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Kanye West’S Vma 2015 Speech & Four Other Of His Most Bizarre Speeches
In case you missed it, earlier this week, Kanye West announced he plans to run for President of the United States in 2020. This isn’t the first time West has shocked audiences with his outlandish...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 September 2015
Bono Not Likely To Play Guitar Again
Bono's chances of playing guitar again are ''not looking good''.The U2 frontman suffered multiple fractures on his face, arm, shoulder and left hand after falling off his bicycle last November, and as two of his...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 September 2015
Bono Steps Up Women's Campaign
The U2 frontman, whose ONE advocacy organisation campaigns on a range of issues including women's rights, is to join leading African musicians including Banky W and D'banj on a remix of protest song...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 August 2015
Bono Rakes In Nearly $1.5 Billion After Investment In Facebook
The U2 frontman bought a 2.3 per cent share in the site for $89.6 million (£56 million) in 2009, with his investment group Elevation Partners, and now the U.K.'s Sunday Mirror reports his...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 August 2015
The Edge Gives Away Daughter At Tuscan Wedding
The guitarist wore his trademark beanie black hat and a three-piece suit as he proudly accompanied the model, who is in her thirties, before she tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart Jamie...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 August 2015
Kanye West To Receive Video Vanguard Award At Vmas
Kanye West will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV VMAs.The 38-year-old rapper will be honoured with the prestigious accolade at the awards ceremony on Sunday (30.08.15), which will be presented by Miley...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2015
Larry Mullen, Jr. Had Doubts Over U2 Album Release
The Irish rockers teamed up with bosses at tech giant Apple to make Songs of Innocence available for free download to half a billion users, but the move almost backfired when a glitch...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 August 2015
Meryl Streep Invited To Join Bono Onstage
The Oscar winner covers one of the band's songs in her new film, Ricki and the Flash, and she believes Bono was impressed by her live cover and was reaching out when he...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 August 2015
Bruce Springsteen Rocks Out With U2 On Final Night Of New York Residency
The Irish stars have been joined onstage by special guests including Lady Gaga and Paul Simon during their Big Apple concert run, but they saved the biggest surprise for the end of their...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 August 2015
Bono Honours His Rescuers At New York Gig
The band has been playing a residency at fabled Manhattan venue Madison Square Garden as part of their latest world tour, which was thrown into jeopardy in November (14) when the frontman was...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2015
Ono And Bono Unveil Tapestry In New York Honouring John Lennon
A tribute to the late John Lennon was unveiled in New York on Wednesday, with a tapestry unveiled in a ceremony attended by a number of stars including Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and U2 stars...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
U2 Stars Join Yoko Ono For John Lennon Celebration
Lennon endured a long legal battle to live and work in the States after officials attempted to have him deported to his native Britain in the early 1970s, but he eventually had the deportation order...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
Yoko Ono Unveils John Lennon Green Card Tribute
Yoko Ono unveiled a tribute to John Lennon in New York City on Wednesday (29.07.15) to mark the 40th anniversary of him becoming an American resident.The 82-year-old artist, the widow of the Beatles legend, unveiled...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 July 2015
Lady Gaga Is Surprise Guest At U2 Concert
The Bad Romance hitmaker appeared during the Irish rockers' fifth night of their eight-date residency, wearing only black underwear and towering heels as the crowd went wild. Frontman Bono introduced her to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 July 2015
Jimmy Fallon Joins U2 Onstage At New York Gig
Jimmy Fallon showed that he’s fully recovered from the nasty accident in which he nearly lost his finger by joining U2 onstage at their Madison Square Garden gig last night.Having been photographed without his cast...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 24 July 2015
Bono Partners With Eyecare Firm To Launch Vision Initiative
The rocker rarely removes his sunglasses in public, and he often wears shades with an orange, blue, or green tint, which he previously claimed was to protect his sensitive pupils. However, he...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 July 2015
Jimmy Fallon Sings With U2
Jimmy Fallon sang with U2 in New York last night (22.07.15).The 42-year-old talk show host - who recently underwent hand surgery after a fall at home - was invited on stage at Madison Square Garden...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23 July 2015
U2 Invite The Roots And Jimmy Fallon Onstage At New York Gig
The Beautiful Day hitmakers were performing for the third night of an eight-part series at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple when they invited funnyman Fallon and his show's house band The...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 July 2015
U2 Revive Old Hit October For First Night In New York
Bono and his bandmates retired the 1981 tune October after the New Zealand leg of their Lovetown tour in November, 1989, but decided it was time to perform it again. And among...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 July 2015
Bono Pays Tribute To Former Israeli Leader's Peace Efforts At Gig
The neighbouring countries have been fighting for several decades, but Bono is hoping Peres can continue to be a voice of reason in the Middle East even though he is no longer in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2015
Bono's Daughter Wants To Ditch 'Celebrity Kid Cliché'
Bono's daughter doesn't want to become a ''celebrity kid cliché''.Eve Hewson - whose father is the U2 rocker - has insisted she doesn't want to be known for her family connection but rather for her...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 July 2015
Singer Danielle Peck Expecting First Child On Her Birthday
The star and her husband, Josh Smith, are expecting a baby girl on Peck's 37th birthday (14Sep15), and they have already decided to name the kid Ava Jolie. The mum-to-be broke the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 June 2015
Bono Meets With Canadian Prime Minister To Discuss Foreign Aid
U2 lead singer Bono is once again trying to use his influence in the political world. The frontman, a keen philanthropist and heavily involved in charitable causes, met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 June 2015
Bono Visits Canadian Parliament To Discuss Foreign Aid
The Irish rocker, a keen philanthropist, held talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as well as other politicians and leaders of non-governmental organisations during a day of meetings in Ottawa in an attempt...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2015
Edward Norton And U2 Grant Ailing Teenager's Concert Wish
Meridith Lawton's daughter, Lizzy, has been battling rare bone cancer Ewing's Sarcoma since 2010, and she had twice been told her disease was in remission. However, a new tumour was recently discovered...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 June 2015
Jennifer Lawrence's Secret Relationship
Jennifer Lawrence wants to keep her relationship with Chris Martin ''under wraps''.The 'Hunger Games' star is reportedly keen on keeping her romance with the 'A Sky Full of Stars' hitmaker private after seeing how things...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 02 June 2015
Bono Leaves Large Tip At Deli
The Irish rocker stopped by Canters Deli after performing with U2 at The Forum, and asked his waitress, who has been working at the establishment for 50 years, to choose her favourites for...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 June 2015
Bono Performs With Impersonator
During U2's show at The Forum venue on Tuesday night (26May15), the frontman singled out Joe Hier and gave him the chance to sing with him on stage. Bono performed The Sweetest...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 May 2015
Bono's Music Inspired By His Late Mother
Bono believes the death of his mother inspired him to become a rock star.The U2 frontman's mother Iris died from a brain aneurysm four days after collapsing at her father's funeral in September 1974 and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2015
Bono Pays Tribute To Tour Manager
Bono has led tributes to U2's late tour manager, Dennis Sheehan.The 'Ordinary Love' hitmaker and his bandmates - The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton - are struggling to come to terms with the death...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 May 2015
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