The new issue of TIME magazine features an interview about Tony Bennett’s upcoming duets album, Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic — no real Bono content in the article, but it’s a good read. It talks about the recording process, and how Bennett made sure all the duets were actually sung together face-to-face — not done [...]
CNN.com’s top story today was about how billionaire Warren Buffett has decided to give away most of his fortune with the majority of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
If you’re wondering why we’re blogging about it on a U2 fan site, well…Bono has been a fan of Warren Buffett since before he [...]
On “The Daily Show” Wednesday night, Jon Stewart was talking to Anderson Cooper about his recent interview with Angelina Jolie. And this is what Stewart had to say:
“I say this to you now and I ask you to reaffirm it: I consider her the Bono of hotness.”
Not sure exactly what that means, but it [...]
(Bono, with Sally Baden, an Oxfam policy advisor in West Africa, shows off his Make Trade Fair t-shirt while visiting in Dafara Village, Mali. Photo courtesy of Oxfam.)
During Bono’s recent trip to Mali, he visited Cotton Farmers with representatives from Oxfam. There’s a few more photos available on Flickr.
For more on his visit, visit [...]
In December of 2005, Bono sat down with Frontline for an interview that became part of “The Age of AIDS” program on PBS. In the discussion, he spoke about how he got involved in the fight against AIDS, how he handles working with Washington politicians and more.
Click here to read the transcript.
Also to note, if [...]
The folks at DATA have sent out an email to their listserv asking people to participate in an exciting event next Tuesday, May 23. Their site says:
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Join Americans from around the country on Tuesday, May 23rd, as NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams broadcasts a portion of Bono’s much-anticipated trip to Africa, live from [...]
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