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Olivia Rodrigo gave a blood-covered performance of 'Vampire' at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (04.02.24). The 20-year-old singer donned a red dress and had fake blood dripping down her arm as she sang the ballad on stage at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, keeping the lyrics suitable for the TV broadcast by omitting the profanity from the lyrics. Olivia received a standing ovation at the end of the song, as she stood with more fake blood dripping from her teeth, as well as the bloody background wall behind her stage. The night's next performance was delivered from outside of the arena, with camera...
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Bono feels "attracted to freedom". The 63-year-old singer believes America currently finds itself in the midst of a "low ebb" - but Bono is convinced that the US will bounce back. The U2 star - who was born in Dublin, Ireland - told Channel 4: "I'm attracted to freedom. I think it's important that we demonstrate to the world what freedom looks like, what freedom acts like. "So I'll bet on freedom and I bet that America comes back from this rather low ebb that it is at presently." The Edge, Bono's bandmate, has also expressed fears over the impact of climate change. The 62-year-old star explain...
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Bono was too "macho" to admit to being an ABBA fan. The U2 frontman admitted he never wanted to "own up" to enjoying the Scandinavian quartet's pop hits when he was a teenager "in the middle of punk rock" but he and bandmate The Edge professed to a love of various chart stars who are not "very hip" because they can appreciate their art for what it is. Explaining why they chose to cover ABBA's 'SOS' in BBC Radio 2's 'Piano Room', which was broadcast on Thursday (16.03.23), The Edge told DJ Gary Davies: "We’re big fans of this Scandinavian band, appreciators of their work in a way that grew over...
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Jamie Lee Curtis is "challenging" musicians to have concerts "during the day". The 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' star has bemoaned the fact so many musicians start their gigs so late in the evening and insisted there would be a demand from fans to see big-name artists on major stages in the afternoons. Laying down her "challenge" on 'Today', she said: "Why are there no matinees? For instance, I love Coldplay. I would love to go see Coldplay. The problem is, I'm not gonna go see Coldplay if they start their show at nine o'clock and there's an opening act. I want to hear Coldplay at 1pm. I...
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A "Live Aid-style" benefit concert for Ukraine may see the likes of U2, The Rolling Stones, Pink and more play Wembley Stadium on June 24. Last month, marked the one-year anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of its neighbouring country, and as the war continues to rage on, the event is not only vital to raise relief funds but to keep "hammering home the severity of the situation". According to The Sun newspaper, huge names including Sir Paul McCartney, Adele, Florence And The Machine and Noel Gallagher could also be invited to perform to show their solidarity w...
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Bono ended his friendship with late singer Michael Hutchence because of his drug use. The U2 star has reflected on his decision to cut ties with the INXS frontman before his tragic death in 1997, as Michael and his partner Paula Yates - who died three years later - "spiralled down the vortex of a recreational drug use that had become hard work for everyone, especially their family, especially the younger ones". In an excerpt from his book 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story' shared by Apple News, he said: "As their behaviour changed, our friendship became strained and we grew uncomfortable during ...
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Bono's activism helped him "save [his] own a**". The U2 frontman has always felt like an "impersonator" but admitted he nearly lost himself in the 1990s so is thankful he eventually set his attention elsewhere and was able to use his fame as a way of helping others through his anti-poverty and AIDS awareness campaigning. He told the Sunday Times magazine: “I’ve always felt like a sort of impersonator when it came to being a rock star, like I couldn’t quite fit the bill. But in the Nineties I might have gotten a little too good at it. I suppose I could have stayed in those plastic pants “I woul...
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Bono wrote a song for Frank Sinatra shortly before he passed away. The 62-year-old star - who is best known as the lead singer of U2 - has revealed that he wrote a song for the music icon, but "he passed away before he could record it". Bono shared: "He was a tough guy and I am attracted to tough guys. "He told me, ‘You are the only man with an earring I am going to like’. "We wrote a song for him called 'Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad' but sadly he passed away before he could record it." Sinatra died in May 1998, aged 82, after suffering a heart attack. Bono, meanwhile, has written a new...
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Bono received death threats after incurring the wrath of the IRA, the American far right, and Dublin gangsters. The U2 frontman admitted his pro-peace stance has caused him difficulties over the years and left not only him as a target but his wife Ali Hewson and their four children, Jordan, 33, Eve, 31, Elijah, 23, and 21-year-old John. In his upcoming memoir 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story', Bono recalled Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams saying he "stinks" after it was perceived “U2’s opposition to paramilitaries (of all kinds) had cost the IRA valuable fundraising in the US”. However, he was tol...
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Eve Hewson felt like an "outsider" as a child. The 31-year-old star - who is the daughter of activist Ali Hewson and U2 lead singer Bono - was a huge fan of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' during her younger years, and Eve can still remember being linked to one character in particular. She shared: "I was so in love with that movie that I connected to the idea of him sort of feeling like an outsider. But everybody talks about Elliott, like on my birthday they’ll chant ‘Elliott’. Everyone knew Elliott." Eve grew up in the spotlight and she accepts that her life has never been "normal". She told The...
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