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Bono Says He is Embarrassed by His Own Singing Voice and ‘Still’ Dislikes U2’s Band Name

Bono recently discussed his dislike of U2’s band name, including most of their discography and his own singing voice. In an appearance on the Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, Bono says he only learned how to sing “recently,” and admitted he turns off the radio when an early-era U2 song comes on because he can’t listen to […]

January 18, 2022
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Bono, Halsey and Pharrell Williams Join Sing 2 Cast

Bono, Halsey and Pharrell Williams are joining the cast of the computer-animated musical comedy Sing 2, it was announced on Monday. In addition to the three musicians, Bobby Cannavale, Letitia Wright, Eric Andre and Chelsea Peretti will be voicing characters. The original Sing was released in 2016 and starred Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly […]

December 21, 2020
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Watch Bono and the Edge Perform ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’

Bono and the Edge got in the holiday spirit this week and performed an in-studio cover of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” during Ireland’s Late Late Show holiday episode. The performance was a tribute to the annual Christmas Eve Grafton Street Busk, and the U2 stars were joined by a number of local musicians. The band also […]

December 19, 2020
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Glasses Half Full

There are few things more intrinsically associated with Bono than his sunglasses — other than his ego, of course. And while the U2 frontman has taken his shades to the White House and the Vatican to help lend a lead singer’s perspective to the Pope and President on how to save the planet, he and […]

November 4, 2020
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New Joy Division, New Order Podcast to Feature Original Band Members, Liam Gallagher, Bono and More

Joy Division and New Order’s interconnected histories will be shared in a new podcast called Transmissions: The Definitive Story. The first eight episodes of the series will go through Joy Division’s birth, rise, then the 1980 death of Ian Curtis. The podcast will then explore the formation of New Order and run till the release of […]

October 9, 2020
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Bob Dylan, Bono, Nile Rodgers, Willie Nelson Appear in Jimmy Carter Doc Trailer

Though Barack Obama has shown time and time again that he knows music, debatably the first music-minded president was Jimmy Carter. The title for an upcoming documentary about the former president, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, shows on a grand scale as much. Carter’s lifelong love of music is on full display in the documentary’s latest […]

August 27, 2020
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