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During the concert discussions, such artists as the Dave Matthews Band, U2 and Alicia Keys were mentioned by HCC Chair Justin H. Haan ’05 as potential performers...
Bono said, "No, we need the full $435 million." There was an awkward moment. "And another thing," Bono continued. "If 'certain people' fight it, tell them U2 will come to their districts, get 50,000 kids in a stadium and put their photo on 30-ft. screens with the caption, 'This guy killed African women and children...
...U2 wrote the song Walk On to honor this amazing woman who put family second to country, who for her convictions made an unbearable choice--not to see her sons grow and not to be with her husband as he lost his life to a long and painful cancer. Suu Kyi, with an idea too big for any jail and a spirit too strong for any army, changes our view--as only real heroes can--of what we believe to be possible. The jury is still out on whether we deserve the faith...
After Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone came out, the Walkmen dealt with comparisons of all sorts, not just to indie rock acts like the Strokes and Interpol, but even U2, as some critics compared Leithauser’s voice to that of the young Bono...
...Bono for Aung San Suu Kyi The U2 frontman wrote the lyrics for the group's 2000 hit Walk On for the detained Burmese democracy activist. Sample: "You could have flown away/ A singing bird in an open cage/ Who will only fly for freedom... " Burma banned the album...