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Bono Named 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year
Tribute to be Held February 21 in NYC
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Grammy-winning artist and international superstar Bono will be honored as the 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year, it was announced today by the Recording Academy. Bono, chosen for his accomplishments as a musician and as a humanitarian, will receive the honor at a special tribute dinner, concert and silent auction held at the N. Y. Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, February 21, 2003. The MusiCares tribute dinner is held during Grammy Fest, a month-long cultural celebration that culminates with the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast by the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11 p.m., ET/PT.
The Recording Academy established MusiCares in 1989 in an effort to focus the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. Proceeds from the annual Person of the Year tribute provide essential support for MusiCares' Financial Assistance Program that ensures that music people have a compassionate place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal hardships.
"Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for -- his musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to effect positive change on the human condition worldwide," said Garth Fundis, Chairman of the Recording Academy. "We truly are privileged to be honoring this gifted and dedicated visionary."
Bono is the lead singer of the internationally successful Irish rock group U2. U2 released its first record in 1980 and have since sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won 14 Grammy Awards -- including two consecutive Record of the Year awards at the 43rd and 44th GRAMMY Awards -- and six British Awards. Last year, U2 was awarded MTV's Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored by the British for "Outstanding Contribution To Music." U2 has supported Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and the Burma Action Campaign.
Since 1998, Bono has been an active supporter of the International Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, which seeks to forgive the unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries to mark the new millennium. He has used his fame to get the media to pay attention to debt, poverty and AIDS in Africa, and to get access to the world's most powerful politicians.
Bono has spent the past three years lobbying international politicians and organizations including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Thabo Mbeki, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in support of these worthwhile causes. In 1999, he went to Rome to join forces with Pope John Paul II to persuade the Group of Eight richest nations to increase debt cancellation. In 2000, he joined Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to present the world's largest petition (24 million signatures) to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, calling for much more debt cancellation for the poorest countries. In 2001, Bono helped bring together American music artists including Destiny's Child and Puff Daddy to record Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS in Africa. This year, he helped lobby for an increase in overseas aid to Africa, which resulted in a promise from President Bush to increase aid by an extra $5 billion a year for poor countries. Bono also spent two weeks on a widely publicized trip with US Treasury-Secretary Paul O'Neill to Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia to make the case for more money for AIDS treatment and to fight poverty.
Bono, along with Live Aid's Sir Bob Geldof, is currently involved in setting up a network called DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target rich governments to increase resources and improve their policies toward African countries.
Bono lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and four children.
Bono Named 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year
Tribute to be Held February 21 in NYC
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Grammy-winning artist and international superstar Bono will be honored as the 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year, it was announced today by the Recording Academy. Bono, chosen for his accomplishments as a musician and as a humanitarian, will receive the honor at a special tribute dinner, concert and silent auction held at the N. Y. Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, February 21, 2003. The MusiCares tribute dinner is held during Grammy Fest, a month-long cultural celebration that culminates with the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 45th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast by the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11 p.m., ET/PT.
The Recording Academy established MusiCares in 1989 in an effort to focus the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. Proceeds from the annual Person of the Year tribute provide essential support for MusiCares' Financial Assistance Program that ensures that music people have a compassionate place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal hardships.
"Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for -- his musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to effect positive change on the human condition worldwide," said Garth Fundis, Chairman of the Recording Academy. "We truly are privileged to be honoring this gifted and dedicated visionary."
Bono is the lead singer of the internationally successful Irish rock group U2. U2 released its first record in 1980 and have since sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won 14 Grammy Awards -- including two consecutive Record of the Year awards at the 43rd and 44th GRAMMY Awards -- and six British Awards. Last year, U2 was awarded MTV's Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored by the British for "Outstanding Contribution To Music." U2 has supported Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and the Burma Action Campaign.
Since 1998, Bono has been an active supporter of the International Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt Campaign, which seeks to forgive the unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries to mark the new millennium. He has used his fame to get the media to pay attention to debt, poverty and AIDS in Africa, and to get access to the world's most powerful politicians.
Bono has spent the past three years lobbying international politicians and organizations including George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Thabo Mbeki, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in support of these worthwhile causes. In 1999, he went to Rome to join forces with Pope John Paul II to persuade the Group of Eight richest nations to increase debt cancellation. In 2000, he joined Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to present the world's largest petition (24 million signatures) to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, calling for much more debt cancellation for the poorest countries. In 2001, Bono helped bring together American music artists including Destiny's Child and Puff Daddy to record Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS in Africa. This year, he helped lobby for an increase in overseas aid to Africa, which resulted in a promise from President Bush to increase aid by an extra $5 billion a year for poor countries. Bono also spent two weeks on a widely publicized trip with US Treasury-Secretary Paul O'Neill to Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia to make the case for more money for AIDS treatment and to fight poverty.
Bono, along with Live Aid's Sir Bob Geldof, is currently involved in setting up a network called DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target rich governments to increase resources and improve their policies toward African countries.
Bono lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and four children.
