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Jul 312006
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THEY may have packed out Croke Park three nights on the trot, but U2 are more likely to woo fans in the confines of their car.
The Irish supergroup ranked third in a poll of favourite artists to sing along with while driving. The most popular star was Robbie Williams, while the runner-up was Ireland’s most elusive Hollywood visitor - Michael Jackson. The car is the location of choice for aspiring popstars, beating the shower and the loo as the favourite place to belt out a tune. More than 95pc of those surveyed said they loved singing along behind the wheel. Almost a third liked to flex their vocal cords when driving because they could sing as loud as they liked. BREDA HEFFERNAN
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Jul 312006
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U2 frontman Bono has topped a survey of the most influential pop stars of the last 25 years, commissioned to mark music channel MTV’s quarter-centenary.
MTV’s Rock Royalty artwork features what the channel considers to be the 15 most influential pop stars of the last 25 years, posing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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Jul 302006
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Supermodel Christy Turlington has been given the Irish nickname Nuala by close friend U2 frontman Bono.
The 37-year-old covergirl is married to Irish-American actor Ed Burns and makes regular trips to the European country to visit long term pal Bono, who gave her away at her wedding three years ago (03).
The pair even named their five-month-old son in tribute to the beauty’s nickname.
Burns says, "In Ireland, our friends over there call her Nuala, short for Fionnuala. So when Finn came along we really named him after Fionnuala, or Christy."
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Jul 282006
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That’s the question Bono addresses on a video shot recently by Phil Joanou in Arusha, Tanzania.
‘Make Poverty History! What was that ? A T-shirt?’ A year after the G8 leaders met in Scotland, pledging huge steps to end extreme poverty, Bono asks what difference campaigners are making for the everyday life of people in the poorest countries.
From millions of children now in school, millions being protected from the killer-disease malaria to a dramatic increase in the availability of anti-retroviral drugs for those living with HIV/AIDS… campaigners, he says, are creating real change for the good.
‘We have the power to change the world if we work together,’ says Bono, in this passionate clip.
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More about the campaign to end extreme poverty here.
- U2.com
Jul 282006
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By Ray Waddell
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The list of the top tours for the first half of 2006 is predictably weighted toward veteran rockers, but the lineup also yields a few surprises from developing acts and new arena productions.
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Jul 212006
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Source: DDDA looking for development experience to build U2 tower - Irish Architectural News
Dublin Docklands Development Authority is seeking expressions of interest from world-class development teams, who have significant experience in the delivery of high rise towers of architectural merit, to compete for a unique development opportunity to design, construct and finance the U2 Tower and Britain Quay Development.
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