Bono has criticised cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAid) budget in a lengthy interview with influential US podcaster Joe Rogan. He cited academic research by Brooke Nichols, a mathematician and professor of infectious diseases at Boston University, that suggests some 300,000 people have died as a consequence of the cuts. The U2 … Read more
When Mr Trump took office earlier this year, DOGE, led by Mr Musk, was set up to cut wasteful spending in the US government. The Trump administration has moved to cut funding to government foreign aid agency USAID and other global initiatives, including the United States President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), which has … Read more
Midway through his interview with Brendan O’Connor (RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday and Sunday), Bono confesses to a failing that has been evident to listeners since he’s been on air. “I’m not very succinct,” the U2 frontman says by way of explaining his convoluted answers to O’Connor’s questions. The host seems happy enough to let his … Read more
Three chords and the truth? How about three chairs and a punch-to-the-guts stage show instead? That’s the bare-bones approach Bono takes to his new documentary. In Bono: Stories of Surrender (Apple TV+) the man behind the tinted shades wants to tell you about a life so rose-tinged even he sounds slightly abashed to be calling … Read more
ENYA has been spotted for the first time in eight years after becoming notorious for her reclusive lifestyle. The Irish vocalist spends much of her time hunkered down in her vast Victorian castle near Dublin, with U2 lead vocalist Bono, 65, as her next door neighbour. 6 Singer Enya has been spotted in public for … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The world is “in awe” of Canada after the most recent federal election, U2 frontman Bono says. The Irish rock star spoke with Global’s The Morning Show earlier this week and offered his views on the results of the most recent Canadian federal election. “I’m so happy … Read more
The Enduring Legacy of Bob Dylan: Inspiration, Faith, and Reinvention Table of Contents The Enduring Legacy of Bob Dylan: Inspiration, Faith, and Reinvention Bob Dylan’s “Every Grain of sand”: Bono’s Modern-Day “Psalms of David” Unpacking the Lyrical Depth of “Every Grain of Sand” Bono’s Perspective: Why “Psalms of David”? The Impact on Listeners: A Song … Read more
A few days before the end of a strong, if rarely spectacular, 78th Cannes film festival, clapologists declared the race for the Palme d’Or over. Securing a bunion-inducing 19-minute standing ovation – by some measures the third-longest in the event’s history – Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value could surely not lose. It was hardly worth again … Read more
The four-piece talk growing up on the road, girlfriends and how not to fall out with each other Inhaler – Josh Jenkinson, Elijah Hewson, Robert Keating and Ryan McMahon Bono was asked recently how he felt about his son Elijah following in his footsteps as the lead singer with alternative indie rock four-piece Inhaler. “In … Read more
Bono’s memoir, Stories of Surrender, which is now the subject of a documentary, largely tells the story of the singer and his father, Brendan Robert Hewson. “I always loved my father but I really learnt to like him. I realised how funny he was and how I might have missed some of his humour in … Read more