Elvis
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
By Carrie Alison
Magazine Covers:
AIDS Weekly (January 6th Issue Date) - Bono
Calendar:
12/31: The Edge and wife Morleigh Steinberg ring in the New Year at popular celebrity playground Lillies Bordello in Dublin, Ireland.
The Hard Rock Vault in Orlando, Florida hosts a snakeskin suit worn by Bono during the ZOO TV days in the Vault?s ?Dressing Room? section. For more information on the Vault, visit: http://www.hardrock.com/Vault/
1/1: U2 and longtime Irish TV personality, Gay Byrne, place a Harley Davidson motorcycle the band had given him up for auction has part of a fund raiser for The Children's Medical & Research Foundation at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. During the auction announcement, Adam Clayton mentions that U2 plans to release a new album and tour in 2003. The winning bidder at ?30,000 was Irish businessman Harry Crosbie, owner of a Vicar Street music hall. Crosbie will display the motorcycle at the venue at a special Irish music even he is planning.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70289
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71532
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71594
1/2: American renegade social satirist Michael Moore?s latest docu-flick ?Bowling for Columbine? overtakes U2?s 1989 film ?Rattle and Hum? as the number one documentary of all time at the Australian Box Office.
Former Black Flag singer, sometime actor, and spoken word artist Henry Rollins launches a media critique of Bono?s Third World Debt relief and AIDS efforts: stating that he believes Bono is taking on too much, and that it all seems to be promotional work for the recent U2: The Best of 1990-2000 album.
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70319
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70563
1/3: The Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards U2?s ?The Hands That Built America (theme from Gangs of New York)? the Best Song from a Film.
1/6: Larry Mullen Jnr and Electrical Storm video paramour actress Samantha Morton are told to Get A Room by Blender Magazine and MTV2 for the ?What the Hell Happened in 2002? awards program.
1/7: U2 is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category. They are up against: Aerosmith (?Girls Of Summer?), Coldplay (?In My Place?), ***** (?My Sacrifice?), Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott (?Hero?), 3 Doors Down (?When I?m Gone?) and Tonic (?Take Me As I Am?).
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70513
U2 top the Irish Rich List finding the band members earning $8 million euros each.
1/8: The Rock ?N? Roll Hall of Fame announces the grand opening of the eagerly anticipated U2 exhibit: IN THE NAME OF LOVE: Two Decades of U2 for Saturday, February 8th, 2003.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70565
1/9: Rumors abound that Bono will be planning a peacekeeping mission to Iraq, within the week after being reportedly pressured to do so by actor pal Sean Penn, who had just returned from the country. RMP London, Bono?s publicist, later quells the rumor, stating ?no truth whatsoever to the story.?
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70604
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70626
Bono and Edge attend the Irish premiere gala of ?Gangs of New York? in Dublin. Edge bests actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an auction, winning 85,000 Euro for the Make A Wish Foundation.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70659
1/10: Rolling Stone publishes an excerpt of the lyrics from ?48864,? the song Bono, former Eurythmic Dave Stewart and the late Joe Strummer wrote for the Nelson Mandela tribute on Robben Island.
(VIA MTV & ROLLING STONE):
?When freedom rises from the killing floor/ No lock of iron or rivet can restrain the door/ And no kind of army can hope to win a war/ Like trying to stop the rain or still the lion's roar/ Like trying to stop the whirlwind scattering seeds and spores/ Like trying to stop the tin cans rapping out jailhouse semaphore.?
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70661
1/11: In the Jan11-17 issue of TV Guide, the magazine highlights the "100 Music Moments That Rocked TV!" U2 placed twice. The following information is given for the performances in the magazine:
(VIA TVGUIDE)
66. U2 makes its first major American television appearance on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow, June 3, 1981.
90. U2 performs a halftime set at the 2002 Super Bowl as a backdrop scrolls the names of September 11 victims, February 3.
