U2LOG.COM » red http://u2log.com U2 news - From July 2000 till our moment of surrender Thu, 24 May 2012 15:58:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Nike (RED) Launch in London http://u2log.com/2009/12/03/nike-red-launch-in-london/ http://u2log.com/2009/12/03/nike-red-launch-in-london/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:47:30 +0000 caroline http://u2log.com/?p=8444

Photo set by Jeff Carvalho

]]> http://u2log.com/2009/12/03/nike-red-launch-in-london/feed/ 0 Behind the scenes of Ben Baker’s (RED) shoot http://u2log.com/2009/05/01/behind-the-scenes-of-ben-bakers-red-shoot/ http://u2log.com/2009/05/01/behind-the-scenes-of-ben-bakers-red-shoot/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:17:51 +0000 caroline http://u2log.com/?p=6725 (RED) Board

Footage shot behind the scenes at Ben Baker’s photo shoot of the members of the (RED) board, for the Fortune 500 issue. Watch the video.

]]> http://u2log.com/2009/05/01/behind-the-scenes-of-ben-bakers-red-shoot/feed/ 2 Ticketmaster auctions off (RED) Zone Packages http://u2log.com/2009/03/12/ticketmaster-auctions-off-red-zone-packages/ http://u2log.com/2009/03/12/ticketmaster-auctions-off-red-zone-packages/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:09:34 +0000 caroline http://u2log.com/?p=6478 u2_seatmap

Ticketmaster.nl is auctioning off VIP-tickets for two (RED) Zone areas, adjacent to the U2360 stage. A similar deal is in place for the Gothenburg, Sweden show. The packages include:

- Special VIP entrance and greeting by (RED) Zone Hosts
- High profile General Admission areas on the field adjacent to the stage runway
- Built-in seating for pre-show comfort
- Access to special concession and merchandise stand
- As a special bonus, the top 10 highest winning ticket bids for each show will also receive a pre-show backstage tour of this highly anticipated, revolutionary product design.
(RED) Zone Packages are only available by Auction on ticketservice.nl. All non-ticket elements provided by Live Nation. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to support (RED) and the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. The auction starting bid is: € 95,- You must raise your bid by at least € 5,-

It’s all in the name of charity and, as Bono said: “Rich people have feelings too”.

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Via U2exit.com
Bono and his pal, the English artist Damien Hirst, lead the The (Red) Auction which raised more than $42 million for programs battling HIV and AIDS.

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“The money RED has raised means that some 160,000 Africans will be put on life-saving anti-retrovirals in the coming months, orphans are being fed and kept in school in Swaziland and a national HIV treatment and prevention programme has begun in Rwanda. Some 99 per cent of funds raised go directly to life-saving schemes.”

On the RED website, CEO Bobby Shriver also reacts to the article in Ad Age:

“Your article says that $18 million and soon to be $25 million (when we have completed our most recent accounting) is a “meager” amount. It’s five times the amount given to the Global Fund by the private sector in four years.”

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