Issues.
The previous record for selling out the Lied Center was 40 minutes, set
last March for those
wanted to see former Soviet Union President Mikhael Gorbachev.
Bono and actress Ashley Judd are speakers at World AIDS Day awareness
program on
Dec. 1. They will be joined by an AIDS activist from Africa and a group
of African children
singers. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The line for Bono and Judd started forming at 3 a.m. CST, eight hours
before the box office
opened.
About half of those waiting for tickets were students, said Laura Levy,
director of audience
development and communications.
Those who didn't get a ticket can still show up Dec. 1 and form a line
to fill empty seats.
An overflow area will be set up at the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
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Newday: Neb. Tickets for Bono, Judd Sell Out (11-23-2002)
From Newday:
Neb. Tickets for Bono, Judd Sell Out
LINCOLN, Neb. - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is a good draw in
this city,
but he's no Bono or Ashley Judd.
Fans hoping to see the lead singer of U2 speak at a World AIDS Day
awareness program
took just 17 minutes Friday morning to pick up free tickets. It took 40
minutes for all the seats
at the Lied Center to be claimed for a Gorbachev appearance in March.
Bono and actress Judd will join an AIDS activist from Africa at the Dec.
1 event.
The line for tickets started forming at 3 a.m., eight hours before the
box office opened.
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The Mirror: Stars Net Honours (11-23-2002)
From The Mirror:
Stars Net Honours
U2 and Westlife have scooped nominations for the IMA Awards after a year
of glory. Westlife
are shortlisted for the Best Pop Act and Artist of the Year at the bash
in London on Tuesday.
U2 have also received a nomination for Best Rock or Indie Artist to cap
a memorable year.
The awards are for artists who have done most to reach fans using the
net and other interactive
media such as SMS.
Kian Egan said: "It's a great honour and in Westlife we're very aware of
how important it is to be
part of the web medium."
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Entertainment Weekly: What to Watch (11-23-2002)
Condensed from Entertainment Weekly:
November 29, 2002
What to Watch
A day-to-day guide to notable programs. Times are Eastern standard and
are subject to change.
By Dalton Ross, Joshua Rich, Ken Tucker, and Evan Serpick
FRIDAY November 29
10-11PM U2'S BEAUTIFUL DAY (CBS, TV-G) I'm not a big fan of their recent
stuff, but
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" still gets me fired up. Some bands just sound
better when their
lead singer sports a mullet.
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Launch: Johnny Ramone Sought Springsteen, Pleased With Kiss (11-22-2002)
From Launch:
Johnny Ramone Sought Springsteen, Pleased With Kiss
(11/22/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- When Johnny Ramone started conceptualizing
the upcoming tribute album to his former band, We're A Happy Family--A
Tribute To The Ramones, he thought that Bruce Springsteen would make a
good contributor. But, as the guitarist-turned-producer soon learned,
some things don't work out as planned.
He tells LAUNCH, ''I wanted Bruce Springsteen and I wanted him
to do 'Rock 'N' Roll Radio.' I don't know what happened. I don't know
whether (the request) ever got to him or not, but, basically I didn't
get a 'yes.' But you never know what gets to people. I might have
got him at a bad time, 'cause I thought, 'I think he'll do it.' But
I think his album was just coming out then, and it must have been,
maybe, not a good time.''
Stepping in to cover ''Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio'' was Kiss
. Ramone tells LAUNCH he couldn't be more pleased with the version they
delivered. ''Kiss is what I hoped for. They kept what the Ramones were
doing, put a little bit of Kiss into it, a little bit of Gary Glitter or
something,
and they really...it's a tremendous track.''
We're A Happy Family also features Metallica, U2, Pearl Jam's Eddie
Vedder, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers , among others. The latest release
date for the collection is January 14, according to Ramone. The album is
being issued by DV8/Columbia Records.
-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles
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Launch: U2's Bono & Britney Spears Create Art For African AIDS Charity
Event (11-22-2002)
From Launch:
U2's Bono & Britney Spears Create Art For African AIDS Charity Event
(11/22/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Britney Spears and U2's Bono recently created
handmade pieces
of art in Dublin, Ireland for an AIDS charity event.
The pop princess used a tube of glue and some glitter to make a beach
scene on Wednesday
(November 20); while U2's frontman drew a mermaid, perhaps having the
video for the band's
current single, "Electrical Storm" on his mind.
Celebrities from film, music, and TV were asked to create art based on
the theme of seaside
memories, all auctioned off to benefit Icross, an organization that
works to provide home care for
AIDS orphans in east Africa.
More than 400 people attended the gala, including Phil Collins, boxing
legend Muhammad Ali,
director Roman Polanski, show biz couple Sarah Jessica Parker and
Matthew Broderick, and
and actresses Cate BlanchettAngelica Houston, according to the Irish
Examiner newspaper.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was of several politicians who signed
a seashell for the event.
-- Darryl Morden, Los Angeles
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University of Iowa: Bono to speak on campus about AIDS in Africa
(11-22-2002)
From The University of Iowa:
Bono to speak on campus about AIDS in Africa
Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, will be on campus Monday, Dec.
2, to deliver a lecture on "Heart of
America: Africa's Future and Ours."
Although the event will be free and open to the public, tickets will be
required for admission and will be given
away beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the University Box Office
in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU).
Approximately 1,600 tickets will be available--one per person--on a
first-come, first-served basis.
The lecture, sponsored by the University Lecture Committee with help
from the Student Commission on
Programming and Entertainment (SCOPE) and the Campus Activities Board,
will begin at 7 p.m. in the IMU
Main Lounge. Receiving a ticket will not guarantee a seat in the IMU
Main Lounge; due to the anticipated draw
of the lecture, the committee has arranged a live video feed to the
IMU's second-floor ballroom.
In recent years, Bono has brought considerable awareness to the issues
of third-world debt relief and the AIDS
epidemic. His lecture at Iowa--one of only three U.S. campuses Bono
plans to visit--will focus on the AIDS
epidemic that is ravaging Africa. He likely will talk about his recent
tour of Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary
Paul O'Neill.
-prepared by the University Lecture Committee
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RTE: U2 nominated for Interactive Music Award (11-22-2002)
From RTE:
Westlife nominated for Interactive Music Awards
Westlife and U2 have been nominated for Interactive Music Awards (IMAs).
The Interactive Music Awards are the latest addition to the British
music calender and will take place on 26 November.
The Irish boy band have been nominated in the categories of Best Pop
Artist and Artist of the Year.
U2 received a nomination for Best Rock/Indie Artist.
The awards are for artists and labels who have done the most to reach
their fans through the internet and other interactive
media such as SMS and interactive TV.
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NY Observer: You can be Bono's neighbor if you have $4.5 million
(11-22-2002)
Condensed from The New York Observer:
Tatum's New Leaf
By Blair Golson
November 18, 2002
Actress Tatum O'Neal has opened the doors to her three-bedroom Central
Park West co-op. Ms. O'Neal, the
youngest-ever Academy Award winner and ex-wife of tennis great John
McEnroe, is asking $4.5 million for her
2,900-square-foot apartment, located on the 16th floor of the El Dorado,
just off 90th Street.
The apartment looks directly over the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Reservoir, and the next owner will share a
floor with U2 front man Paul Hewson-a.k.a. Bono-who has an apartment two
doors down.
Ms. O'Neal bought the apartment in 1996 for $2 million. The grand-scale
co-op has three bathrooms, a maid's
room and bath, an eat-in kitchen, a formal dining room and north, east
and west exposures.
The apartment's listing agent, Roger Erickson Sr., managing director of
William B. May, had no comment on the
sale. Ms. O'Neal shot to instant stardom in 1973 when, at 10 years old,
she won a Best Supporting Actress
Oscar for her portrayal of a precocious con artist in Paper Moon, in
which she starred alongside her father, Ryan
O'Neal, Farrah Fawcett's longtime paramour. She solidified that standing
in the 1976 smash The Bad News Bears,
but a string of disappointing roles followed, and she quickly fell out
of Hollywood favor.
