'Time of His Life'

23 Feb 2003
’Time of His Life’
’Time of His Life’
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From a Ugandan Childrens singing group to a former US President, the starsturned out in New York this weekend to honour Bono as 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year.

As well as the dinner and speeches, a diverse group of artists took thestage to interpret U2 classics including B.B. King and Wynonna Juddcovering When Love Came To Town; No Doubt ­ with Sly & Robbie on rhythm ­covering The Sweetest Thing; Norah Jones' taking on Stuck In A Moment YouCan't Get Out Of and Elvis Costello covering Kite.

Catch a great video clip of some of those cover versions here.

Costello revealed that he'd seen seven shows on the Elevation tour and "Allthey sing about is love". At which point Edge arrived on stage with theevenings main attraction and they performed Sinatra's 'That's Life' andCole Porter's 'Night And Day' before ending with the Oscar-nominated 'TheHands That Built America.'

Among the stars present to honour Bono were Michael Stipe, Jay-Z, LimpBizkit, Diana Krall, Jimmy Fallon, Salman Rushdie, Tony Bennett, EuniceShriver and Bobby Shriver, Carly Simon, Robert DeNiro, Steve Van Zandt andDavid Bowie.

Earlier former President Clinton presented Bono, whom he has known since1992, with the Person of the Year award which honours the musicalaccomplishments and humanitarian efforts of a single figure each year. Bono,who announced that he was having 'the time of my life', declared that BillClinton was 'more of a rock star than any in this room'.

On a serious note, Clinton tuned in to a prevailing anti war theme on thenight: 'If you immediately think it's us versus them, then this will not bea world for your children to grow up in.' he said.

Bono cautioned against making Saddam Hussein a martyr, and spoke ofresolutions reached with the IRA and debt relief granted to developingnations as the kind of success constructive dialog can bring. The world ismuch more malleable than you think,' he said.

The night was MCed by actress Ashley Judd, who along with Bono andmultiple-Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, recently travelled throughthe Midwest on the Heart of America tour, to raise awareness of AIDs,poverty and trade issues in Africa. The Children of Uganda, a group ofyoung performers from various parts of East Africa whose mission is to raiseawareness of AIDS through their music and dance, opened the night'sfestivities with a rousing rhythmic display. Members of the ensemble wereraised in orphanages, children of one or both parents who died of AIDS.

The complete list of artists who played - and the songs they covered - was:

BB King and Wynonna Judd - When Love Comes to Town
No Doubt - Sweetest Thing
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stories For Boys
Mary J. Blige - One
Norah Jones - Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Patti Labelle - Angel of Harlem
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Electric Co.
Garbage - Pride
Sheryl Crow - All I Want Is You
Elvis Costello - Kite

More reports here grammy.aol.com

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