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Hollywood Digest
By Pat Nason
UPI Hollywood Reporter
From the Life & Mind Desk
Published 10/7/2002 5:02 PM
HONORS FOR BONO
The Recording Academy announced Monday that U2 frontman Bono will be honored as its 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year, in recognition of his work as a Grammy-winning musician and as a humanitarian.
MusiCares is the Recording Academy's major charity effort on behalf of musicians.
"Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for," said academy chairman Garth Fundis. "His musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to affect positive change on the human condition worldwide."
Since their first release in 1980, U2 have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and won 14 Grammys -- including seven over the past two years for their most recent release, "All That You Can't Leave Behind."
Bono has been a high-profile supporter of the International Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, intended to persuade debtors to forgive unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries. He has also used his fame to bring media attention to other issues, including poverty and AIDS in Africa.
Bono will pick up the Recording Academy prize at a dinner, concert and silent auction in New York on Feb. 21, 2003. The 45th Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for Feb. 23 at Madison Square Garden.
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Hollywood Digest
By Pat Nason
UPI Hollywood Reporter
From the Life & Mind Desk
Published 10/7/2002 5:02 PM
HONORS FOR BONO
The Recording Academy announced Monday that U2 frontman Bono will be honored as its 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year, in recognition of his work as a Grammy-winning musician and as a humanitarian.
MusiCares is the Recording Academy's major charity effort on behalf of musicians.
"Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for," said academy chairman Garth Fundis. "His musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to affect positive change on the human condition worldwide."
Since their first release in 1980, U2 have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and won 14 Grammys -- including seven over the past two years for their most recent release, "All That You Can't Leave Behind."
Bono has been a high-profile supporter of the International Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, intended to persuade debtors to forgive unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries. He has also used his fame to bring media attention to other issues, including poverty and AIDS in Africa.
Bono will pick up the Recording Academy prize at a dinner, concert and silent auction in New York on Feb. 21, 2003. The 45th Annual Grammy Awards are scheduled for Feb. 23 at Madison Square Garden.
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