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U2 Included on USA Today Year-End Poll
USA Today's music staff, Edna Gundersen, Steve Jones, Elysa Gardner, Brian Mansfield and Ken Barnes, have chosen the best and worst of 2005's music scene, giving U2 and Bono mentions.
Hero of the year
Bono. The planet's coolest rock star maintained a day job as activist lobbying to end poverty, debt and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Tour of the year
U2's Vertigo. A dramatic display of heart and musical prowess, it found U2 at the peak of its powers 25 years into a career of sustained relevance.
Vertigo Tour opener Kanye West's new album "Late Registration" was named best of the year by the paper. Fellow tour alums Franz Ferdinand's latest was No. 7 on the list.
USA Today's music staff, Edna Gundersen, Steve Jones, Elysa Gardner, Brian Mansfield and Ken Barnes, have chosen the best and worst of 2005's music scene, giving U2 and Bono mentions.
Hero of the year
Bono. The planet's coolest rock star maintained a day job as activist lobbying to end poverty, debt and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Tour of the year
U2's Vertigo. A dramatic display of heart and musical prowess, it found U2 at the peak of its powers 25 years into a career of sustained relevance.
Vertigo Tour opener Kanye West's new album "Late Registration" was named best of the year by the paper. Fellow tour alums Franz Ferdinand's latest was No. 7 on the list.
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