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1053835#post1053835
1/15: Lola Cashman, former stylist to U2, criticizes the band after she is haulted from auctioning off items the band gave to her throughout her employment in order to pay her personal debts. Cashman risks a lawsuit if she continues with her plan of action through auction house Christie?s. Items involved in the row include concert t-shirts and coffee mugs said to be worth thousands of dollars. Her plans are currently on hold until a mutual agreement can be reached between Cashman and U2.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70873
1/16: The Nelson Mandela tribute concert scheduled for February 2nd on Robben Island in Africa is cancelled when a major funding sponsor suddenly retracts.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70970
English music industry trade magazine Music Week lists U2 as the biggest selling overseas act on any UK record label in 2002.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70920
1/18 - Bono jets to the Sunshine State to meet with his DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) team: Bobby Shriver, actor and comedian Chris Tucker, and billionaire George Soros at the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70971
1/19 - U2 wins their first Golden Globe for Best Song From A Motion Picture for "The Hands That Built America (Theme From Gangs of New York).? Bono and Edge were on hand to accept the award from Elton John. Earlier in the night, Bono introduced a film clip of ?Gangs of New York? - which was nominated for Best Film - Drama. After the show, Bono and Edge were interviewed by E!, and Bono was razzed by the hilarious Robin Williams for his rather eloquent verbal faux pas. (For those who didn't watch, Bono said "This is really fucking brilliant," when he was handed the Golden Globe).
US Magazine notes that Bono received the loudest cheers from fans on the red carpet.
To see photos from the golden U2 celebration, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71031
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71032
For a complete transcript of the acceptance speech, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71055
To read The Parents Television Council?s reaction to Bono?s speech, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71186
1/22: Bono hits the town with supermodel Helena Christensen in Dublin ahead of the Brown Thomas Fashion Show. The two pals went out to dinner with friends, and partied into the night and Bono and Edge?s Clarence Hotel, located in Temple Bar.
For pictures of Bono and Helena on the town, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71187
1/23: The Edge takes to the catwalk for the first time ever at The Brown Thomas International Fashion Show at Dublin's Point in clothing by Gucci. Rumors abound that an extra-special VIP party will be held at the favored celebrity haunt Lillies Bordello.
For more information on the fashion show, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70614
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71418
For pictures from the fashion show, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71373
For information (and photos) on the U2 VIP parties, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71371
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71424
Continental Airlines is offering discounted tickets to the GRAMMYS and Bono?s MusiCares celebration dinner. For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?threadid=71185
NEW ALBUM NEWS> Bono and Edge tell MTV News that U2 are currently working on ?their first guitar record? in Dublin, and to expect the finished results near the end of 2003 or the beginning of 2004.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71189
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71251
1/24: Details emerge on the Bono-Strummer collaboration song meant for the now-cancelled Nelson Mandela AIDS benefit concert previously scheduled for February 2nd in South Africa. Bono indicates that the song will see the light of day on ?an AIDS emergency album? to be released in the fall of 2003.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71252
1/27: Bono writes a strongly worded article for The Washington Post targeting President Bush?s participation in the African AIDS crisis in time for the upcoming State of the Union address:
To read the article, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71362
1/28: U2 is nominated twice at the Edison Pop Music Awards in Holland - Best International Group, and Best DVD for The Best of 1990-2000.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71422
Bono will appear on the new album from longtime U2 producer Daniel Lanois. ?Falling at Your Feet? will feature vocals from Bono, and was co-written with Lanois.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1078212#post1078212
1/29: Bono?s wish to have AIDS relief for Africa added to the Bush Administration?s agenda is fulfilled when President Bush announces a $15 billion aid package to rollout over the next five years. This is an increase of $10 billion, up from $5 billion.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71462
To read Bono?s reaction, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71522
1/30: Details emerge on the A-List attendees of Bono?s MusiCares dinner on February 21st for his many humanitarian efforts. Expected attendees include former US President Bill Clinton and current President George W. Bush.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71521
U2 are nominees at the annual Ireland Meteor Awards: placing in the Best Irish Group category, and Bono named for Best Irish Male Singer. Awards will be given out on March 3, 2003 in Ireland.
For more information on the nominees, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71523
1/31: U2 wins big in the annual Hot Press Reader?s Poll. They have won the following accolades from readers: ?Electrical Storm? has won Best Irish Single and Best Irish Music Video, The Best of 1990-2000 placed 2nd under Best Irish Album, Edge was voted Best Irish Musician, and no surprise here: Bono won for Best Irish Singer.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/editpost.php?s=&action=editpost&postid=1082102
MTV2 asks U2 fans to tell them why Bono is the Best Singer Of All Time. The chosen fan will be video-taped speaking on how Bono has touched their life, how extensive their U2-ey memorabilia collection is, and how many times they?ve seen U2 in concert.
For more information on the casting call, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71574
Bono is rumored to attend the annual convention for the American Society of Newspaper Editors to speak on his global humanitarian efforts in New Orleans on April 8-11th, 2003.
