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National Geographic set to release film

U2’s concert film ‘U2 3D’ will be released in late January in 3D only in the US.

The film was shot in South America during the band’s ‘Vertigo’ tour and will be released by National Geographic Film Ventures.

The concert film was produced by 3ality Digital and directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington.

Owens has been U2’s visual content director for more than 15 years, while Pellington directed the band’s ‘One’ video.

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CLAREMONT - U2 singer Bono left his bandmates behind Tuesday night for a speaking engagement at the Claremont Colleges, where he highlighted problems of poverty and disease in Africa and outlined his ideas for helping the continent.

Thousands of Africans die every day from treatable diseases such as AIDS and malaria, and though the developed world already provides aid to the continent, Africa needs more, Bono said.

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U2 frontman Bono is putting his Red Ducati motorcyle under the hammer for charity in a December auction.

The bike previously belonged to his U2 bandmate Adam Clayton and originally to the late INXS star Michael Hutchence.

Bono dedicated the bike to the singer and signed the fuel tank with the message “To Michael, Bono”.

Proceeds from the auction will go towards Riders for Health, a group which helps health care workers in Africa by providing them with vehicles and safety training.

Chief executive of the group, Andrea Coleman, said. “Bono’s commitment to Africa and his support for those living in poverty and ill-health is well known. And for us at Riders For Health, reaching those people in rural Africa is our focus and is a major challenge. Riders For Health knows that you can’t save a child unless you can reach her.

“Bono’s support for our work is valued highly and we thank him.”

Bono’s motorbike will be among many items going on sale at the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show in Birmingham on December 2.

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October 28, 2007 — U2’s Bono (pictured right, inset) monkeys around with Finn, 21 months, the son of filmmaker Ed Burns and supermodel Christy Turlington, at a Halloween party in TriBeCa’s Washington Market Park yesterday.

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Five people employed by one of rock band U2’s companies shared almost €18 million in wages last year, the firm’s accounts show. Barry O’Halloran reports.

It could not be confirmed yesterday if the band’s members - Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton, and their manager Paul McGuinness - were the people paid by the company, as the accounts do not name the employees.

A representative of U2’s London-based management company refused to comment on the accounts yesterday.

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Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — With an appearance by Bono and a concert featuring Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys, organizers of a Manhattan fundraiser tonight to raise $1.5 million for AIDS promise it won’t be standard benefit fare.

At most galas, “you get your charity chicken, the entertainment goes on too long and the music is awful,” said Leigh Blake, executive director of Keep a Child Alive, a nonprofit that provides medicine for AIDS-infected adults and children in Africa and India. “Our event is not stodgy.”

Bono, the 47-year-old activist and lead singer of the Irish band U2, who was born Paul David Hewson, is being honored and isn’t scheduled to perform at Hammerstein Ballroom. Keys, the 26-year-old R&B singer, will take the stage before 1,200 guests, along with Sheryl Crow and Stefani.

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