U2 turn down $25 million for commercial

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U2 turn down $25 million for commercial

U2′s front man Bono has revealed that himself and other members of the band
have turned down $25 million from a leading motor company. The band were
approached by the corporation and offered the sum in return for using “Where
the Streets Have No Name”.

However it caused a lot of disharmoney in the band as they all agreed that
this money could be used to fund charities but in the end the lads thought
it best to keep their long held view of not accepting commercial sponsors.
At the end of the day this song is one of the best we have written and if we
gave this song away it would have been played out in terms of usage, Bono
went on to say “It is a very special song for us, when we are not having a
great night doing gigs, we play it and all of a sudden God has entered the
room, it can change the mood of a whole gig”.

U2 are still trying to work out if they can come to some agreement with the
yet undisclosed motor company. They would really like to use this money in
funding AIDS awareness in Africa and also other home grown causes such as
Goal.

U2 from their early days have always turned down money in return for
commercialisation, 10 years ago the band was offered in the region of $5
miilion by Microsoft. If U2 were to accept this offer it would be the
largest sum of money paid for the use of music to a commercial.

Each member of U2 is now rumoured to be worth in excess of Euro150 million.

- The Sunday World

Superbowl MPEG video available @ calima5021.com

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The U2 Superbowl Halftime show video is available in the MPEG format at
http://www.calima5021.com

Thanks Alex for the tip.

Bono’s Wife Takes Nuke Plant Protest to Blair’s Door

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LONDON (Reuters) – Irish protesters chose the 16th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster Friday to bombard Prime Minister Tony Blair (news – web sites) and Prince Charles with postcards demanding the closure of Britain’s Sellafield nuclear plant.

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“Sellafield has the potential to be 80 times the size of the Chernobyl accident,” leading protester Ali Hewson, wife of Irish rock star Bono, told reporters after personally handing in a postcard at Blair’s Downing Street office in London.

In the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster, Chernobyl exploded on April 26, 1986, and its radioactive contamination was blamed for thousands of deaths in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and for a huge increase in thyroid cancer.

The Sellafield reprocessing plant, on England’s northwest coast across the Irish Sea, has long caused friction between the two governments due to Irish fears of accidents or pollution.

“Tony, look me in the eye and tell me I’m safe,” said Hewson’s postcard to Blair under a picture of a staring green eye. It was one of more than 1.2 million such postcards sent by Irish households for delivery to Britain Friday.

Long a focus of protests for environmentalists in Britain and Ireland, the anti-Sellafield lobby said the issue has taken on new urgency since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

“That’s the reason that people are rethinking exactly the problems of Sellafield,” said Hewson, whose husband Bono, of the U2 rock band, is a leading campaigner against Third World debt. “It has 75 tons of plutonium sitting on its site. It can’t but be at the top of any terrorist’s list.”

Energy Minister Brian Wilson issued a statement decrying the “emotive and misleading arguments” of anti-Sellafield campaigners and citing “facts and evidence produced from reputable scientific sources about the negligible impacts of activities at Sellafield.”

“The U.K. government would not pursue any course of action which is damaging either to our own people or to our neighbors in Ireland,” he said.

And the Hotpress Award Winners are:

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Best Irish Album: “Free All Angels” – Ash
… presented to the band by Sharon Corr

Phil Lynott Newcomer Award: The Revs

Live Performance in Ireland by an Irish Artist: U2 – for Slane 2001.
While accepting the award, Edge promised “… that the DVD will be out
before Christmas!!!!”, Larry thanked everyone for travelling TO the show,
While Bono gave praise to the one and only Barry McGuigan who
presented them with the award

Live Performance in Ireland by an International Artist: Radiohead in
the Odyssey, Belfast.
When presented the award by Bono, Colin commented what a privilege it
was to get the award from a band who’d they’d seen in Milton Keynes
back in 1985!

Roots: Cara Dillon
Presented to Cara by Clannad’s Maire Brennan.

The Hot Press Irish Music Industry Awards: John Hughes
Presented to John by Jim Corr
Given in recognition of the phenomenal success of The Corrs, both in
Ireland and internationally. “John was more then just a manager…. so
thank you from Caroline, Andrea, Sharon & me” – Jim Corr.

Rory Gallagher Musician Award Caroline Corr
presented to Caroline by another member of the Drummers union Larry
Mullen.

IMRO Emerging Songwriter David Kitt
presented by Chairman of IMRO Michael Hanrarhan.

Dance Award Phil Kieran
local boy Phil K cleans up as Ireland’s best dance act.

Songwriter Neil Hannon
After a turbulent year, Neil’s continued excellance is rewarded!

Female Singer Gemma Hayes

Gemma Hayes is actually on the radio in France tonight!!! Martin Byrne
picked up the award on her behalf!!

Male Singer: Bono
It isn’t his first Hot Press Irish Music Award, and it won’t be the last.

Single: “Burn Baby Burn” by Ash
Their second award of the night.

Pop: The Corrs
A genuinely shocked Andrea thanked Hot Press, John Hughes and
“Daddy”, receiving the award from Anna Nolan.

Outstanding Contribution to Popular Culture David Holmes
Belfast’s legendary “Homer” gets the award not just for his 3 stunning
albums, his eclectic djing and his stunning remixes. But also for his
incredible scoring of the movie Ocean’s 11 and for being the guy NEVER
afraid to take a chance

Band: U2 – fittingly, following their triumphant tour, U2 again won best
Irish Band.

So, that’s the awards wrapped up – other incredible highlights of the
night included Sude’s return to the spotlight, David Kitt playing Prince’s
“When Doves Cry”, and the showstopping “Debasser” cover by Ash and
The Frames.

- from Hotpress.com

U2 Wins Live Performance in Ireland by an Irish Artist

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Live Performance in Ireland by an Irish Artist: U2 – for Slane 2001.
While accepting the award, Edge promised “… that the DVD will be out before Christmas!!!!”, Larry thanked everyone for travelling TO the show, While Bono gave praise to the one and only Barry McGuigan who presented them with the award

- Hotpress.com