Live Aid Funds Spent On Guns

Almost twenty-five years ago, Live Aid brought together many to raise a great deal of cash to help people who were starving in Africa. While it’s been said that one of the issues about Live Aid was that it raised approximately the same amount as one week’s worth of service debt and the funds raised [...]

Ticket Scammers Beware!

It looks like Ticketmaster is starting to really go after ticket resellers who circumnavigate their security measures to ensure ticket buyers legally buy their tickets.
A 43-count indictment has been handed down to the owners of California-based Wiseguys Ticket and two others who prosecutors claim hacked into Ticketmaster’s ticketing system to buy large sums of tickets [...]

Cashman Cashes In With U2 Auction

(Page from Lola Cashman’s personal measurement book, photo courtesy of Gotta Have Rock and Roll site)
U2’s former stylist, Lola Cashman, has put some of her U2 items up for auction through the Gotta Have Rock and Roll site.
Some items available:
Bono Signed and Inscribed Original Photograph by Matthew Roleston
Larry Mullen, Jr. Signed and Inscribed [...]

Another U2 Honor in 2009

The Massachusetts state legislature has formally honored U2 for their “extraordinary contributions to our country and our state.” The resolution was put forward by Representative Barry Finegold of Andover and other members of the House. The resolution was put forward back in the Spring following the band’s performance at the Somerville Theatre.

Busking on Christmas Eve & Driving to Midnight Mass

Thanks to Scatterolight for passing this along…Bono joining Glen Hansard on Grafton Street in Dublin earlier today to raise funds and awareness for the Dublin Simon Community, which “offers 13 services throughout the stages of homelessness. These range from emergency and treatment to supported housing and settlement.”

And here’s an oldie but a goodie – Bono [...]

What’s In A Name?

It’s taken me a lot longer than I thought it would to accept the name of the U2.com member renewal CD, Artifical Horizon. It make me think of things like “Reenacted War” and “Fake Plastic Joshua Trees” (yes, nod to Radiohead there) as the title first seemd to be a way to distinguish the [...]