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Bono's appearance not set in stone

By MELISSA LEE
November 20, 2002

Hold the ticket stampede: Bono's appearance in Lincoln is no surefire deal.

Despite some reports the Irish rock star would be stopping on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Dec. 1, university officials say nothing's been nailed down yet.

"At this moment, we're hopeful, but we're not for sure," said NU spokesman Dave Fitzgibbon. "It sounds promising, but who knows?"

If a contract is finalized - that likely would happen sometime this week - Bono, who is the lead singer of the rock group U2, would come to the Lied Center for Performing Arts as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. He would appear to raise funds for Save Sub-Saharan Orphans, a local volunteer group that sends money to African orphanages.

Bono has fought for some time to help relieve the country's AIDS and economic crises. He's expressed an interest in coming to Lincoln, said Annette Wetzel, director of special events at NU, but nothing can be confirmed at this point.

Fitzgibbon said plenty of details still needed to be ironed out before Bono's appearance could be certain.

"We're really scrambling to get things worked out," he said.

Free tickets would be available as soon as a contract is finalized. Information on how the tickets could be obtained is pending.

As for reports that Ashley Judd also might come to Lincoln, Fitzgibbon said she could be involved, but he hadn't heard her name come up at all. Officials are mainly focusing on Bono's trip, he said.

"It would be really cool if he could come. I think there'd be a lot of interest," Fitzgibbon said. "I'm really hoping we can pull it off."
 
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