Bono…
…or…
…Britney Spears?
Despite a huge advertising Blitzkrieg and mountains of P.R., U2’s latest record, No Line On The Horizon, tanked.
Now, why is that?
Typically, U2 front-man has the answer. Short version; the band didn’t “pull off the pop songs”. Music is once again a singles game (due to downloads and personal music devices like…say, for instance…the U2 iPod) and, these guys didn’t come up with “the single”.
But, Bono says the band were of the mind that the album format was “was a kind of an almost extinct species” and, they approached the record “in totality”.
Here’s the real eye-opening quote though, from NME…
“And I suppose we’ve made a work that is a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of pop stars.”
Hunh!!??
Woah! Back the truck up Sonny. Bono…my man…did you just call everybody who didn’t buy the record stupid? And, aren’t you the Uber Pop Star?
Whatever…well, perhaps you guys can dig deep in your souls and dumb down your next “work”.
U2 front man Bono…
…might lose his Bosnian passport. Apparently, he isn’t really, officially a citizen of Bosnia. Who knew? From the Guardian…
Bono may not be Bosnian for much longer. The U2 frontman, who carries an honorary Bosnian passport, may be stripped of the document as officials investigate the legality of the award.
The controversy erupted after a recent U2 gig in Zagreb, Croatia, when Bono reportedly said that his Bosnian passport was one of his most treasured possessions. The passport was given to him in 1997 by Alija Izetbegovi?, the late Bosnian president, recognising the singer’s support during the Bosnian war…
…”If we establish that a passport was given outside a regular legal procedure, we will have no other option but to take it away,” Sredoje Novic, minister of civil affairs, admitted. “We cut no slack to anybody, not even for Bono Vox.”
One could only wish that the esteemed minister of civil affairs could take away those damn Blackberry ads.
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