Lenny Kravitz: Proceed to Floor

Celebrities are so lucky. Not only do they have fame and fortune, they have luck too. Well, most of them have luck.

For U2′s second sold-out show at the Garden this November, a large number of celebrities scanned in Lucky Vertigo and packed the ellipse. Our non-celebrity staff (she’s a star to us!), who was also lucky and landed a spot in the ellipse, identified Lars Ullrich, Michael Stipe, Helena Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Guggi, and Charlie Rose enjoying the show from inside the ellipse. (For the record, Rose doesn’t rock out. He studies the performance. With a beer in hand.) Bono’s wife Ali and brother Norman were also spotted rubbing shoulders with the celebrities and peon fans at the show.

Meanwhile, back at the mix desk were Lenny Kravitz, Josh Brolin, and “a lot of models” whose tickets apparently did not scan Lucky Vertigo. Awww!

The show was similar to the previous evening’s performance with one difference — the dedications. Bono dedicated “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” to his brother, whom he referred to as “Normal” and credited as being the co-writer of the song; “MLK” was dedicated to JFK; and “Stuck in a Moment” was performed in recognition of the anniversary of Michael Hutchence’s death.

As with the previous night, show opener Patti Smith joined U2 to perform a long version of “Instant Karma.” At one point, Bono and Smith left the stage as The Edge began a spotlight guitar performance. It seemed the audience were expected to finish up the song with The Edge, but when that didn’t happen, Edge left the stage (still playing) and returned with the singers to close the song.

Although “Yahweh” and “40″ were listed on the setlist, they were not performed.

Peter and the Wolf Auction

The night begins with Gavin. Gavin Friday is the person who conceived the “Peter and the Wolf” CD and book project to aid the Irish Hospice Foundation. His arrival at Christie’s in New York City tonight (Nov. 21) marked the beginning of the end of the project: the auction of the book’s illustrations, drawn by his friend Bono.

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The Tooth Larry

Larry Mullen and Anne Acheson were among the guests who attended the Tooth Fairy Ball at the Kilmainham Royal Hospital last Friday. The charity event, which was organized in part by Bono’s wife Ali Hewson, raised Euro 200,000 to build a dental clinic in Africa. Ali attended the event without her husband, who presumably was working in the studio (see The Part-Time Musician).

CATHOLIC GUILT, ME ARSE Reader

Reader Emmet mailed us the following: Bono’s wife, Ali Hewson, was on the Late Late Show on Irish tv on Friday night. She was there to talk about the Chernobyl Children’s Project and was accompanied by Adi Roche.

It was mentioned that she was pregnant and Ali said “Yeah, Bono’s always talking about how he’s half Catholic and half Protestant. Now we know which half is Catholic.”

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