U2 LiveJournal

I just found out about this awards ceremony for Bono which U.S. east coasters may be interested in attending.

Cheers!

What sad news that Luciano Pavarotti has died. I'm sure Bono will have a few words to say later, if he hasn't already. I can remember joyfully singing along to Nessun Dorma (despite having no idea of the lyrics) as a 7-year-old child during the 1990 World Cup - I just loved it. :)

I thought it'd be nice to post some U2 / Pavarotti goodies as a tribute.

MacPhisto phones Pavarotti (Bologna, Italy, 17th July 1993)

Passengers performance of 'Miss Sarajevo' from the Pavarotti & Friends charity concert (Modena, Italy, 12th September 1995):

Bono and Pavarotti perform 'Ave Maria' at the Pavarotti & Friends concert (Modena, Italy, 27th May 2003)
[Video available on YouTube]

Bono, Pavarotti and Zucchero perform 'Miserere' at the Pavarotti & Friends concert (Modena, Italy, 27th May 2003)
[Video available on YouTube]

If anyone's interested, I wrote some background information about the charity concerts in my Song Of The Day post about the Modena performance of 'One'.

RIP, Maestro!


EDIT: Bono has now shared some thoughts here...

EDIT #2: The BBC website has an audio clip (7 minutes 46) of Bono talking and laughing about Pavarotti, it's very affectionate and sweet. Needless to say, the word "extraordinary" features a lot. ;)  Go here and the link is in the top right-hand corner.