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  Fake Bono Fools Reporter Inquiring About U2's Taxes

  March 22, 2012 – Jason Mattera finally bum-rushed the wrong liberal celebrity. Which, well, the person he ambushed wasn't a celebrity at all. Mattera, a conservative activist who gained attention for previous gotcha-style interviews involving Chris Rock and Vice President Joe Biden, earlier this week posted a video purporting to show him firing tough questions about taxes at U2 frontman Bono during a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles. …
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  Bowie, Patti Smith, Vedder Give It Up for Moms on New Charity Compilation

  March 8, 2012 – Every Mother Counts, an advocacy and awareness campaign headed by model-turned-activist Christy Turlington Burns to increase education and support for maternal and child health, is slated to release its second charity compilation album May 1, and as Antiquiet points out, its track list is not to be messed with. Thirteen of the 19 songs are unreleased tunes from artists like Patti Smith, Coldplay, Eddie Vedder, Cedella Marley, and Beck. …
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  5 Must-See Moments From Bill Clinton's All-Star Benefit Concert

  October 17, 2011 – Bill Clinton's nonprofit group held a 10th anniversary celebration on Saturday night at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl that doubled as the former president's 65th birthday party. Clinton, wife Hillary, and daughter Chelsea had front-row seats as Lady Gaga, U2's Bono and the Edge, Usher, and unannounced guest Stevie Wonder performed at "A Decade a Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. …
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  Caleb Followill Weds, Bono on 'Spider-Man' + More

  May 16, 2011 – Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill tied the knot with Victoria's Secret model girlfriend Lily Aldrige on May 12 in Santa Barbara, CA. Followill's bandmates, Coldplay's Chris Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow), and other celebrities attended the ceremony. "It was a perfect day," Followill said. …
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  Bono Begs Pixies, Flava Flav Arrested + More

  May 3, 2011 – Not even Bono can convince the Pixies to record a new album. In an interview, guitarist Joey Santiago reveals that the U2 frontman begged the group to work on new music — their first since the 2004 single "Bam Thwok." "Bono even asked," Santiago said. …
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  Soundgarden Tour, Swizz Beatz & Bono Collab + More

  April 15, 2011 – Soundgarden have announced the first four dates of a summer tour, set to kick off July 2 in Toronto, ON, with other shows planned in Philadelphia, Denver, and Los Angeles. The band is planning to announced more dates soon; an early ticket pre-sale starts on April 18. [Soundgarden] Swizz Beatz' next album will feature a track, titled "Skyscrapers," featuring U2's Bono and Kanye West. Mary J. …
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  WATCH: Preview U2's 'Spider-Man' Musical

  November 24, 2010 – After more than eight years of production, with delays, staffing issues, financial crises, and other problems pushing the bill to $60 million, the most expensive musical in Broadway history, U2's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, will finally open on Sunday for its first public previews (it officially premieres in January). "What we didn't realize was how difficult it is to stage this stuff, both technically and financially," Bono, who wr …
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  Radiohead Not Touring, Kanye's New Song

  November 15, 2010 – After Rolling Stone Italy reported that Radiohead were close to finishing their new album and planning a "huge tour," Jonny Greenwood clarified their plans on the band's Dead Air Space. "We haven't quite finished the album — in the studio at the moment — nor have we yet considered any touring," he writes. …
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  U2 Reschedules North American Tour

  July 13, 2010 – U2's North American tour, sidelined earlier this year by Bono's serious back injury, is back on track for next year, with all tour stops rescheduled. The tour kicks off May 21, 2011, in Denver, hits the West Coast, then scoots across the country, wrapping July 23 in Minneapolis. All tickets from the postponed 2010 shows will be honored at the 2011 dates. …
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  Bono Has Emergency Surgery, U2 Postpones Tour

  May 25, 2010 – U2 frontman Bono underwent emergency spinal surgery in Germany on Friday, and while the procedure was a success and he's been released from the hospital, the band has been forced to postpone the upcoming North American leg of their 360 Tour until 2011. Bono was admitted to a Munich hospital last week "in severe pain with partial paralysis in the lower leg," one of his doctors said. …
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