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BONO AND THE EDGE TO PEN SPIDER-MAN MUSICAL?

Posted by SPun2U on Apr 17, 2007 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

U2 stars BONO and THE EDGE are reportedly in negotiations to pen the score for a new Broadway SPIDER-MAN musical. Tony-Award winning Lion King director Julie Taymor is the brains behind the ambitious production, according to BroadwayWorld. com. Tentative rehearsals for the show are to being in July (07), according to reports. The cast will include actors filling the roles of Spider-Man Peter Parker, Mary Jane, spider-woman Arachne, villain The Green Goblin and Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson.

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Merkel Tells Bono: Africa on G-8 Agenda

Posted by SPun2U on Apr 17, 2007 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

BERLIN Apr 17, 2007 (AP)— German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U2′s Bono on Tuesday that the future of Africa will play a major role when Group of Eight leaders meet in June, the government said.

Bono met Merkel at the chancellery to press his call for the continent to remain high on the agenda of the world’s leading industrial countries. Germany, which chairs the G-8, will host their annual summit in the Baltic sea resort of Heiligendamm.

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Reinventing the Clarence Hotel

Posted by SPun2U on Apr 13, 2007 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

As reported on the HDMag.com website:

Dublin Design

Irish music icons-turned hoteliers, U2′s Bono and the Edge, are teaming up with Foster + Partners to reinvent the Dublin’s Clarence Hotel. The London architecture firm is due to submit proposals to the Dublin City Council for an almost $200 million reinvention and expansion of the hotel.

"The redevelopment of the Clarence Hotel is an ambitious project—architecturally and structurally—with a confident yet sympathetic civic presence," says senior partner and chairman, Norman Foster.

Combining the restoration of the existing quayside façade with new additions, a "skyroom" and viewing terrace will unite the existing buildings. A number of progressive sustainability strategies, including the maximization of natural light (a sculptural "sky catcher" is designed to pull daylight in) and ventilation, will ensure an energy-efficient and environmentally sensitive mixed-use hotel, spa, and conference facility.

And a publicly accessible ground floor complete with restaurants, shops, cafés, and bars, facing both the riverfront on Wellington Quay and Essex Street East to the South, promises to create a new urban destination. "[The project] presents an exciting opportunity to regenerate Temple Bar’s river frontage, while also creating a bold new addition to Dublin’s skyline," says Foster.

Merkel to discuss Africa aid with U2′s Bono

Posted by SPun2U on Apr 13, 2007 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

Berlin – Chancellor Angela Merkel is to discuss aid for Africa with Irish rock singer Bono in Berlin next week, a German government spokesman said Friday. Tuesday’s meeting at the chancellor’s office comes two months before the G8 summit of the world’s leading industrial nations which Merkel is hosting in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm.
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Gloria Estefan, The Edge to highlight Berklee commencement

Posted by SPun2U on Apr 11, 2007 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

BOSTON – Latin pop star Gloria Estefan will deliver a graduation address at the Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremony next month, the school said Wednesday.

The music school also will give honorary degrees to Estefan, her husband, Emilio, U2 guitarist The Edge and jazz pianist Andrew Hill.

Berklee spokesman Allen Bush said the musicians were chosen for honorary doctorates based on their achievements in music and contributions to American and international culture.

Gloria Estefan, who has sold 70 million albums worldwide and won fame as the leader of the Miami Sound Machine in the 1980s, will deliver her commencement speech to 850 graduates on May 12 in the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena.

Past recipients of honorary degrees from Berklee include Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, David Bowie and Bonnie Raitt.