In 1984, the 20-year-old Ms. O'Neal met Mr. McEnroe, then 25, at a party
in Los Angeles, and they were married
two years later. They had three children together, but their union
dissolved acrimoniously in 1991. Their hostility
toward one another was made very public this summer with the publication
of Mr. McEnroe's memoir, You Cannot
Be Serious, which painted Ms. O'Neal as an unfit mother, in large part
because of her admitted lifelong battle with
drug addiction. She subsequently went on a public-relations
offensive-including a People magazine cover story
and a Barbara Walters 20/20 special-to counter some of her ex-husband's
charges. Ms. O'Neal is currently
attempting an acting comeback with a starring role in The Technical
Writer, an independent film hunting for a distributor,
and she has also signed a deal with HarperCollins to write her memoirs.
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UNL Today: Bono to Speak at Thompson Forum Event (11-22-2002)
From UNL Today:
TICKETS AT LIED BOX
AVAILABLE FRI 11AM
Bono to Speak at Thompson Forum Event
An E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues event featuring Bono, founder of
DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa)
and lead singer of the rock band U2, is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 1 at
7pm. Free tickets will be available at the
Lied Center for Performing Arts box office beginning at 11am Friday,
Nov. 22.
Bono will be joined by film and television performer Ashley Judd for the
World AIDS Awareness Day forum on
AIDS, debt relief and other issues in Sub Saharan Africa. The Simon
Wiesenthal Center honored Bono with the
center's highest honor, its Humanitarian Laureate Award, on Monday in
New York. He is currently on a speaking
tour advancing humanitarian causes. Bono is founder of DATA (Debt, AIDS,
Trade in Africa), a nonprofit organization
dedicated to easing the interlocking crises afflicting the people of
Africa.
The Thompson Forum is a cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation and
UNL. Other sponsors of the lecture
are Save Sub-Saharan Orphans, and at UNL the University Program Council,
the Chancellor's Office and the Lied
Center.
Due to the anticipated high level of interest for this event, there will
be a limit of four tickets per person, and tickets
must be picked up in person at the Lied box office; no ticket orders
will be taken.
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Daily Iowan: Bono to speak on AIDS at UI (11-22-2002)
From The Daily Iowan:
Bono to speak on AIDS at UI
By Amir Efrati - The Daily Iowan
International humanitarian and award-winning musician Bono will speak at
the IMU Main Lounge on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.,
the University Lecture Committee announced Thursday.
In a speech titled "Heart of America: Africa's Future and Ours," the
Irish-born singer will discuss the HIV/AIDS crisis in
Africa, committee members said.
Starting today at 11 a.m., 1,600 free tickets to the event will be given
away -- one per person -- at the University
Box Office, committee members said.
In recent years, Bono has become a highly respected and shrewd political
advocate for numerous causes.
"Most musicians have a cause, but Bono pursues his more aggressively and
realistically," said Dan Rossi, the committee
chairman, citing the singer's recent tour of Africa with U.S. Treasury
Secretary Paul O'Neill.
The UI Hospital and Clinic's connection with AIDS research was a
possible reason that Bono chose the UI during his
brief U.S. tour, Rossi said.
Lecture Committee event coordinator Patrick Finn said Bono has used the
name recognition from his Grammy-award
winning rock band, U2, to raise awareness about Third World suffering.
In March, President Bush pledged $5 billion in aid
to the world's poorest countries, signifying an important political
victory for Bono and AIDS activists who had fought for the
aid package.
"He's pushing countries to change their policies to place AIDS and Third
World debt at the forefront of their agendas," Finn
said.
As ambassador of Jubilee 2000, a movement dedicated to erasing the
public debt of 52 of the world's poorest countries,
Bono has met with Pope John Paul II, former President Clinton, and U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In 2002, he
founded DATA (Debt, Aid, Trade for Africa).
Ticket holders are not guaranteed seats in the Main Lounge on Dec. 2;
they will be admitted on a first-come, first-served
basis until the 1,100-seat capacity is reached. There is limited
standing room.
An additional 800 people will be able to watch a live video feed in the
IMU's second-floor ballroom, and the committee is
working to transmit the feed to additional rooms in the IMU. Details of
the lecture, including other possible speakers that night,
are still being worked on, committee members said, adding that some
seats at the Main Lounge will be reserved for state
and local AIDS activists and researchers.
Bono, who will be the guest on "Larry King Live" on Dec. 1 to mark World
AIDS Day, will not charge an honorarium fee for
the lecture.
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Journal Star: Tickets free for Bono-Judd AIDS Day event (11-22-2002)
From The Journal Star:
Tickets free for Bono-Judd AIDS Day event
Lincoln Journal Star
Tickets will be available starting at 11 this morning for a Lincoln
appearance by international rock star Bono
and actress Ashley Judd at a World AIDSDay event.
The event will be an E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues and will take
place Dec. 1 at the Lied Center
for the Performing Arts, starting at 7 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public, according to information
provided by the Office of Univers
ity Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Because of the expected public interest, tickets will be distributed in
person only at the Lied Box Office.
There will be a limit of four per person.
Annette Wetzel, director of the UNL visitors center and special events,
said Thursday that she expected
all the tickets will be distributed today.
Bono will not sing but will deliver a lecture, Wetzel said.
The Lincoln event will raise money for the Save Sub-Saharan Orphans, a
nonprofit, volunteer Lincoln group
that sends the money it raises to the African clergy and workers caring
for 700 children in six African orphanages.
Bono, 42, who's real name is Paul Hewson, is the lead singer of the rock
group U2. He has campaigned
extensively for debt relief for Africa and for AIDS-related charities.
Judd, 34, is an actress and a daughter of country music star Naomi Judd.
Ashley Judd's films include "A Time
to Kill" and "Double Jeopardy."
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Washington Post: Larry King interviews Bono (11-22-2002)
Condensed from The Washington Post:
The Reliable Source
Lloyd Grove, Washington Post Staff Writer
CNN host Larry King and Irish rocker Bono celebrated King's 69th
birthday on Tuesday and vied for the title of Most Blustery Dad
during taping of a ''Larry King Show'' to be aired on World AIDS Day,
Dec. 1. ''How old are your kids now?'' King asked the Third World
poverty and AIDS activist. Bono answered that his two daughters are
13 and 11. ''And I have two boys, Eli, 3 1/2, and John that's
1 1/2.'' King countered: ''I have a 3 1/2 and a 2 1/2.'' Bono:
''Are yours boys?'' King: ''Yes, two boys.'' Bono, upping the ante:
''I bet you my boys are tougher than yours.'' King: ''I'm Jewish --
bet my boys are smarter.'' We're staying out of this.
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AP: Bono to Attend World AIDS Day in Nebraska (11-22-2002)
From The Associated Press:
Bono to Attend World AIDS Day in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. --Bono will be in Nebraska next month for World AIDS Day.
The 42-year-old U2 lead singer will be in Lincoln on Dec. 1, said Nelson
Okuku Miruka, president of Save
Sub-Saharan Orphans, a volunteer group that raises money for African
orphanages.
He'll present an evening program at the Lied Center for the performing
arts to raise awareness of the
continent's growing health crisis, Miruka said this week.
AIDS and African debt relief are two of Bono's top political causes.
He traveled to Africa in May with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill
to draw attention to the needs of the
continent.
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Katrillion: Bono Receives Humanitarian Award (11-22-2002)
From Katrillion:
Bono Receives Humanitarian Award
NEW YORK (Katrillion) -- U2 frontman Bono was honored by the Simon
Wiesenthal Center Monday evening, receiving the
organization's Humanitarian Laureate Award.
The 42-year-old Irish rocker received the award at a gala dinner held at
the Marriott Marquis hotel. The honor serves as a
commendation for his tireless, extensive efforts to eliminate the
massive debts of many African countries, and in turn allow these
nations to focus on poverty and AIDS relief.
While he attempted to abandon his celebrity image for the evening -- his
leather jacket replaced by a conservative black suit --
his trademark blue-tinted shades, silver hoop earrings and unmistakable
wit reminded us all that Bono is still a rock star at heart.
After being introduced, Bono called the experience "a gorgeous, sexy
moment." Although he made sure to express his
appreciation for having received this award, Bono wasted no time using
his acceptance speech as a platform to further his
message.
"What I'll really be looking for is for you to give the President of the
United States permission to spend your money on the three
big issues of Africa. Dropping the debt, dealing with AIDS, fairer
trade," he said.
To learn more about Bono's work with Africa and find out how you can get
involved, go to www.datadata.org.
-- Sarene Leeds
Nov. 19, 2002 10:07 AM EST
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Katrillion: Score the Best and Rarest U2 Stuff Around! (11-22-2002)
From Katrillion:
Score the Best and Rarest U2 Stuff Around!
