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Following the ‘Delivering on the Promise of Africa’ session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, U2 lead singer Bono said governments in rich countries that promised to help Africa fight poverty and disease should come good on their offers of cash.

Following the ‘Delivering on the Promise of Africa’ session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, U2 lead singer Bono said governments in rich countries that promised to help Africa fight poverty and disease should come good on their offers of cash.

"There were some serious promises made. The cheques were signed but as you know, politicians like signing cheques but they don’t like cashing them," Bono told reporters in Davos.

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In the breathtaking video for U2’s new song, “Window in the Skies,” Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye and a shirtless Iggy Pop take turns singing the lyrics on Bono’s behalf.

Instead of The Edge on guitar, you see Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello and a very young Keith Richards, back when he looked like a George Harrison doppelganger.

And hey, there’s Vladimir Horowitz playing the piano! And that guy from Wilco on bass! And the manic Keith Moon on drums!

All thanks to the magic of editing and copyright clearances.

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Hard Rock International is partnering with Music Rising – a campaign founded by U2’s The Edge, producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, in 2005 to replace the lost instruments of the musicians affected by the hurricanes that devastated the Gulf Coast region.  The shirt, designed by award winning designer William Cathcart and worn by The Edge for numerous performances, has become a symbol of support for the many devastated by the hurricanes and those who continue to struggle.  Music Rising is administered by Gibson Foundation.
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Bono has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the annual summit in Davos, Switzerland.

The Irish rocker, a prominent activist, said he was "delighted" with her keynote speech to the World Economic Forum of global business leaders and policy makers.

He said he was honoured newly-elected Merkel saw him immediately after her address, before Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Mohamed El Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Their meeting was brief and Merkel was heard promising to meet the U2 singer, who was sporting a cowboy hat and rose-tinted glasses, at greater length later in the year.

Bono has a long history of involvement with political causes and took a major part in organising the Live 8 event, along with fellow Irishman Bob Geldof.

Also present at the event were UN representative Angelina Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt.

U2 singer Bono has called on governments in rich countries to help Africa fight poverty and disease.

Meeting political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said it was time for rich countries to come good on promises they made to cancel Third World debt.

He said: "There were some serious promises made. The cheques were signed but as you know, politicians like signing cheques but they don’t like cashing them."

At a meeting in 2005, the G8 group of industrialised nations agreed to cancel the debts of 18 low-income countries and pledged to double African aid to about $47 billion (£23 billion) by 2010.

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Sure, "The Sweetest Thing" sounds like a good title for a lullaby, but "Sunday, Bloody, Sunday?"

The distance between the arena-rock show and the crib gets a little smaller as U2 will be the latest act to see its back catalog become transformed into baby-friendly lullabies. The album, Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of U2, hits all those kid-friendly record stores next week from Baby Rock Records, the label that’s also brought us lullaby versions of Nirvana, Tool, Radiohead and Coldplay songs, among others.

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of U2’s track listing is:

Sunday Bloody Sunday
All I Want is You
Beautiful Day
One
With or Without You
I Still Haven’t Found What I Am Looking for
Angel of Harlem
Where the Streets Have No Name
New Year’s Day
Desire
The Sweetest Thing

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