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Originally posted by Malk-a-mite
"U2 lead singer Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill will travel to Africa later this year on a development mission. "I can assure you that O'Neill will be coming back with more than a souvenir spear," Bono told a news briefing. Bono also said that he has gotten assurance from Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien that Africa will be "center stage" at theupcoming G-8 conference."
Credit where credit is due - he is doing more than being just a singer at least.
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You said it, Malk....in a recent cover story (Time or Newsweek), Bono said he realized music alone wasn't going to change anything...but that rock stardom provided a platform and access to places where positive social, political, and economic change could be fostered. This is a concept that Lennon and the Beatles, for all their great songwriting, never grasped....