U2 wants you to celebrate the release of "The Best of 1990 - 2000." So,
your favorite Irish rockers have assembled
custom-built boxes chock-full of goodies!
Never to be sold in stores, less than 1,000 of these priceless
collections exist worldwide!
Enter to win one of four prize packs that include:
- one "Best of 1990 - 2000" hits CD
- one "Best of 1990 - 2000" b-sides CD
- one documentary picture book
- every full-length CD in their catalog
- every single and its b-side from 1990 to 2000 on 7" vinyl
Don't miss out!
To enter this contest, visit
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Omaha World-Herald: Bono tickets are available at UNL today (11-22-2002)
From The Omaha World-Herald:
Bono tickets are available at UNL today
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
LINCOLN - Get ready to get in line if you want to hear a lecture
next month by U2 lead singer Bono and actress Ashley Judd.
Free tickets for the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, featuring
lectures by Bono and Judd, will be distributed today.
The tickets will be offered on a first-come basis starting at 11
a.m. at the Lied Box Office, 301 N. 12th St. in Lincoln. Those in
line will be limited to four tickets each.
The forum will be Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing
Arts. It will feature the two celebrity speakers, an AIDS activist
from Africa, a group of African child singers and questions and
answers in a World AIDS Day awareness program.
Doors will open at 6 p.m.; ticket-holders must be seated by 6:45 p.m.,
when non-ticket-holders will be admitted to any empty seats.
The lecture also will be broadcast live on the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln's Web site, Lincoln cable Channel 21, UNL's KRNU
radio station (90.3 FM) and UNL campus TV.
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VH1: U2 - The Best of 1990-2000 Special (11-22-2002)
Condensed from VH1:
On Saturday, November 23
* U2: The Best of 1990 - 2000 *
Through interviews with Bono, The Edge, and Larry Mullen, Jr. as well as
concert and video footage, ''U2: The Best of 1990-2000'' examines how
the band's hit songs have impacted the last decade. Songs include
Mysterious Ways, One, Stay, Staring At the Sun, Beautiful Day, and
many more. (Premieres from 10-10:30 p.m.)
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U2Guatemala.com: Mp3 of Jools Holland and Bono collaboration
(11-22-2002)
The new version of ''If You Wear That Velvet Dress'' (Bono with Jools
Holland) can be
downloaded from the Downloads section at:
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Jewish Week: 'Beautiful Day' For Bono (11-22-2002)
From The Jewish Week:
'Beautiful Day' For Bono
Irish rocker gets Wiesenthal Center honor here for vision of tikkun
olam.
Eric J. Greenberg - Staff Writer
What's one of the world's greatest rock stars doing at a Jewish benefit
dinner? The answer came
Monday night when Bono, the voice and wordsmith driving the fabulously
popular band U2,
became the first rock and roll personality to receive the Humanitarian
Laureate Award from the
Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Bono, a 43-year-old native of Dublin, was honored for his international
campaign to raise public
awareness of the AIDS epidemic killing millions in Africa and forgive
the crushing monetary debt
of poverty-stricken Third World countries.
Besides penning multimillion-selling, Grammy-winning albums, and
fronting sold-out arena tours,
Bono is busy lobbying world leaders to help Africa's suffering and
dying.
"He is fulfilling the prophetic vision of tikkun olam -- to help repair
the world and leave it in better
condition than when we found it," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the
center named after the
famous Nazi hunter whose mission is to preserve the memory of the
Holocaust and promote
tolerance.
"When the center started its award process this year, only one name came
to mind -- Bono," said
Wiesenthal Center Eastern director Rhonda Barad. "Not only does he
address issues, he creates
concrete viable plans to make the world a more equitable place."
So there was Bono (real name Paul Hewson), unaccustomedly dressed in a
suit and tie and peering
from behind his trademark light-tinted wraparound sunglasses, addressing
a room full of sixty-
something tuxedo-clad diners -- some who had no clue who he was.
During a low-key heartfelt address, Bono told of the horrific suffering
of families devastated by AIDS
he witnessed during a recent mission to Africa.
Referring to himself as the new kid on the block in humanitarian work,
he explained his new organization
to help Africa called DATA (Debt, AIDS Emergency, Trade).
"We're mishpacha now," Bono told the audience, using the Hebrew word for
family. "Once I'm in, I
don't leave easily. I'm going to be calling on you."
Following in the rock star/humanitarian tradition of John Lennon, Bono,
who recently bought a home in
New York, admitted to using his celebrity status as currency to sell his
ideas to improve the world.
"A great idea is like a melody," he said. "The United States is a great
idea. New York is a great idea.
Simon Wiesenthal and seeking justice is a great idea."
Bono revealed that he sought and received permission from Rep. Tom
Lantos, (D-Calif.), a Holocaust
survivor, to liken the plight of Africans dying of AIDS as the world
turns a blind eye, to Jews being
forced into death camp-bound trains, while the world did nothing.
"Are we not watching them being put on trains again?" Bono said. "I want
to offer my services to at
least just lay on the tracks."
Columbia University macroeconomist Jeffrey Sachs, who became good
friends with Bono over the
Third World debt issue, told the audience: "You are honoring without
question a great humanitarian. I
think the two of you belong together."
Legendary rock star Lou Reed, no stranger to social activism, told The
Jewish Week that Bono is
"very, very deserving" of the award.
Yehuda Lancry, Israel's ambassador to the United Nation, speaking as
representative of a nation
"experiencing hatred and discrimination," called Bono "an outstanding
humanitarian leader and one of
the world's greatest social activists, reflected not only in lyrics but
in deeds."
Wiesenthal Center officials also announced that its multimillion New
York Tolerance Center will open
on May 8 at the old New York Daily News building on 42nd Street.
So far, $11 million has been raised for the project, announced dinner
co-chairman Ira Lipman.
The tolerance center will offer tolerance and training to local, state
and federal law enforcement agencies,
teachers, community leaders and corporations.
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YouTwo.net: Part 1 - The Simon Wiesenthal Center Presents Humanitarian
Award to Bono (11-21-2002)
The Simon Wiesenthal Center Presents Humanitarian Award to Bono
A YouTwo.net Report
On Monday, November 18, the Simon Wiesenthal Center presented Bono with
its 2002
Humanitarian Laureate Award at its Eastern annual dinner at New York's
Marriott Marquis
Hotel.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international human rights
organization dedicated
to preserving the memory of the Holocaust, and to fostering tolerance
and
understanding through community involvement, educational outreach, and
social action.
Over the course of the evening, guests were educated on the Center's
work with a
program that included a short film on actor Robert Clary's experience
surviving the
Holocaust as a child and a speech on anti-Semitism in today's world by
Rabbi Marvin
Hier. (Read Rabbi Hier's speech.)
Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, served as dinner
chair, and
ABC News correspondent and anchor Elizabeth Vargas was Master of
Ceremonies for the
evening.
Rhonda Barad, the Eastern director for the Simon Wiesenthal Center,
began the program
by outlining why Bono had been chosen to receive the Center's
Humanitarian Laureate
Award.
"Bono has met with the President and the Pope, prime ministers and
royalty to help make
a better life for those less fortunate than himself," said Barad.
"Though he has stated
that he is doing what anyone would do if they had the opportunity, few
have taken up
those challenges as he has done himself...We are blessed to have an
individual like
Bono to draw attention [to important social issues]."
Elizabeth Vargas spoke of Bono's social and humanitarian work through
the years,
mentioning U2's involvement with Live Aid, their performance in war-torn
Sarajevo in
1997, and Bono's trip to Africa with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul
O'Neill.
Among the other speakers were Dr. Ira Lipman, dinner co-chairman, who
addressed Bono
by saying, "You are not only a credit to the world of music, but to
humanity itself." At the
end of his speech, Lipman announced that the New York Tolerance Center
will be opening
on May 8, 2003.
Yehuda Lancry, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, extended a
personal message to
Bono on behalf of Israel. "As a representative of the nation of Israel,
I would like to
convey the deep admiration of the people and, indeed, the nation of
Israel," said Lancry.
A special tribute came from President Bill Clinton, who was unable to
attend the event.
On Clinton's behalf, Vargas read a letter to Bono in which Clinton
stated, "Your tireless
efforts to relieve the world's poorest nations from the crippling burden
of massive debt
has been one of the most inspiring examples of using celebrity for the
common good that
I have ever witnessed. You have truly earned this special recognition."
