Showing All "Bono" Posts
May 18th, 2012 35 Comments
Bono owns 2.3% of Facebook's shares (because of course he does) through a $90 million dollar purchase made by his investment group, Elevation Partners, in 2009. Now, with Facebook going public and…   Read Story »
May 9th, 2012 3 Comments
Most NYC show-goers have dipped into the Living Room at some point or another: maybe to see a favorite touring singer-songwriter, or a big rock star try a stripped down and intimate set, or to see a…   Read Story »
Oct 17th, 2011 1 Comment
This weekend, the William J. Clinton Foundation hosted an anniversary celebration at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl that Slick Willie himself made a playlist for. The show was capped by a 40-minute…   Read Story »
Jun 3rd, 2011 Comment
This sounds like the beginning of a joke, or a porno, or some kind of fever dream: The AP reports that Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule was driving with his girlfriend through Vancouver on…   Read Story »
May 26th, 2011 3 Comments
Scotty McCreery won at the end of last night's American Idol finale. Before they announced the winners, the drawn-out show show featured performances from Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Bono and The Edge,…   Read Story »
Sep 10th, 2010 13 Comments
Tickets for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the Spidey Broadway musical, go on sale tomorrow. To celebrate and promote the opening of the $50 million production, the musical's star Reeve Carney…   Read Story »
Aug 24th, 2010 13 Comments
Saturday night in Helsinki Bono and The Edge unveiled this new one, either intentionally or temporarily a duet between those2 and The Edge's signature ricochet delay guitar work. There are harmonies,…   Read Story »
Jan 22nd, 2010 12 Comments
A misleading post title, because of course we are all hoping for Haiti, and have been, day and night since a catastrophic earthquake decimated an already destitute society. We know our place in the…   Read Story »
Dec 17th, 2009 11 Comments
The Academy has selected 63 songs that will contend for Best Song nominations for next year's ceremony, and among them are songs not written by Randy Newman. Paul McCartney and U2 -- "you may have…   Read Story »
Dec 15th, 2009 9 Comments
Here's Bono, taking the steam out of all the "Pump It Up" jokes everyone was making on first hearing about U2's overstuffed bag of sexy boots. This comes from last Wednesday's Season 2 premiere of…   Read Story »