For more information on the conference, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71579
Magazine Covers:
AIDS Weekly (January 6th Issue Date) - Bono
Calendar:
12/31: The Edge and wife Morleigh Steinberg ring in the New Year at popular celebrity playground Lillies Bordello in Dublin, Ireland.
The Hard Rock Vault in Orlando, Florida hosts a snakeskin suit worn by Bono during the ZOO TV days in the Vault?s ?Dressing Room? section. For more information on the Vault, visit: http://www.hardrock.com/Vault/
1/1: U2 and longtime Irish TV personality, Gay Byrne, place a Harley Davidson motorcycle the band had given him up for auction has part of a fund raiser for The Children's Medical & Research Foundation at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. During the auction announcement, Adam Clayton mentions that U2 plans to release a new album and tour in 2003. The winning bidder at ?30,000 was Irish businessman Harry Crosbie, owner of a Vicar Street music hall. Crosbie will display the motorcycle at the venue at a special Irish music even he is planning.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70289
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71532
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71594
1/2: American renegade social satirist Michael Moore?s latest docu-flick ?Bowling for Columbine? overtakes U2?s 1989 film ?Rattle and Hum? as the number one documentary of all time at the Australian Box Office.
Former Black Flag singer, sometime actor, and spoken word artist Henry Rollins launches a media critique of Bono?s Third World Debt relief and AIDS efforts: stating that he believes Bono is taking on too much, and that it all seems to be promotional work for the recent U2: The Best of 1990-2000 album.
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70319
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70563
1/3: The Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards U2?s ?The Hands That Built America (theme from Gangs of New York)? the Best Song from a Film.
1/6: Larry Mullen Jnr and Electrical Storm video paramour actress Samantha Morton are told to Get A Room by Blender Magazine and MTV2 for the ?What the Hell Happened in 2002? awards program.
1/7: U2 is nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal category. They are up against: Aerosmith (?Girls Of Summer?), Coldplay (?In My Place?), ***** (?My Sacrifice?), Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott (?Hero?), 3 Doors Down (?When I?m Gone?) and Tonic (?Take Me As I Am?).
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70513
U2 top the Irish Rich List finding the band members earning $8 million euros each.
1/8: The Rock ?N? Roll Hall of Fame announces the grand opening of the eagerly anticipated U2 exhibit: IN THE NAME OF LOVE: Two Decades of U2 for Saturday, February 8th, 2003.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70565
1/9: Rumors abound that Bono will be planning a peacekeeping mission to Iraq, within the week after being reportedly pressured to do so by actor pal Sean Penn, who had just returned from the country. RMP London, Bono?s publicist, later quells the rumor, stating ?no truth whatsoever to the story.?
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70604
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70626
Bono and Edge attend the Irish premiere gala of ?Gangs of New York? in Dublin. Edge bests actor Leonardo DiCaprio at an auction, winning 85,000 Euro for the Make A Wish Foundation.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70659
1/10: Rolling Stone publishes an excerpt of the lyrics from ?48864,? the song Bono, former Eurythmic Dave Stewart and the late Joe Strummer wrote for the Nelson Mandela tribute on Robben Island.
(VIA MTV & ROLLING STONE):
?When freedom rises from the killing floor/ No lock of iron or rivet can restrain the door/ And no kind of army can hope to win a war/ Like trying to stop the rain or still the lion's roar/ Like trying to stop the whirlwind scattering seeds and spores/ Like trying to stop the tin cans rapping out jailhouse semaphore.?
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70661
1/11: In the Jan11-17 issue of TV Guide, the magazine highlights the "100 Music Moments That Rocked TV!" U2 placed twice. The following information is given for the performances in the magazine:
(VIA TVGUIDE)
66. U2 makes its first major American television appearance on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow, June 3, 1981.
90. U2 performs a halftime set at the 2002 Super Bowl as a backdrop scrolls the names of September 11 victims, February 3.