(Read Bill
Clinton's letter to Bono.)
Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University received the honor of
bestowing the
Humanitarian Laureate Award to Bono. In his address, Sachs shared his
story of the first
time Bono called him and asked to learn about the debt crisis of
impoverished countries,
and how that phone call marked the beginning of a great friendship.
"Every person he has come to -- every world leader, every opinion-maker,
every common
person -- has felt the incredible humanitarian pull of this most
extraordinary individual,"
said Sachs. "Bono has found ways to touch the hearts of millions -- his
fans, of course,
but his legions of admirers in all walks of life, in all stages of life
around the world."
Sachs also spoke of Bono's and his trip together to Africa where they
saw things that
were "almost impossible to describe." He described the people in Africa
affected by AIDS,
malnutrition, and drought. "We're living in another time, where millions
of innocents
are dying every year -- deaths that are utterly preventable. Deaths that
are utterly
horrific, tragic and avoidable," said Sachs. (Read Jeffrey Sach's
speech.)
In his acceptance speech, Bono thanked the band U2 for their generosity
and Keryn Kaplan,
who runs U2's management office in New York and who was present at the
dinner. Bono also
recognized several friends who were guests that evening, including Lou
Reed, whom he
called the greatest poet who ever lived in New York.
Bono spoke about the organization he helped to found called DATA.
"That's D for debt,
A for AIDS, T for trade: three big issues facing Africa," said Bono. He
related DATA's
goals and work to the goals and work of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,
saying both
organizations fight for justice.
(Continued)
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YouTwo.net: Transcript of Jeffrey Sachs' speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
A YouTwo.net Transcript
Elizabeth Vargas: To present the Simon Wiesenthal Center's 2002
Humanitarian Laureate Award, please welcome
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth
Institute and a good friend of Bono's. (audience applauds)
Jeffrey Sachs: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. If we had had only
the thanks for Bono from the State of Israel, dyenu.
If we had only the thank you for the State of Israel and Bill Clinton,
dyenu. But we have also a thank you for all of you.
I want to start by thanking the Simon Wiesenthal Center for the
wonderful work that you do. Watching the film and thinking
back in my own childhood and adulthood...knowing of the wonderful and
marvelous work of this Center, its unflinchingly fighting
for justice. You've done an incomparable amount to shape a world that
has a chance, still, at justice in this century. I think that
tonight, as you join forces with Bono, this is another great tribute --
not only for Bono, but for this wonderful organization and all
that you've accomplished. I think the two of you belong together. You
are honoring, without question, a great humanitarian.
Bono is such and incredible humanitarian that he has even found a place
in his heart for macroeconomists. This is a rather difficult
thing to do, I can assure you, but he's found a way to do it. And,
moreover, he's found the most amazing response in return,
as you know well.
True to form, when Bono first called me -- and somewhat out of the blue
-- a few years ago and said, "I want to come to Harvard
to talk to you about the debt crisis of impoverished countries," he
said. "Bring along your absolutely most conservative friend
with you. Bring along the one that's going to be the biggest skeptic. I
want to hear his arguments. I want to understand deeply
what this issue is about."
Well, I saw the beginning of what I've seen as an unending, amazing
transformation in the following years. I brought along my
most conservative, sometimes cynical, very hard-headed, and very
brilliant colleague. Bono worked him over for about an hour
and out came a famous article afterwards called "Two Cheers for Debt
Relief," which was two more than anyone had ever gotten
out of this gentleman before. Bono hasn't stopped with two cheers from
anybody. (Read about "Two Cheers for Debt Relief.")
Every person he has come to, every world leader, every opinion-maker,
every common person has felt the incredible
humanitarian pull of this most extraordinary individual. I remember --
it's shown in the program this evening -- one of these most
remarkable firsts. Bono calling me on the cell phone one afternoon said,
"Jeff, what are you doing?" I said, "I'm driving home."
He said, "You better pull over." So I pulled over. I said, "What's up?"
He said, "You won't quite believe what just happened to
me. Jesse Helms just blessed me and what we're doing." That was even
better than two cheers from my colleague.
Bono has found ways to touch the hearts of millions -- his fans, of
course, but his legions of admirers in all walks of life, in all stages
of life around the world. It's not an easy quest that he is on, and it
is by no means a finished quest. In fact, the stakes are so high
that I would like to share with you just a minute how extraordinary the
challenge is that we face together and how much the Simon
Wiesenthal Center, with its commitment to justice and to "never again,"
can contribute to this parlous state of our planet today.
Bono and I went to Africa early in the year. I suppose I was about the
most likely warm-up act for Secretary O'Neill. After you've
done it with a macroeconomist, the Treasury Secretary has to be twice as
much fun, at least. And we saw things, ladies and
gentlemen, that are almost impossible to describe, and they are events
that are occurring every day. They are occurring now, as
we sit and enjoy this wonderful celebration.
We went out to villages in Malawi that are nothing more than orphanages
because the toll of AIDS has been so devastating that
millions of children are not only bereft of the needs of sustenance, but
are bereft of their parents, families, their chances for the
future. We saw grandmothers looking after fourteen or fifteen hungry
grandchildren...mothers and fathers had died. The drought
that is afflicting southern Africa and is now imperiling the lives, as
we speak, of 15 million southern Africans, meant that the
grandmother pulled out of her apron some bug-infested millet -- a
handful to show us what dinner would be that evening for her
fourteen grandchildren.
We went to the cruelly misnamed medical wards of St. Elizabeth's
Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. Cruelly misnamed because,
while there were hundreds of dying people -- any one of which who could
have stood up had only the medicines been
available -- had no medicines at all so that a hospital ward with
occupancy 160 beds, the day we came had 450 patients --
emaciated, lying head to foot in the same bed -- dying for want of a
dollar a day that would have kept them alive.
We're living in another time, ladies and gentlemen, where millions of
innocents are dying every year -- deaths that are utterly
preventable. Deaths that are utterly horrific, tragic, and avoidable.
And so far, the internet and the television and all the rest have
not saved them. Bono's humanity I saw in the village, in the hospital
wards.
In the most beautiful moment of the trip, when we were introduced to a
traveling troupe of HIV-infected -- and therefore dying
musicians -- who went from village to village in Uganda to try to bring
education and hope to their fellow and dying countrymen.
Again, not because death is inevitable, but because the drugs were
simply not available. Bono picked up a guitar in a small
room. They didn't know Bono -- they were the last ten people in the
world not to know him -- and he started playing his ode,
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." And I heard one of these
beautiful people say, "It's a spiritual!" And they started
to sway, if to prove as vividly and as dramatically as possible the
universal language that Bono speaks that can reach all. And
the tears flowed and they danced to his music and we saw the beauty and
the humanity and all that is being squandered on
the African continent today.
I am so thrilled for Bono because you've chosen right, and I am so
thrilled for the Simon Wiesenthal Center that you've made
this decision this evening. The Center and Bono, in my view, exemplify
all that is needed and all that's right for justice in the
world. The Center and Bono bear witness. The Center and Bono fight for
justice. The Center and Bono give hope. And as
Rabbi Hier said so beautifully, the Center and Bono exemplify our
deepest spirit of "tekkin olem," "to heal and repair the
world." It's my great honor to give Bono the humanitarian award of the
Simon Wiesenthal Center. (audience applauds)
(Sachs places award around Bono's neck and they embrace)
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YouTwo.net: Bill Clinton's letter to Bono on receiving Simon Wiesenthal
Center award (11-21-2002)
A YouTwo.net Transcription
As read aloud by Elizabeth Vargas at the Simon Wiesenthal Center annual
dinner
Bono,
It was so great to learn that the Simon Wiesenthal Center has chosen you
to honor with its Humanitarian Laureate
Award, and I am delighted to add my congratulations to those of your
many admirers.
On the Jewish holiday of Passover, one of the traditional songs to sing
is "dyenu," the Hebrew word for "enough."
Had the eternal one only brought the Jewish people out of Egypt with
nothing more, so the song goes, that would
have been enough, or if he had left only the Sabbath or only the Torah.
The song lists a litany of kindnesses that
God bestowed upon the Jewish people, affirming that, though each one
would have been enough, God granted
them all.
