Bono

Few autobiographies are as suited to audio as Surrender, in which U2 frontman Bono reflects on nearly 50 years in music using his band’s songs as his guide. The book opens with the singer – who narrates – undergoing heart surgery to deal with a blister on his aorta that was ready to “put me in the next life faster than I can make an emergency call”.He looks back on his life, describing the death of his mother from a stroke when he was 14 – he believes it was this that led him to become a performer, seeking the love from…

U2 wrapped the inaugural residency at Las Vegas‘ $2.3 billion technical and visual marvel Sphere this weekend, closing out a 40-show run that started in September. Fittingly, the legendary band did so by bringing things full circle. The shows commemorated one of U2’s most successful records, the chart-topping 1991 release Achtung Baby, played in its entirety with selected tracks from other U2 efforts over the years. To further honor the album, U2 bandmates Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Bram van den…

Is Cher’s $1 million royalties claim against Mary Bono strong enough? A judge seems to think so.   At a court hearing Monday, a federal judge said he believes Cher is entitled to receive ongoing composition royalties from songs including “I Got U Babe” and “The Beat Goes On” as outlined in her 1978 divorce agreement with Sonny Bono – despite Sonny’s heirs exercising their right to recapture his underlying copyrights under the federal Copyright Act. In his tentative ruling delivered from the bench, U.S.…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksWorldMusicPublished Feb 20, 2024  •  2 minute read Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and the lead vocalist of the rock band U2, greets people as he performs at a subway station-turned-bomb shelter in Kyiv on May 8, 2022. Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY /AFP via Getty ImagesReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.Article contentU2 frontman Bono pleaded for “people who…

U2 paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony where he died suddenly on Friday. On Saturday, during U2’s residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Bono addressed the crowd before their performance of Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” a staple during their residency. As fan video footage showed, Bono began by speaking about busking in a Kyiv subway in Ukraine a couple of months before Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the country. “Edge and I got…

Frank Sinatra, Prince, Taylor, Beyonce, and more It’s one of the most beloved Grammy traditions: the speech. When a star walks up to the microphone on live TV, you never know what to expect. Some of them just accept their award and give thanks. Others make jokes. A few speak from the heart. And some make people angry. But they’re always a highlight of the ceremony. There are all kinds of legendary Grammy speeches — these moments remain iconic through the years, even if it’s…

Kelly Clarkson is honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a special performance. On Monday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, coinciding with MLK Day, the singer performed a cover of U2‘s “Pride (In the Name of Love),” the song Bono wrote, in part, about the civil rights leader. “One man come in the name of love/One man come and go/One man come he to justify/One man to overthrow,” sang Clarkson. “In the name of love/What more in the name of love.” “Pride (In the Name of Love)” began as a…

Bono and company remember fellow Irish rocker with Pogues cover at Las Vegas' Sphere U2 paid tribute to the late Shane MacGowan with a rendition of the Pogues’ “A Rainy Day in Soho” Friday at the band’s latest gig at Las Vegas’ Sphere. “Sing with us, for Shane McGowan,” Bono told the audience as the band delivered the somber, acoustic take on one of the Pogues frontman’s most essential songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pammbK-8zJA Bono then altered the lyrics to acknowledge the…

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to one of his “all-time favorite writers,” the former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, in an Instagram tribute on Friday. “The passion and deep intensity of his music and lyrics is unmatched by all but the very best in the rock & roll canon,” he wrote. “I was fortunate to spend a little time with Shane and his lovely wife Victoria the last time we were in Dublin. He was very ill, but still beautifully present in his heart and spirit. His music is timeless and eternal. I don’t know…

Music politics can be uneasy bedfellows. But on 19 May 1998, at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, they combined to make a real difference. It was just five and a half weeks after one of the most historic days in Northern Ireland’s history: on 10 April, the Good Friday agreement, brokered by the Irish and British governments, was finally sealed between the main political parties.It was a watershed moment that would eventually help to end four decades of chaos and bloodshed. However, the agreement still needed the support of…