Thanks for all the greetings you've been posting to mark Bono's birthday this week. The good folk at The African Well Fund are celebrating in their usual fine way - funding a clean water project in Zimbabwe.
'Who let the peacenick in?' Bono has received the Humanitarian Leadership Award from The Atlantic Council for his work in raising awareness to fight extreme poverty in Africa.
Bono's reflecting on his recent trip to Africa in his latest column for the New York Times: 'Picked up some interesting melody lines everywhere from palace to pavement.
Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna debuted 'Stranded' in London tonight, one of the highlights of a powerful two-hour global telethon raising funds for the people of Haiti. Watch it now and download the track.
Jay-Z, Bono, Edge and Rihanna have recorded a track called 'Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)' to raise funds for earthquake relief in Haiti. Buy it through iTunes later tonight.
'So me and Bono started going back and forth with ideas, and he was like, 'You know this word 'stranded' keeps standing out to me.' Producer Swizz on how 'Stranded' came together.
'They said there'd be snow at Christmas...' A year ago the band recorded a cover of the Greg Lake classic 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. This seemed like just the moment to bring back that very atmospheric video. Take a look.