Reflecting on what you have managed to accomplish in your still young
life, the word "dyenu" comes to mind. If you
had stopped at being an extraordinary musician -- writing and singing
songs that captured the hearts, lifted the spirits
and opened the minds of millions of fans -- that would have been enough.
Had you been a successful artist and
worked for peace in Northern Ireland, it would have been enough. It
would have been enough, but your tireless
efforts to relieve the world's poorest nations from the crippling burden
of massive debt has been one of the most
inspiring examples of using celebrity for the common good that I have
ever witnessed. You have truly earned this
special recognition.
Hillary and I send our warmest wishes for a memorable tribute dinner and
for every success and happiness.
Sincerely,
Bill
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ChartAttack: Can't Stop Eminem (11-21-2002)
From ChartAttack:
Soundscan: Can't Stop Eminem
Thursday November 21, 2002
By: ChartAttack.com Staff
OK, its mid-November and the holiday season is fast approaching. If we
were in England, we would be starting to scan the charts in earnest,
trying to forecast what song and which band will be the #1 Christmas
record. Big money is gambled on this endeavor. Here, we are a little
more moderate and are merely curious as to what people will buy as
gifts for their loved ones.
For the record, our figurative money is on Shania. But therell be
competition, for sure.
Among the top contenders for a long stay at the top of the charts is
the soundtrack to 8 Mile, Eminems star vehicle about a young rapper
done good. Although 8 Mile dropped to #2 last week when U2 s Best Of
1990-2000 took the #1 position, its back up at the top now, beating
out two new releases: Universals Big Shiny Tunes 7 compilation and
Pearl Jam s Riot Act. Theres a chance that BST will squeeze into #1
next week, but its sure to face a hearty battle from Ms. Twains new
album, which comes in both country and pop versions (as well as a
third, Eastern-influenced version available on the Internet. We think
that means sitars.). Can the combination of Sum 41, Sam Roberts and
a new Matt Good song (along with many other goodies) beat out Twains
return? Only time will tell.
Avrils Let Go, Elviss 30 #1 Hits, Eminems The Eminem Show and the
francophone compilation Mixmania all remain in the top 10. Theyre
joined by Jay-Zs Blueprint 2: Gift & The Curse and Francois Perusses
LAlbum Pirate, both in their debut weeks.
Quick out of the gate, *Nsync-er Justin Timberlakes Justified takes
a brutal tumble from #3 to #14. What gives? We thought production by
The Neptunes would give cutie Justin a little more chart longevity.
Also taking a dip is Christina Aguileras Stripped. It drops from #8
to #15. Hmmm we sense a conspiracy. Maybe Britneys cast spells on
her former boyfriend and her ex-Mouseketeer buddy. Maybe not.
Back to the good news. Quebecois singer Marie Desrosiers debuts at
#21 with Marie Michel, 3 Doors Down cap off the top #25 with their
latest, Away From The Sun, and one of our favourite new releases,
Missy Elliotts Under Construction, squeaks in at #24.
There arent too many more new records coming out between now and
Christmas. Whatll make it to #1? Only you can decide.
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SoundSpike: U2 at #34on album chart (11-21-2002)
From SoundSpike:
Album Chart: Jay-Z's 'Blueprint 2' topples '8 Mile' soundtrack
by Rob Evans SoundSpike News
Nov 21, 2002, 9:10 am PST
Jay-Z's ''The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse'' sold about 545,000
copies during its first week in stores to knock Eminem's ''8 Mile''
soundtrack from its No. 1 perch on the U.S. album charts.
Though its two-week stay at No. 1 ends, ''8 Mile'' continued to move
briskly, with about 400,000 copies sold in the last week, according
to industry sources. More than 1.6 million copies have sold to date.
''The Blueprint 2,'' Jay-Z's fifth No. 1 album, is one of five
new releases to crack the top 10 of next week's Billboard 200
album chart. Others are Missy ''Misdemeanor'' Elliott's ''Under
Construction'' (at No. 3 with nearly 260,000 copies sold), Pearl Jam's
''Riot Act'' (at No. 5 with about 166,000 copies sold), TLC's ''3D''
(at No. 6 with about 143,000 copies sold) and 3 Doors Down's ''Away
from the Sun'' (at No. 8 with 115,000 copies sold).
Justin Timberlake's ''Justified'' falls from No. 2 to No. 4 during
its second week in stores, while Christina Aguilera's ''Stripped''--in
its third week of release--falls three slots to No. 7.
Eminem's ''The Eminem Show'' slips two slots to No. 9, and Santana's
''Shaman'' slips five to No. 10.
Other notable debuts include Elton John's ''Greatest Hits 1970-2002''
(No. 12), ''World Wrestling Entertainment Presents: WWE Anthology''
(No. 13), Saliva's ''Back Into Your System'' (No. 19), Sean Paul's
''Dutty Rock'' (No. 26), O-Town's ''02'' (No. 28), Phil Collins'
''Testify'' (No. 30), Fat Joe's ''Loyalty'' (No. 31), U2's ''The Best
of 1990-2000'' (No. 34), Barry Manilow's ''A Christmas Gift of Love''
(No. 71), the ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' soundtrack
(No. 81) and Vivian Green's ''Love Story'' (No. 93).
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U2Mexico.com: Rattle & Hum in Mexico (11-21-2002)
The movie "U2 Rattle & Hum" will be featured on its original 35mm format
at the
Cineteca Nacional, Mexico D.F.
Tickets will be on sale only on November 21 and 22 at Cineteca Nacional
(Av. México Coyoacán #389, Col Xoco). More info available at
www.u2mexico.com.
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Chicago Tribune: Photo of Bono and Larry King (11-21-2002)
Thanks to Brian for the following photo of Bono and Larry King, which
was
published in The Chicago Tribune:
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YouTwo.net: Part 2 - The Simon Wiesenthal Center Presents Humanitarian
Award to Bono (11-21-2002)
After providing horrifying statistics and sharing the devastation he saw
in Africa, Bono
called upon the people of the United States to give permission to
President Bush to
spend their money on the issues Africa is facing now. "I want to argue
that the crisis
in Africa presents an opportunity for this great country to show just
how great it is,
because America is a great idea" said Bono. He warned that if the United
States doesn't
use its resources to deal with the AIDS emergency and help the people of
Africa, it
would be in danger of becoming an idea that "history makes ridiculous."
In his final, and perhaps most moving comments of the evening, Bono
likened the
indifference and inaction to aid Africa to the indifference and inaction
to aid Jews
during World War II, through a story he shared about meeting Congressman
Tom Lantos.
Lantos had told Bono about being put on the train to a concentration
camp in Nazi-
occupied Hungary and how crowds of people gathered and did nothing to
help.
"We're watching them [Africans] be put on the trains," said Bono. "I
want to offer my
services...to just lay on the tracks." (Read Bono's full speech.)
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YouTwo.net: Part 2 - Transcript of Bono's speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
Two-and-a-half million Africans are going to die next year for the
stupidest of reasons. Not even reasons -- excuses. Money.
And it’s not even big money. They’re going to leave behind 25 million
AIDS orphans by the end of the decade. Not because
we don’t know how to save their parents, not even because the drugs are
too expensive -- but because it’s difficult to get the
lifesaving drugs to the parents. Yet we can get cold, fizzy drinks to
the furthest reaches of Africa. I’m not beating up Coca-Cola.
We need them. We need their advertising. We need their refrigerated
trucks. This is an emergency. It’s no time to play these
“good guys and bad guys.” Same with the pharmaceutical industry. We need
them. We need you. We need your creativity.
We need your research teams and, much more importantly, we need a
vaccine.
I meet people who tell me it’s going to take an act of God to stop this
plague, this black death of the 21st century. Well, I don’t
believe that. I don’t believe we should wait for God to act. I think
that God is waiting for us to act. I truly believe that God is on
His knees to us, imploring us, pleading with us to turn around the
supertanker of indifference that would deny for others what we
demand for ourselves. That’s justice, isn’t it? We’re talking about
justice. It’s also about equality. And what a pain in the ass
equality turned out to be. (Bono laughs) I've been thinking about these
Jewish sheep farmers. They're walking in front of the
Pharoah. The Pharoah calls him and he says, “I hear you have this crazy
idea. You think you’re equal to me.” And those
Jewish sheepherders looked at him and said, “Yeah, that’s what it says
in the book here: All are under God."
