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- Bono Supports Matt Damon's 'Toilet Strike' Pledge (wink-wink) May 22, 2013Bono has pledged to join actor Matt Damon's "toilet strike" as a way to help raise awareness and money for improving clean water and sanitation around the world. And by "toilet strike," they mean they're pledging not to use the toilet "until everyone has access to clean water and sanitation." That could seriously impac […]
- Final Wrap: U2 Conference 2013 May 22, 2013We're pretty sure now that all of our collateral from last month's U2 Conference is now online: all the videos, all the photos, all the articles, etc., have been posted. And, to make it easy on anyone wanting to remember it all -- or see what you missed -- we've added a dedicated conference page to our Events section: U2 Conference 2013 On tha […]
- Poll Results: 22% of Fans Say U2's Next Album Will Be 'Okay' (or worse) May 22, 2013A good portion of U2 fans aren't optimistic about the band's next album. In a recent survey here on @U2 asking fans to describe their expectations, about 22 percent said they think the album will be "okay," "bad" or "terrible." Even among the other 78 percent, fans seem divided. About 33 percent figure the album will b […]
- Bono Talks Poverty and Why He's Not A Fan Of John Lennon's ‘Imagine' May 20, 2013By Corinne/Dead by Kevin Rutherford Bono appeared on CBS This Morning Thursday (May 16) to talk to host Charlie Rose about activism and music. Bono’s appearance comes on the heels of a new biography, The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) that denounces the U2 frontman’s anti-poverty campaigning (among other things). Though Rose and […]
- Bono Talks Poverty and Why He's Not A Fan Of John Lennon's ‘Imagine' May 20, 2013By Corinne/Dead by Kevin Rutherford Bono appeared on CBS This Morning Thursday (May 16) to talk to host Charlie Rose about activism and music. Bono’s appearance comes on the heels of a new biography, The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) that denounces the U2 frontman’s anti-poverty campaigning (among other things). Though Rose and […]