Jeannieco
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Hey all! I am just back from Denver where I was fortunate enough to be able to witness history and Senator Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field Thursday night! It was spectacular and like I said in FYM, it was electric in there and yes, better than a U2 concert! The New York Times has posted an article stating that Bono was there (nope I didn't see him) and probably sitting with Oprah in the VIP suites. I did a search online to see if there were any photos or articles or sightings, but couldn't find any info. I think he was laying low to not take the spot light off this historic moment and Senator Obama's night. Classy of him yes indeed! Here is part of the article someone posted EYKIW
and plus a blurb about a ONE concert featuring Kayne West ...
I need to join this U2 fans for Obama group!
I can't believe I was there...it was un freaking believeable!
Would any of you super Bono slueths be able to find some photos online somewhere of this?? I am not good locating the latest pic's of the B man. Thanks!
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According to The Times, Bono was there.
Bono fans fill Obama coffers
The presidential hopeful has found just what he's looking for in U2 devotees as they swell his campaign reserves
Times, August 30, 2008
Colin Coyle
ONE is charismatic, plays to packed stadiums and wants to change the world. The other is Bono. Now a group of U2 fans, struck by the parallels between Barack Obama and the Irish rock star, have become one of the US Democratic presidential nominee's most enthusiastic band of supporters.
U2 fans for Obama, a collection of 103 U2 devotees, has raised almost $18,000 (EU12,200) for the presidential hopeful's campaign and organised more than 600 events to date.
The group, whose website and blog are linked to the presidential candidate's official homepage, believe that "since Bono can't run for US president, Obama is the next best thing". Their blog declares that members "see in Obama a progressive Christian who embodies the ideas and sentiments . . . so compelling in U2's music".
The politician is already an avowed fan of the band, recently telling Rolling Stone magazine that U2 is on his iPod play-list. Bono attended the Democratic convention in Denver last week where he heard two U2 tracks, City of Blinding Lights and Beautiful Day, bookend Obama's acceptance speech early on Friday. Beautiful Day was also the musical backdrop a night earlier when Obama introduced Senator Joe Biden, his nominee for vice-president, to the Denver crowd.
The U2 fans now rank as the 10th most active group on Obama's collection of small local fundraisers, modelled on a social networking site. Obama's website, my.barack obama.com, was developed by Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook. It has more than 1m users and hundreds of diverse social networking groups, including Women for Obama, Veterans for Obama and Environmentalists for Obama.
The groups use the website to plan events, set fundraising goals and volunteer to distribute leaflets. Obama hopes to outstrip the Republican election war chest by convincing "a million or so small donors to give less than $100 each".
It is no surprise that fans have drawn an analogy between Obama and U2. On their blog, U2 fans for Obama debate which songs by the band best sum up the politician and wrangle over whether Obama is "even better than the real thing â Bono". One argues that the two men's connection is "intellectual, political and spiritual".
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Too long to wait for Kanye West
Even though goverment finance rules forced many elected officials and their staffs to pay the $90 face price for a ducat to the RIAA/One party at Exdo Event Center, too many tickets got sold/handed out/bartered for the much yakked about show with Kanye West as the promised headliner and Bono as a possible. At about 11:45 p.m. officials stepped out of the club and told a line of a couple hundred people — that stretched two blocks — to forget about getting in. Who did make it past the gate? Forest Whitaker, Maureen Dowd, Jamie Foxx, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Fat Joe of DX and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe. — Jason Blevins
and plus a blurb about a ONE concert featuring Kayne West ...
I need to join this U2 fans for Obama group!
I can't believe I was there...it was un freaking believeable!
Would any of you super Bono slueths be able to find some photos online somewhere of this?? I am not good locating the latest pic's of the B man. Thanks!
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According to The Times, Bono was there.
Bono fans fill Obama coffers
The presidential hopeful has found just what he's looking for in U2 devotees as they swell his campaign reserves
Times, August 30, 2008
Colin Coyle
ONE is charismatic, plays to packed stadiums and wants to change the world. The other is Bono. Now a group of U2 fans, struck by the parallels between Barack Obama and the Irish rock star, have become one of the US Democratic presidential nominee's most enthusiastic band of supporters.
U2 fans for Obama, a collection of 103 U2 devotees, has raised almost $18,000 (EU12,200) for the presidential hopeful's campaign and organised more than 600 events to date.
The group, whose website and blog are linked to the presidential candidate's official homepage, believe that "since Bono can't run for US president, Obama is the next best thing". Their blog declares that members "see in Obama a progressive Christian who embodies the ideas and sentiments . . . so compelling in U2's music".
The politician is already an avowed fan of the band, recently telling Rolling Stone magazine that U2 is on his iPod play-list. Bono attended the Democratic convention in Denver last week where he heard two U2 tracks, City of Blinding Lights and Beautiful Day, bookend Obama's acceptance speech early on Friday. Beautiful Day was also the musical backdrop a night earlier when Obama introduced Senator Joe Biden, his nominee for vice-president, to the Denver crowd.
The U2 fans now rank as the 10th most active group on Obama's collection of small local fundraisers, modelled on a social networking site. Obama's website, my.barack obama.com, was developed by Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook. It has more than 1m users and hundreds of diverse social networking groups, including Women for Obama, Veterans for Obama and Environmentalists for Obama.
The groups use the website to plan events, set fundraising goals and volunteer to distribute leaflets. Obama hopes to outstrip the Republican election war chest by convincing "a million or so small donors to give less than $100 each".
It is no surprise that fans have drawn an analogy between Obama and U2. On their blog, U2 fans for Obama debate which songs by the band best sum up the politician and wrangle over whether Obama is "even better than the real thing â Bono". One argues that the two men's connection is "intellectual, political and spiritual".
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Too long to wait for Kanye West
Even though goverment finance rules forced many elected officials and their staffs to pay the $90 face price for a ducat to the RIAA/One party at Exdo Event Center, too many tickets got sold/handed out/bartered for the much yakked about show with Kanye West as the promised headliner and Bono as a possible. At about 11:45 p.m. officials stepped out of the club and told a line of a couple hundred people — that stretched two blocks — to forget about getting in. Who did make it past the gate? Forest Whitaker, Maureen Dowd, Jamie Foxx, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Fat Joe of DX and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe. — Jason Blevins