Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004
scotsman.com: Among the mass of gifts delivered to Tony Blair last year from fellow world leaders, governments and companies one item stands out – a guitar from rock star Bono.
The gift was made in May 2003, the same month the U2 front man held talks with Mr Blair in Downing Street as part of an effort to focus world leaders’ attention on the fight against the Aids epidemic, particularly in Africa. [
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The gift was made in May 2003, the same month the U2 front man held talks with Mr Blair in Downing Street as part of an effort to focus world leaders’ attention on the fight against the Aids epidemic, particularly in Africa. [
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telegraph.co.uk: In this brave new digital world, the spectre of online piracy still casts a long shadow. Last Friday, U2 had their new CD - which they had just finished recording the weekend before - stolen during a photo shoot in the south of France. Only a handful of copies existed but guitarist Edge decided to play his personal CD on the studio stereo during a shoot for Blender magazine.
U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [ more]
U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [
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