For more information and discussion, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1053835#post1053835
1/15: Lola Cashman, former stylist to U2, criticizes the band after she is haulted from auctioning off items the band gave to her throughout her employment in order to pay her personal debts. Cashman risks a lawsuit if she continues with her plan of action through auction house Christie?s. Items involved in the row include concert t-shirts and coffee mugs said to be worth thousands of dollars. Her plans are currently on hold until a mutual agreement can be reached between Cashman and U2.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70873
1/16: The Nelson Mandela tribute concert scheduled for February 2nd on Robben Island in Africa is cancelled when a major funding sponsor suddenly retracts.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70970
English music industry trade magazine Music Week lists U2 as the biggest selling overseas act on any UK record label in 2002.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70920
1/18 - Bono jets to the Sunshine State to meet with his DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) team: Bobby Shriver, actor and comedian Chris Tucker, and billionaire George Soros at the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70971
1/19 - U2 wins their first Golden Globe for Best Song From A Motion Picture for "The Hands That Built America (Theme From Gangs of New York).? Bono and Edge were on hand to accept the award from Elton John. Earlier in the night, Bono introduced a film clip of ?Gangs of New York? - which was nominated for Best Film - Drama. After the show, Bono and Edge were interviewed by E!, and Bono was razzed by the hilarious Robin Williams for his rather eloquent verbal faux pas. (For those who didn't watch, Bono said "This is really fucking brilliant," when he was handed the Golden Globe).
US Magazine notes that Bono received the loudest cheers from fans on the red carpet.
To see photos from the golden U2 celebration, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71031
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71032
For a complete transcript of the acceptance speech, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71055
To read The Parents Television Council?s reaction to Bono?s speech, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71186
1/22: Bono hits the town with supermodel Helena Christensen in Dublin ahead of the Brown Thomas Fashion Show. The two pals went out to dinner with friends, and partied into the night and Bono and Edge?s Clarence Hotel, located in Temple Bar.
For pictures of Bono and Helena on the town, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71187
1/23: The Edge takes to the catwalk for the first time ever at The Brown Thomas International Fashion Show at Dublin's Point in clothing by Gucci. Rumors abound that an extra-special VIP party will be held at the favored celebrity haunt Lillies Bordello.
For more information on the fashion show, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70614
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71418
For pictures from the fashion show, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71373
For information (and photos) on the U2 VIP parties, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71371
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71424
Continental Airlines is offering discounted tickets to the GRAMMYS and Bono?s MusiCares celebration dinner. For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?threadid=71185
NEW ALBUM NEWS> Bono and Edge tell MTV News that U2 are currently working on ?their first guitar record? in Dublin, and to expect the finished results near the end of 2003 or the beginning of 2004.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71189
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71251
1/24: Details emerge on the Bono-Strummer collaboration song meant for the now-cancelled Nelson Mandela AIDS benefit concert previously scheduled for February 2nd in South Africa. Bono indicates that the song will see the light of day on ?an AIDS emergency album? to be released in the fall of 2003.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71252
1/27: Bono writes a strongly worded article for The Washington Post targeting President Bush?s participation in the African AIDS crisis in time for the upcoming State of the Union address:
To read the article, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71362
1/28: U2 is nominated twice at the Edison Pop Music Awards in Holland - Best International Group, and Best DVD for The Best of 1990-2000.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71422
Bono will appear on the new album from longtime U2 producer Daniel Lanois. ?Falling at Your Feet? will feature vocals from Bono, and was co-written with Lanois.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1078212#post1078212
1/29: Bono?s wish to have AIDS relief for Africa added to the Bush Administration?s agenda is fulfilled when President Bush announces a $15 billion aid package to rollout over the next five years. This is an increase of $10 billion, up from $5 billion.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71462
To read Bono?s reaction, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71522
1/30: Details emerge on the A-List attendees of Bono?s MusiCares dinner on February 21st for his many humanitarian efforts. Expected attendees include former US President Bill Clinton and current President George W. Bush.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71521
U2 are nominees at the annual Ireland Meteor Awards: placing in the Best Irish Group category, and Bono named for Best Irish Male Singer. Awards will be given out on March 3, 2003 in Ireland.
For more information on the nominees, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71523
1/31: U2 wins big in the annual Hot Press Reader?s Poll. They have won the following accolades from readers: ?Electrical Storm? has won Best Irish Single and Best Irish Music Video, The Best of 1990-2000 placed 2nd under Best Irish Album, Edge was voted Best Irish Musician, and no surprise here: Bono won for Best Irish Singer.
For more information, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/editpost.php?s=&action=editpost&postid=1082102
MTV2 asks U2 fans to tell them why Bono is the Best Singer Of All Time. The chosen fan will be video-taped speaking on how Bono has touched their life, how extensive their U2-ey memorabilia collection is, and how many times they?ve seen U2 in concert.
For more information on the casting call, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71574
Bono is rumored to attend the annual convention for the American Society of Newspaper Editors to speak on his global humanitarian efforts in New Orleans on April 8-11th, 2003.
For more information on the conference, visit:
http://forum.interference.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71579
