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Bono Rakes In Nearly $1.5 Billion After Investment In Facebook
The U2 frontman bought a 2.3 per cent share in the site for $89.6 million (£56 million) in 2009, with his investment group Elevation Partners, and now the U.K.'s Sunday Mirror reports his...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 August 2015
Larry Mullen, Jr. Had Doubts Over U2 Album Release
The Irish rockers teamed up with bosses at tech giant Apple to make Songs of Innocence available for free download to half a billion users, but the move almost backfired when a glitch...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2015
Bruce Springsteen Rocks Out With U2 On Final Night Of New York Residency
The Irish stars have been joined onstage by special guests including Lady Gaga and Paul Simon during their Big Apple concert run, but they saved the biggest surprise for the end of their...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 August 2015
Bono Honours His Rescuers At New York Gig
The band has been playing a residency at fabled Manhattan venue Madison Square Garden as part of their latest world tour, which was thrown into jeopardy in November (14) when the frontman was...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2015
Ono And Bono Unveil Tapestry In New York Honouring John Lennon
A tribute to the late John Lennon was unveiled in New York on Wednesday, with a tapestry unveiled in a ceremony attended by a number of stars including Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and U2 stars...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
U2 Stars Join Yoko Ono For John Lennon Celebration
Lennon endured a long legal battle to live and work in the States after officials attempted to have him deported to his native Britain in the early 1970s, but he eventually had the deportation order...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
Yoko Ono Unveils John Lennon Green Card Tribute
Yoko Ono unveiled a tribute to John Lennon in New York City on Wednesday (29.07.15) to mark the 40th anniversary of him becoming an American resident.The 82-year-old artist, the widow of the Beatles legend, unveiled...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 July 2015
Lady Gaga Joins U2 On Stage
Lady Gaga joined U2 on stage on Sunday evening (26.07.15).The band were playing at New York's Madison Square Garden when the 29-year-old star joined them to perform a surprise rendition of 'Ordinary Love', which was...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 July 2015
Jimmy Fallon Joins U2 Onstage At New York Gig
Jimmy Fallon showed that he’s fully recovered from the nasty accident in which he nearly lost his finger by joining U2 onstage at their Madison Square Garden gig last night.Having been photographed without his cast...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 24 July 2015
Bono Partners With Eyecare Firm To Launch Vision Initiative
The rocker rarely removes his sunglasses in public, and he often wears shades with an orange, blue, or green tint, which he previously claimed was to protect his sensitive pupils. However, he...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 July 2015
Jimmy Fallon Sings With U2
Jimmy Fallon sang with U2 in New York last night (22.07.15).The 42-year-old talk show host - who recently underwent hand surgery after a fall at home - was invited on stage at Madison Square Garden...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 July 2015
U2 Revive Old Hit October For First Night In New York
Bono and his bandmates retired the 1981 tune October after the New Zealand leg of their Lovetown tour in November, 1989, but decided it was time to perform it again. And among...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 July 2015
Leonardo Dicaprio Donates $15 Million
Leonardo DiCaprio is donating $15 million to charity.The 40-year-old actor's self-titled foundation, which he founded in 1998 to fund efforts that protect the planet and endangered species, has pledged the generous sum to more than...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 July 2015
Bono Pays Tribute To Former Israeli Leader's Peace Efforts At Gig
The neighbouring countries have been fighting for several decades, but Bono is hoping Peres can continue to be a voice of reason in the Middle East even though he is no longer in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2015
Bono's Daughter Wants To Ditch 'Celebrity Kid Cliché'
Bono's daughter doesn't want to become a ''celebrity kid cliché''.Eve Hewson - whose father is the U2 rocker - has insisted she doesn't want to be known for her family connection but rather for her...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 July 2015
U2 Auctioning Signed Guitar For Charity
U2 are auctioning off a signed guitar for charity.The 'With or Without You' hitmakers - featuring Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. - have each scrawled their autographs on the instrument, which...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 July 2015
Bono Meets With Canadian Prime Minister To Discuss Foreign Aid
U2 lead singer Bono is once again trying to use his influence in the political world. The frontman, a keen philanthropist and heavily involved in charitable causes, met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 June 2015
Bono Visits Canadian Parliament To Discuss Foreign Aid
The Irish rocker, a keen philanthropist, held talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as well as other politicians and leaders of non-governmental organisations during a day of meetings in Ottawa in an attempt...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2015
Jennifer Lawrence's Secret Relationship
Jennifer Lawrence wants to keep her relationship with Chris Martin ''under wraps''.The 'Hunger Games' star is reportedly keen on keeping her romance with the 'A Sky Full of Stars' hitmaker private after seeing how things...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 02 June 2015
Bono Leaves Large Tip At Deli
The Irish rocker stopped by Canters Deli after performing with U2 at The Forum, and asked his waitress, who has been working at the establishment for 50 years, to choose her favourites for...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 June 2015
U2'S Bono Leaves Veteran Waitress $150 Tip
U2's Bono left a $150 tip to a waitress who served him at a Los Angeles restaurant. The 55-year-old rocker visited Canters Deli in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday (30.05.15) evening and asked a 50-year-old...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 June 2015
Bono Performs With Impersonator
During U2's show at The Forum venue on Tuesday night (26May15), the frontman singled out Joe Hier and gave him the chance to sing with him on stage. Bono performed The Sweetest...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2015
Bono's Music Inspired By His Late Mother
Bono believes the death of his mother inspired him to become a rock star.The U2 frontman's mother Iris died from a brain aneurysm four days after collapsing at her father's funeral in September 1974 and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2015
Bb King Was A 'Guitar Genius'
Bono thinks B.B. King was a ''guitar genius''.The 55-year-old U2 star has paid a glowing tribute to the late blues singer-songwriter, who passed away earlier this month, and also revealed B.B. and his band-mate The...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2015
Bono: Grief Inspired My Music
Bono's early music was inspired by ''grief''.The 55-year-old U2 rocker - who's fronted the Irish rock band since 1976 - has revealed he used music to help cope with the emotional turmoil caused by his...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2015
Bono Pays Tribute To Tour Manager
Bono has led tributes to U2's late tour manager, Dennis Sheehan.The 'Ordinary Love' hitmaker and his bandmates - The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton - are struggling to come to terms with the death...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 May 2015
U2'S Long Serving Tour Manager Dennis Sheehan Dies
U2’s latest tour has suffered yet more bad news, with the announcement of the sudden death of the band’s long-serving tour manager. Dennis Sheehan, who has overseen the group’s tours for over three decades, was...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 28 May 2015
U2 Claim They Feared Their Entire World Tour Might Have Been Over After The Edge's Stage Tumble
U2 feared that their current world tour might have been over on the first night after The Edge fell off the stage during an encore. In a group interview with CBS News, the four members...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 26 May 2015
U2 Surprise Commuters By Busking In New York
U2 disguised themselves as buskers in New York.The Irish rockers surprised commuters as they performed a secret acoustic gig at the city's Grand Central Station for Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show', which will air on Friday...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 May 2015
U2 Try A Little Busking In Nyc
Internationally renowned rock band U2 are not known for their low-key gigs and, despite attempts to go under the radar, a quick bit of busking in a New York subway soon gathered quite a crowd.U2...
By Charlotte Court in Music / Festivals on 06 May 2015
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