And so the journey of equality begins -- “But it's not going to include
black people, is it?” Or, “That’s not going to include women,
is it?” And on it goes. And where’s it taking us now? I’ll tell you
where it’s gonna take us. It’s going to take us to a place where we
cannot decide who is our neighbor anymore. Distance can no longer decide
who our neighbor is. We can’t choose them.
Someone has shrunk the world. Television, communications, trade...the
world is tiny now. We cannot choose the benefits of
globalization without some of the responsibilities and we should remind
ourselves -- and not in a holier-than-thou way -- that
“love thy neighbor” is not advice from God almighty. It is a command.
We can choose to put our considerable resources and brainpower to get to
grips with the AIDS emergency. If we don’t, we’re
on track to being one of the ideas that history made ridiculous.
It’s a problem that’s metastasizing, like a cancer. It’s growth is
geometric, not arithmetic. It will be much, much, much more expensive
the longer we leave it, dealing with this AIDS emergency. It’s not just
capital, human, and financial; it’s political. Right now, this
country has a problem and it feeds into the war against terror. In too
much of the world, this country is perceived as isolationist and
solely self-interested, a continent behaving like an island.
But I want to argue that the crisis in Africa presents an opportunity
for this great country to show just how great it is. Because
America is a great idea. Not every country is an idea. This is what we
love about the U.S. It wasn’t just a country, it was an idea.
As well as defending the country of America, we have to defend the idea
of America. The war on terror, I tell you, is bound up in
the war against poverty. I don’t have to tell you that. Colin Powell --
Secretary of State Colin Powell -- he said that “The war on
terror is bound up with the war against poverty.” Should we believe him?
Can we just think for a second that maybe this was not
just a piece of script written for him? We’ve seen too many times what
happens when the world hears children cry and fails to
respond. This community understands that as well as any in the world.
Simon Wiesenthal is not just the great seeker of justice but
a global institution -- an embodiment of the idea that justice can be
found and horror is prevented if we are just willing to try.
I want to tell you, finally, just about a man I met whom you all know
but I didn’t know his story. He is Congressman Tom Lantos,
who told me about being in Nazi occupied Hungary. And told me about
being put on the trains to go to Auschwitz. And later in his
life he’d seen all the crowds gather watching people being put on the
trains. And I said to him, and I didn’t say it slightly or in any
way...I said it respectfully. I said, “Respectfully, sir, are we not
watching people being put on the trains again?” Because with CNN
and satellite television, that's what we're doing. We're watching these
people get on the trains. And he said to me, he said,
“That’s exactly where we're at right now concerning Africa, concerning
the fact that we have the drugs here that can save these
people's lives and we're not sharing them.” I said, “Can I say that when
I speak?” And he said, “Yes, you can say that.” He said it
was a very bitter experience for him, but he offered it up as an example
of what’ll happen to other people. We’re watching them
be put on the trains. I want to offer my services -- and I know a lot of
you people here are -- to just lay on the tracks. Thank you
very much. (audience applauds)
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YouTwo.net: Part 1 - Transcript of Bono's speech at the Simon Wiesenthal
Center dinner (11-21-2002)
Bono: Well, if you'll excuse my nervousness. I'm not used to speaking
to less than 20,000 people. (audience laughs)
Umm, thank you, Rhonda. Thank you, Elizabeth. What a gorgeous, sexy
mama you are. (audience laughs) Thank you.
Really, thank you everybody.
Whew! I'm very pleased to be here. I'm very, very, very honored to get
this award. I'm the new boy on the block, I
suppose. But I have to be made to feel like that. And I appreciate
that. And to have the professor introduce the student --
well, that's a very humbling thing.
I want to tell you that when Jeff Sachs ran the Center for International
Development at Harvard, he let me enroll. I studied
with him on campus. I studied with him over the phone. I studied with
him on the longest flights the length of Africa as he
broke the code of the most cold-hearted statistics. He turned them into
stories of warm-blooded people whose lives
depend on which side of the balance sheet the economists put them. And
he made the facts shout for those people. And
if the facts can shout -- a chance to shout, anyway -- he has a voice
louder than any heavy metal band, as you've heard.
He's living proof that you shouldn't sleep with your professor (audience
laughs) ...on those long flights. Because he doesn't
sleep. And I owe him so much, and I'd like to thank his daughter Lisa
for loaning her father. Thank you very much, Lisa.
(audience applauds)
Anyway, this is a room filled with smart people. Overachievers, the lot
of you. I've heard they wouldn't let Donald Trump in.
(audience laughs) But you let me in -- an Irish rock star. Wow! Thank
you very much for that. But you should know
something: Once I'm in, I don't leave (audience laughs) ...easily. And
we're all mishpoca now. (audience laughs and
applauds)
You may regret this because I've got a place in New York now. I might be
waiting outside for the good causes and it won't
be a cup of sugar I’ll be looking for. It'll be what myself and my
friend Lucy Matthews and my friend, and other brilliant
strategist, Bobby Shriver, are looking for when we go to DC. I'm going
to be looking for a check. But it's ok. You won't have
to sign it, because you've already signed it. What I'll really be
looking for is for you to give the President of the United States
permission to spend your money on three big issues in Africa: dropping
the debt, dealing with AIDS, and fairer trade. That's
what our organization is about. Our organization is called DATA.
(audience applauds) That's D for debt, A for AIDS, T for
trade: three big issues facing Africa. But the acronym works both ways.
It stands for democracy, accountability, and
transparency in Africa. This is the deal we're working on. And I guess
this is the reason why you're giving me this award.
I also want to thank the band U2 for their support. That's my day job.
And they are (pause)...they have been very
generous to me. They're not here. They think this is fairly unhip work
that I'm involved in. (audience laughs) But they are
very long-suffering. And sometimes I don't tell them I've gone out
dressed in a black tie and white shirt, which...they're very
cool about that.
But there is somebody here from the band. Keryn Kaplan who runs our
management in New York is here. (audience
applauds) No one knows what she does. She is an extraordinary woman.
She's just sitting there.
You know, Keryn takes me aside and says, "You have some image problems
now, Bono. Could you get into a few brawls,
throw a few television sets out through your windows...drug busts,
anything like that?" (audience laughs) She's been with us
since the beginning.
We came -- U2 came -- to this city in December 1980. It was snowing --
and Lisa, you were there, I thinnk, around that time.
We toured the East coast in a Winnebago. And on occasions we played up
to 17 people at a time. We had an amazing
welcome though here. For Irish people, America is our promised land,
really. And we've had great success here. We've
had a (indiscernable) year.
I became a rock star here in America, which is cool, and a celebrity,
which is not actually very cool. (Bono laughs) But celebrity
is currency. And I have learned to spend that currency carefully. More
often I'm selling it. I feel like I'm a salesman, kind of.
I go door to door with my band selling our songs. But I sell ideas
too. And great ideas have a lot in common with great bands.
Both have clarity, a certain inevitability, a certain instant
memorability...
I'd like to say that New York is a great idea. I really like this city.
I'd like to say that Lou Reed is a great idea. (audience applauds)
I tell ya, there's no greater city...there's no greater city, but
there's no greater poet who ever lived in this city than Lou Reed. And
no greater idea than he had than just to open his mouth. And we're
very, very honored to have him here. (audience applauds)
When I think about it, I have learned more about New York through songs
than most things. This center -- the Simon Wiesenthal
Center -- is a great idea. Simon Wiesenthal had the greatest idea of
all: justice. You know, when we argue the case for Africa,
we don't argue it as charity. We describe it as justice. Justice is a
great idea. I have been involved in a few bad ideas as well --
especially in the eighties. I wore most of them. (audience laughs)
Mostly on my head. I don 't know if any of you remember
the mullet. It's a hairdo. Men should never look like they ironed
their hair.
There were fairly a few bad ideas in the eighties. I remember when we
came here, the record executives would have those silk
bomber jackets with radio station logos on their back. One person who
would never wear one of those because he had far too
much status is here tonight. Doug Morris is here tonight. (audience
applauds) You know, he wouldn't let you advertise on his
back, but Doug Morris would carry you on his back if he believed in
you. And I wasn't even on his label, but he believed in
me. So, I particularly want to thank him. (audience applauds)
History has a way of making ideas that once seemed so acceptable
ridiculous. An example would be the idea that one race is
superior to another. History is still making old ideas ridiculous right
in front of us. Take the idea that the lucky few of us can live in
some kind of glass case, separated from the sufferings of the many. If
that idea wasn't cracked already, it shattered on
September the 11th, 2001. It shattered into as many pieces as the
Middle East peace process. And its splinters are sharp.
