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Boy Band Blue Tops U2 in French Music Awards
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Brit boy band Blue edged Irish rock group U2 to a top honor at France's biggest music awards on Saturday night, with hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas and pop band Maroon 5 scooping awards of their own.
The award show, hosted by European radio group NRJ, featured performances from R&B star Usher and Jennifer Lopez, who performed her new song "Get Right" accompanied by dancers clad in schoolgirl outfits.
Blue won the award for best international group, beating U2 who received a special achievement award that was presented to lead singer Bono by supermodel Naomi Campbell.
"I'm not from this country but I'll make a little confession to you -- it's at the Cote d'Azure I feel at home," Bono said in French.
(Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
Several members of U2 own homes a stone's throw from the awards venue in Cannes.
Maroon 5 -- actually Maroon 2 for the night, with the rest of the band's members unable to attend -- won two awards, for best new international artist and best international song.
Guitarist Jesse Carmichael said the band, which has been without bassist Ryan Dusick due to a shoulder injury, hopes to be back at full strength soon.
"We've been touring so intensely ... hopefully he'll be back in the spring," Carmichael said.
Black Eyed Peas picked up the best international album gong for "Elephunk." French singer Jenifer also took home two awards, for best French female singer and best French album.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
For more photos of Bono from the event, visit: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=U2&ei=UTF-8&c=news_photos
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=7400556
Boy Band Blue Tops U2 in French Music Awards
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Brit boy band Blue edged Irish rock group U2 to a top honor at France's biggest music awards on Saturday night, with hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas and pop band Maroon 5 scooping awards of their own.
The award show, hosted by European radio group NRJ, featured performances from R&B star Usher and Jennifer Lopez, who performed her new song "Get Right" accompanied by dancers clad in schoolgirl outfits.
Blue won the award for best international group, beating U2 who received a special achievement award that was presented to lead singer Bono by supermodel Naomi Campbell.
"I'm not from this country but I'll make a little confession to you -- it's at the Cote d'Azure I feel at home," Bono said in French.
(Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
Several members of U2 own homes a stone's throw from the awards venue in Cannes.
Maroon 5 -- actually Maroon 2 for the night, with the rest of the band's members unable to attend -- won two awards, for best new international artist and best international song.
Guitarist Jesse Carmichael said the band, which has been without bassist Ryan Dusick due to a shoulder injury, hopes to be back at full strength soon.
"We've been touring so intensely ... hopefully he'll be back in the spring," Carmichael said.
Black Eyed Peas picked up the best international album gong for "Elephunk." French singer Jenifer also took home two awards, for best French female singer and best French album.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
For more photos of Bono from the event, visit: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=U2&ei=UTF-8&c=news_photos
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=7400556
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is never out of Bono's mind...I'm sure.
