U2 DRUMMER Larry Mullen broke down yesterday in an interview where he outlined just what it has been like to sit in the shadow of frontman Bono’s arse since the band’s inception in 1976. “The lads are blinded by the spotlights. I’m shadowed by Bono’s arse,” said Mullen, speaking during a rare Bono-less interview where he… Read more »
ALTHOUGH many sneered at Jon Bon Jovi’s statement yesterday about how he didn’t have the same upbringing as Bono where one would encounter ‘Orangemen walking through the neighbourhood saying let’s beat up the Catholic kid’, few know the real truth about the U2 frontman’s tough school-life on the unforgiving streets of Dublin in the 1970s,… Read more »
U2 REARMAN Larry Mullen has kicked off legal proceedings against a number of construction firms regarding a development beside his north county Dublin home, in what is expected to be a steady, driving lawsuit which will fail to excite but serve its purpose perfectly well. Mullen, 56, clicked his drumstick together four times before hitting… Read more »
Bono took to the stage at Dublin’s National Convention Centre this lunchtime to give a helpful powerpoint presentation on how exactly he expects politicians to do their job. The packed EPP conference saw Bono give an impassioned speech at the insistence of Taoiseach Enda Kenny who recognised the fact that politicians were never cool in… Read more »