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Bono & Angelina Jolie Inspired Brad Pitt To Become More Charitable

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has credited Bono with giving him humanitarian advice that helped him become the man he is today. In a candid new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the movie star admits he "sought...


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Defiant Bono Ignores Kidnap Threats To Perform In Mali

Bono

U2 star Bono gave Mali's annual Desert Festival a big boost on Thursday night by appearing onstage to launch the three-day event. The Timbuktu-based festival is located in a former warzone, close...


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'Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark' Breaks Broadway Records With Post-Christmas Sales Week

Spider-man

Broadway's much-maligned Spider-Man musical closed out 2012 in style by setting new box office records for New York theater. The spectacular, which opened to scathing reviews last year following m...


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U2's Tour Is Highest-Earning Of 2011

U2

U2's 360 world tour was the highest-earning trek of 2011, according to newly released statistics. The rockers' series of concerts, which began in 2009, grossed $293 million across 44 shows this ...


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Bono: 'My Voice Annoys Me'

Bono

Rocker Bono is tired of his own voice and rarely listens to U2 songs when they are played on the radio. The Irish star admits he's particularly turned off when he hears songs U2 recorded at the b...


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Bono: 'I Was Wearing The Wrong Shoes'

Bono

U2 star Bono has confessed he was left disappointed by the band's prestigious headline set at this year's Glastonbury festival, blaming driving rain and "the wrong shoes" for their subdued performa...


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Adele Scores Two Q Awards

Adele

Singer Adele celebrated a double delight on Monday when she won two top honors at Q magazine's music awards ceremony. The soul star was named Best Female Artist and also scooped the Best Song of ...


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U2 Drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. To Star As Bank Robber In New Film

Larry Mullen Jr.

U2 star Larry Mullen Jr. has made his acting debut opposite Donald Sutherland in the English-language remake of acclaimed Patrice Leconte movie The Man On The Train. The drummer's low-key debut as...


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Bono Compares Steve Jobs To Elvis; Says He 'Invented The 21st Century'

Bono

Bono has compared Steve Jobs to rocker Elvis Presley, insisting the late Apple Inc. co-founder "changed music." The computer entrepreneur, who was the brains behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad, pass...


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Adele And Jessie J Lead Q Awards Nominations

Adele

British singers Adele and Jessie J are leading this year's Q Awards with three nominations each. The Chasing Pavements hit-maker and Jessie J will battle it out for the coveted Best Female Artist...


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GQ's Men Of The Year Include U2, Keith Richards & Bradley Cooper

U2

Rock stars ruled GQ's Men of the Year Awards on Tuesday as U2 and Keith Richards picked up top honors at the glitzy ceremony in London. Less than two months after wrapping their record-breaking 3...


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Bono's Rep Slams Hospitalization Reports

Bono

Bono's representative has reacted quickly to shoot down reports the U2 star was hospitalized after suffering heart palpitations and pains while on vacation in the south of France. According to ed...


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U2 To Donate $7 Million To Irish Schools

U2

Rockers U2 have pledged more than $7 million for schools in their native Ireland. The cash will be dripped into the education system between now and 2015, according to reports. The donation fro...


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Bono Set To Earn $1Billion From His Facebook Investment

Bono

U2 rocker Bono looks set to become a billionaire thanks to his shares in Facebook.com. The frontman's investment company Elevation Partners, which he co-founded with former Apple boss Fred Ander...


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Share & Download Bob Marley & The Wailer's 'High Tide Or Low Tide' For Charity

Bob Marley

Today sees the launch of a ground-breaking social media campaign, "I'm Gonna Be Your Friend" (www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org) supported by many of the world's most famous names in entertainment and th...


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Happy 50th Birthday, The Edge!

The Edge

U2 rocker The Edge has plenty of reason to celebrate - he turns the big 5-0 on Monday. The Irish band recently wrapped up its mammoth 360 Tour and marked the end of the 25-month trek with an all ...


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Celebrity Birthdays - August 8, 2011

The Edge

Happy Birthday to: U2 guitarist Dave "The Edge" Evans (1961) Scottish actress Katie Leung (1987) Actress Peyton List (1986) Actress Meagan Good (1981) Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi (1981)...


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U2's Record-Breaking '360 Tour' Comes To An End In Canada

U2

U2 360°, the most successful concert tour of all time, came to an end in Moncton, N.B., Canada Saturday night. The massive 26 month undertaking by Live Nation Global Touring saw U2 play 110 conce...


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U2 Documentary Set To Open Toronto Film Festival

U2

Rock band U2's documentary has been selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada in September. The film, From The Sky Down, is directed by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim and c...


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U2 Dedicate A Song To Amy Winehouse

U2

U2 have honored Amy Winehouse by dedicating a song to the tragic singer during a gig in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band was playing at the city's TCF Stadium on Saturday, the day the tragic Reha...


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U2 Looking To Recycle Their Huge 'Claw' Stage Setup

U2

The 'claw' U2 have been performing under on their record-breaking 360 world tour is to become an on-loan stage structure once the Irish band has finished with it at the end of next month. Rather t...


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Morrissey Complains That He Was Drowned Out At Glastonbury By Rain And U2

Morrissey

Morrissey was less than impressed with the weather at the Glastonbury festival on Friday night, revealing he found it hard to perform with rain pelting down in his face. The rocker took to the sta...


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Bono Dismisses 'Wrong' Glastonbury Protesters

Bono

U2 frontman Bono has shrugged off the scenes of violence during the band's set at Britain's Glastonbury festival on Friday, insisting he is "glad" the protesters had their say, but branded their ca...


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U2 Hits The Stage In Glastonbury After Year Long Absence (Photos)

U2 Hits The Stage In Glastonbury

Rock legends U2 set Britain's Glastonbury festival alight with a triumphant headline set on Friday night, a year after axing their planned performance at the event. The band took to the stage and...


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Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' Named Best Song Of The 21st Century, So Far

Gnarls Barkley

Gnarls Barkley's Crazy has been voted the best song of the first decade of the 21st century in a new expert poll. Rolling Stone magazine editors asked 100 performers and music aficionados to name...


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U2 Top Forbes List As Highest Paid Touring Act

U2

U2 have topped a new Forbes magazine list of the 25 highest-paid touring musicians. The Irish rockers have pulled in $195 million in the last year from their massive 360 Degrees tour - $70 million...


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Bono: 'Spider-Man Is 90% Perfect'

Bono

U2 stars Bono and The Edge have revealed their Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is only 90 per cent finished as the curtain rises on the much-maligned spectacular. The show closed in...


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65th Annual Tony Awards Round-Up: Winners, Fashion & More

Neil Patrick Harris

"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hit musical "The Book Of Mormon" swept the board at the 2011 Tony Awards on Sunday, scooping nine top honors including the prestigious Best Musica...


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Labor Dispute Over Tony Awards Settled

Neil Patrick Harris

The 2011 Tony Awards will go ahead in New York without the threat of picketing after show producers and members of a stagehands' union settled a labor dispute on Friday. Nominated stars including ...


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U2 Postpone Album Release

U2

Irish rockers U2 have delayed the release of their next album after studio sessions failed to go to plan.


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