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Discord over Bono's causes
He's the spectacle-wearing face of international rock philanthropy. But U2 singer Bono's endless campaigning is getting on the nerves of his band mates.
Bono, who was behind recent celebrity campaigns to cancel Third World debt, last week went to Downing Street to give Tony Blair an earful about Aids awareness. But while our Prime Minister may have appreciated the visit - not to mention the photo opportunity - Bono's fellow band members were less impressed.
"Charity work does interfere. It takes up 50 per cent of my time," Bono told Spy at Time magazine's annual awards. "I'm actually on the edge of being chucked out of the band. I'm off to the studio to spend the weekend recording stuff I should have done ages ago."
A spokesman for U2 admitted the tensions: "Some of the other band members have felt for years that Bono has risked being too political at the expense of group," she said. "Edge, for example, was terribly concerned when Bono was lobbying Right-wing Republicans in America."
Discord over Bono's causes
He's the spectacle-wearing face of international rock philanthropy. But U2 singer Bono's endless campaigning is getting on the nerves of his band mates.
Bono, who was behind recent celebrity campaigns to cancel Third World debt, last week went to Downing Street to give Tony Blair an earful about Aids awareness. But while our Prime Minister may have appreciated the visit - not to mention the photo opportunity - Bono's fellow band members were less impressed.
"Charity work does interfere. It takes up 50 per cent of my time," Bono told Spy at Time magazine's annual awards. "I'm actually on the edge of being chucked out of the band. I'm off to the studio to spend the weekend recording stuff I should have done ages ago."
A spokesman for U2 admitted the tensions: "Some of the other band members have felt for years that Bono has risked being too political at the expense of group," she said. "Edge, for example, was terribly concerned when Bono was lobbying Right-wing Republicans in America."