As sharp as the inequality that leaves us trumpeting free trade. When
we don't let the poorest of the poor put their products on
our shelves. It's as sharp as the inequality that holds African
children ransom for the debts of their great, great, great, great
grandfathers. As sharp as the inequality that leaves Africans queuing
up to die, like Jeff Sachs just told you about. Three in a
bed in Malawi. People queuing to die...three in a bed: two on top, one
underneath. As sharp as that. And, you know, when
an accident of latitude and longitude leaves you unable to obtain the
drugs that can save your life, something is really, really
wrong in this world.
(Continued)
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NY Daily News: Viva La Vargas! (11-21-2002)
From The New York Daily News:
Viva La Vargas!
Elizabeth Vargas can deliver the news to Bono anytime.
The ABC News anchor did such a fine job of introducing the U2 singer at
the Simon Wiesenthal Center dinner at the Marriott
Marquis the other night that Bono exclaimed, "Elizabeth, what a
gorgeous, sexy mama you are!"
Bono went on to speak about subjects ranging from Third World
debt-relief to "bad ideas from the '80s," including mullets and
silk bomber jackets. Turning to the African AIDS crisis, he recalled
speaking to Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), a Holocaust
survivor. "We were talking about [him] being on the trains to go to
Auschwitz," said Bono. "I said to him, respectfully, 'Sir, are
we not watching people on the trains again?'"
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YouTwo.net Note: This article does not state that Elizabeth Vargas is
very pregnant. She wore a black evening gown
that showed every curve of her pregant body, which is why Bono called
her "a gorgeous, sexy mama."
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London Evening Standard: Bono among Sexiest Man Alive candidates
(11-21-2002)
From The London Evening Standard:
J-LO IS RIGHT. BEN AFFLECK IS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE
BY JAMES LANGTON
JENNIFER Lopez says she has known it all along - and now it's official:
Hollywood star Ben Affleck is the Sexiest Man Alive.
Affleck will be awarded his title tomorrow by People magazine which
describes him as 'tall, dark and handsome, smart and
talented - and not afraid to express his love''.
Pearl Harbor star Affleck announced his engagement to Lopez this month
after the two had been spotted in passionate clinches
in New York and Los Angeles. The couple are reported to be planning to
marry on St Valentine's Day next year and will star
together in two new films, Gigli and Jersey Girl. Lopez says she 'didn't
need People magazine to tell me he's the sexiest man
alive'. She also hits back at critics who have suggested that after her
two failed marriages, their relationship might not go the
distance. 'The difference between me and People magazine is that he'll
still be the sexiest man alive in my eyes when he's 100
years old,' she says.
The magazine says Affleck, who was paid GBP 8 million for his new action
thriller Daredevil, has 'more than good looks'. It notes
his ' plain old brains, that attractive but all too rare accessory of
brawn and a $ 350,000 Bentley''.
Affleck, 30, won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting in 1997, and began a
two-year on and off romance with Gwyneth Paltrow. He
has also been linked to Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and singer
Courtney Love. Last year he checked himself into the
Promises clinic in Malibu saying he was worried that he was drinking too
much.
He began his relationship with 32-year-old Lopez after the end of her
10-month marriage to dancer Cris Judd. She was married
before, for 13 months, to waiter Ojani Noa. She and Affleck were first
seen kissing on the beach in the Hamptons in July. They
have also been spotted driving together in Affleck's Bentley convertible
and staying at a GBP 6 million 11-bedroom home in
Miami owned by the singer.
After much speculation, two weeks ago Lopez announced they were engaged,
saying Affleck had proposed in a 'traditional but
also in a very spectacular way' that included a pink diamond platinum
ring. He calls Lopez 'a truly graceful beauty with an artist's
soul'' and says he is 'the luckiest man alive'.
Other candidates for the Sexiest Man Alive title in the magazine's
latest issue are a varied bunch. They include US Defence
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, 70, Briton Simon Cowell, 42, who gained fame
as the scathing judge on the US version of Pop Idol,
rock star Bono, 42, lead singer of U2, and Friends star Matthew Perry,
33.
Affleck is the 16th holder of the title. Previous winners include James
Bonds Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, Tom Cruise,
George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
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The Stage: U2 stay in docklands despite plans defeat (11-21-2002)
From The Stage:
U2 stay in docklands despite plans defeat
DUBLIN, EIRE -- New recording studios are to be provided for U2 in the
heart of Dublin's docklands - and the band is to be given
a say in the design of a landmark high-rise tower in which they will be
housed.
Earlier this year U2 lost a planning battle to save its existing studios
in the area, which have been compulsorily acquired by the Dublin
Docklands Development Authority and will eventually be demolished to
make way for a 2 billion euros waterfront scheme.
The authority has announced an international architectural competition
for a 60-metre tower to be built as part of the development plans,
with U2's new recording studios on the top floor. At a press conference
in Dublin to announce the competition, it was confirmed that the
band will be represented on the jury which selects the winning design
for the tower. Lead singer Bono said the group's representative
will probably be Adam Clayton "because he would be very good at it. It
is important this tower is very imaginative and qualifies as a
great building". He expected it would take three years before the new
tower was completed.
In the meantime the band will be staying in their old studios, where
they have recorded since 1994. Their last album, All That You Can't
Leave Behind, was recorded there.
"It is hard to quantify what these studios mean to us, " said Bono. "You
can't really put a price on it - and whatever the DDDA could
offer us would never be enough. But we just have to get out of the way.
It's not the best thing for U2 - but it is the best thing for the city."
DDDA chief executive Peter Coyne welcomed the fact that U2 will be
staying in the docklands. "We are hugely excited, " he said. "They
add value to the whole area in the broadest sense and are part of its
energy."
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Irish Examiner: Celebrity art makes waves at charity auction
(11-21-2002)
From The Irish Examiner:
Celebrity art makes waves at charity auction
By Colette Keane
SHE'S got the looks and the body, and the Princess of Pop even knows her
way around a tube of glue and some glitter.
Giving Bosco's helpers a run for their money, Britney Spears has
produced a piece of art fit for any make-and-do show.
Among a host of celebrities asked to donate a piece of art for a charity
auction held in Dublin last night Britney created a
beach scene with some glitter and glue.
Celebrities from the world of film, music and TV were asked to create a
piece of art on the theme of seaside memories, in
aid of Icross, an organisation working to provide home care for AIDS
orphans in east Africa, hoping to raise more than
E100,000.
More than 400 people attended the gala evening.
Britney wasn't the only celeb who dived in with a seaside scene, boxing
legend Muhammad Ali drew a ship, as did Roman
Polanski.
Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett followed in the footsteps of
Britney and drew a picture of a beach, while Bono and
Angelica Heuston came up with a mermaid theme.
All credit to Roy Keane, at the end of the day. He was also on the ball
with his painting of ... a beach ball.
Jeffrey Archer found time to put pen to paper while behind bars. He sent
a picture of a lighthouse with a note apologising
for his lack of colour, but, he said, there is no colour in prison.
Other contributors included Janet Leigh, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mathew
Broderick, Micheal Winner, Richard E Grant and Phil
Collins.
Even Bertie Ahern, Charlie Haughey and Tony Blair all signed a seashell
for the event. But all three are well used to
weathering storms.
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YouTwo.net: Lego Numb (11-21-2002)
Thanks to Leah for the following link.
The Lego Numb video can be found in Real Media here:
http://www.studet.fh-muenster.de/~ellow/lego/lego.shtml
Click on the Lego_Numb.rm file.
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Manchester Online: Must have albums (11-21-2002)
From Manchester Online:
Must have albums
Everyone has a musical preference. However, there are certain albums
that can't be ignored. ManchesterOnline's must have albums are...
David Bowie - Best Of, because he is a true rock and roll star.
Underworld - A Hundred Days off, because they have stood the test of
time and continue to blow people away.
The Very Best of The Stone Roses - Stone Roses, because Madchester
will never be the same again.
Nirvana - Nirvana, just because.
Free Association (David Holmes) - Free Association, because it's a
hidden gem.
Jill Scott - Experience, because the lady can sing.
Robbie Williams - Escapology, because he's a born entertainer.
Roots Manuva - Dub Come Save Me, because it's the most under-rated
Hip-Hop album ever.
Various: Music And Movement Volume 2, because you won't be
disappointed.
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head, because it's an emotional
rollercoaster ride.
U2 - The Very Best of 1990 - 2000, because they are worthy of
listening time.
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AP: Anniversary of Band Aid (11-21-2002)
Condensed from The Associated Press:
In 1984, the Ethiopian famine relief song ''Do They Know It's
Christmas''
by Band Aid was recorded. Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof
organized the session, which included George Michael, Bananarama,
Duran Duran, Bono and Sting.
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Malaysia Mail: Staying Big (11-21-2002)
From The Malaysia Mail:
Staying big
And what with the huge success of 2000's All That You Can't Leave
Behind and the new release of their second compilation U2: Best of
1990-2000, it looks like The Edge, Larry Mullen, Bono and Adam Clayton
have got the job. Electrical Storm, their first single one of two new
songs on the latest album is making dents in the worldwide charts and
receiving rave reviews. The video too where actress Samantha Morton
(of Minority Report) peels off Larry Mullen's shirt and smooches the
normally outside-the-limelight drummer passionately has made fans
sit up.
Nope, U2 has not turned porn. The song was actually inspired by the
pensive post-9/11 mood. The Edge explained: ''Electrical Storm is
about a sense of foreboding, a sense of jeopardy in the air, that
kind of electricity, that sense of something. But ultimately, the
tune is a love song.'' Twenty-four years, 13 albums and uncountable
No. 1s later, the band is still far from going extinct.
But as close to perfection as U2 devotees pronounced it to be, the
band made mistakes with Pop to be precise.
After the success of 1991's Achtung Baby and 1993's Zooropa, Pop was
to be big.
But it made a mistake.
Mullen, founder of the band, said: ''We did that thing we always tell
younger bands not to do. Which is, book a tour before the record's
finished.'' That backed the band into a corner.
With concerts coming up and a release date looming, U2 released
Pop in 1997 knowing the album had not received the members' 100 per
cent attention.
The band was experimenting again. They hired Massive Attack's producer,
Nellee Hooper, whose ideas Clayton didn't always agree with.
While Achtung Baby came up tops despite similar experimentation and
production and personnel difficulties, the dance elements in Pop
fell flat.
The Edge said: ''We really felt, after the tour that followed, that we
had figured the songs out, that they were pretty much there but maybe
we didn't fully appreciate every aspect of the songs when we made the
final mixes.'' Tight deadlines also affected the Pop tour. During
the opening night at Las Vegas in 1997, fans saw the rare sight of
ill-prepared U2 members struggling with instruments.
The album was also produced while Mullen was recovering from a back
injury and a more liberal use of drum machines was employed. That
effectively killed some of the U2 magic.
Only too aware of what Pop could have been, U2 revisited the album
while deciding on the tracks for the Best Of album. In the end,
three songs from Pop Staring At The Sun, Gone and Discotheque make
appearances as re-mixes. As The Edge put it: ''I suppose we ultimately
just believe in revisionism.'' The album also features songs from
Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1, Pop and
All That You Can't Leave Behind.
The other new song is The Hands that Build New York, from the
soundtrack of the upcoming Martin Scorsese movie The Gangs Of New York.
So, it looks like U2 is alive and ready. Walk on!
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Houston Chronicle: Site changes script for breaking into movie biz
(11-21-2002)
From The Houston Chronicle:
Site changes script for breaking into movie biz
By CHERYL CURRID
Are you an undiscovered movie producer? Do you have a screenplay
written that delivers more power than War and Peace, but no agent to
sell it and no money to fly to Los Angeles and pitch it?
Well, thanks to actor Kevin Spacey and a team of benefactors, there's
a place to show off your masterpiece. Triggerstreet.com, a new and
free Web site, has opened its virtual doors to let anyone share a
great idea.
In an effort to encourage the creative process of filmmaking and
screenwriting, people can upload their work to be seen and reviewed by
other people. What they get back is hands on, peer-to-peer, objective
criticism, that lets the material be judged on its own merit.
TriggerStreet allows movie viewers and producers to review and rate
short films and screenplays. Ultimately, the ratings of the viewers
will create the 10 best entries that will be reviewed by a panel of
celebrity judges. The judges initially include top name celebs such
as Mike Myers, Annette Bening and U2 lead singer Bono.
The judges will select the top slot. Although Spacey hasn't revealed
the prize for the best work, for most people it's not about the gift --
the reward is having their work publicly viewed and recognized.
Before this site was opened, if you wanted to share an idea, you had
to go through hoops before industry professionals would be able to see
it. If you sent an unsolicited work to an actor or movie production
company, you'd get it back -- unopened. They couldn't read or see
it for fear they'd risk a lawsuit if they ever used a similar idea
to yours.
But TriggerStreet changes that. It provides a demilitarized zone
between the people with ideas and the people who want to see them.
In the first week of operation, TriggerStreet.com brought in 10,000
new registered members. Over 150 films were posted, and the ratings
process is up and running.
At the recent Comdex show, Spacey showed off some of the work submitted
already. It's amazing to see what someone can do with a video camera,
computer editing software and a little imagination.
The site offers an engaging avenue of exploration for first time and
veteran film directors, writers, enthusiasts or anyone at all. If
you have a great idea, you can bring your vision to the screens of
industry members.
This site isn't for or about money -- but it did take money to create
it. Budweiser backed the site financially as an extension of its
efforts to showcase its products. This extends the brand into a new
forum -- not a commercial or a TV placement.
The people at Real Networks lent a few hands to support the video
streaming for the site. All movies are compressed and delivered with
Helix, the latest streaming software from Real Networks. Yahoo movies
group also brings support from its site.
For my take: This site will unearth people who have talent but not
the right connections. It will also help those with the ideas and
skills to hone them. It's likely to encourage people to keep going
when they would have given up. And, ultimately, give great actors
like Kevin Spacey more unique stories and characters to bring to life.
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
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Releases:
December 10 2002 NA/ December 9 2002 EUR "Best Of 1990 - 2000" DVD
release
Tracklisting:
Even better than the real thing
Even better than the real thing (The Perfecto mix)
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day
Electrical Storm
U2 at Eze-Sur-Mer (documentary)
One
One (version 3)
A Story of One (documentary)
Miss Sarajevo
The Road To Sarajevo (documentary)
Stay (Faraway, so close!)
Stuck in a Moment
Stuck in a Moment (version 2)
Gone (Popmart)
Until the End of the World (Live Zoo TV)
The Hands That Built America
Discotheque
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Staring at the Sun
Staring at the Sun (version 2)
Numb
Numb (video remix)
The Fly
Please
If God Will Send His Angels
Who´s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Lemon
Last Night On Earth
Mofo (Phunk Force mix)
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Features promo videos of tracks from the A-sides cd, complete with
commentary
by the directors, who include Wim Wenders, Kevin Godley, Stephane
Sednaoui,
Anton Corbijn and Jonas Akerlund. Six bonus tracks are included on the
DVD -
Please, If God Will Send His Angels, Wild Horses, Lemon, Last Night On
Earth
and MoFo. In addition, many of the tracks feature alternative versions
of the
clips made for different countries, as early cuts or to accompany
different
mixes. Further exclusive content includes a mini documentary, The Road
To
Sarajevo, filmed in the Bosnian capital in the run up to U2's historic
1997
concert and complete with performance footage.
December 24 2002 "We're a Happy Family", Ramones Tribute Album
February 24 2003 New Single, Title Unknown
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TV/Live Events/Appearances:
November 28, 2002 ''Elvis Lives'', NBC, USA includes commentary by Bono
November 29, 2002, U2: Live at Slane, CBS, USA
December 1, 2002 Bono on Larry King Live, CNN, USA (pre-taped)
December 1, 2002 Bono & Naomi Judd at Lied Center, Nebraska, USA
December 7, 2002 U2: Live at Slane, Canal+, France
February 21, 2003: Bono to accept 2003 MusiCares Person of The Year
Award at N. Y. Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City
February 23, 2003: Bono to accept special Grammy Award at 2003
Grammy Awards in New York City
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Vote:
In Print:
Rolling Stone, Issue 910: Bono's Scrapbook, 3 pages of 1990-2000
pictures
Q magazine, December issue, U2 on cover
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