Gizmodo: bono

Bono Wishes a Happy Birthday to Bill Gates

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:33:00 EST

Bill Gates—one of my favorite Gizmodo readers—was in Vancouver last week, watching a U2 concert. He was celebrating his birthday, so Bono and the crowd sang a song for him. Belated Happy Birthday, Señor Gates. [Techflash]

Bono Gets Laser Jacket, Public Gets Dizzy

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Bono got all pew-pew at the first concert of U2's new tour, wearing a black leather jacket with 240 red lasers built along his silhouette. Not LEDs, lasers. See how it worked on this video of him doing the monkey:

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Bono, schmobono. I still prefer LED Pac Man running over Addy's tits. And LED Pac Man over her breasts ~~won't damage anyone's eyes, unlike lasers.~~ In fact, my theory is that her LED'ed breasts may even cure the blind. UnLED'ed too.

Update: Moritz Waldemeyer wrote to us to tell us that the lasers were harmless, perfectly "safe class 2M lasers that have been defocused for additional safety." OK, Moritz, but would they cure the blind like LED'ed breasts? I didn't think so. [Waldemyer via Dezeen]

Bono Loves Own Voice So Much He Blasts New U2 Album Loud Enough for Fan to Record, Leak It

matt buchanan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Now, I know Bono is the kind of guy that loves the sound of his own voice a whole lot, but his predilection for his own crooning apparently led to four tracks from U2's upcoming album getting leaked online. Bono was playing them so loud from his villa in southern France that a fan passing by recognized his voice and recorded the songs.

Naturally, the fan sped home and put them on YouTube, meaning by now you can find them at all of the usual online venues. The leaked songs include the album's title track, apparently called "No Line On The Horizon" (puke) and the first single, "Sexy Boots." Of course, the bootlegs probably sound like they were recorded inside Bono's ass, but let this be a lesson to Bono about forcing your music upon the world. Someone will steal it and give it away, even if it's not very good. [The Sun via Torrent Freak]

Friday Caption Contest: Bill Gates, Bono and Michael Dell Walk into a Bar

Jason Chen — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:15:24 EST

Have you seen Bono more uncomfortable than this? Caption this picture of him supporting the Dell & Microsoft RED campaign. [Image courtesy Gadgetell]

Fifth Avenue's Apple Store Turns Red

Jason Chen — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:15:30 EDT

Oprah's reach stretches to New York, turning the 5th Ave. Apple Store red in celebration of the Red 4GB iPod Nano release tomorrow. I think this whole charity thing would be unnecessary of Oprah would just go over there and let people drink her saliva and bask in her Oprah-ness. – Jason Chen

Thanks Alan!

Bono and Oprah to Launch Red iPod Nano Tomorrow

Jason Chen — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:15:55 EDT

The two giant stars plan to unveil a 4GB red iPod Nano in order to benefit the Product RED charity. From each sale of the $199 iPod, $10 will be donated towards The Global Fund to help out HIV/AIDS sufferers in Africa. Rumors of a red iPod have been around since January of this year, but we're certain that Oprah used her cosmic powers to get this deal done.

We also heard the red iPod nano is making an appearance at the 5th Ave. Apple Store. If any readers wander down there, email us some photos of the iPod and we'll hit you up with a personalized email with your name in it and a "thank you". If we're feeling generous, we'll even attach our signature.

Oh and by the way, the reason Gizmodo was red yesterday wasn't because we were helping The Global Fund. We just sold out to Radio Shack for a day. Go us! – Jason Chen

Oprah and Bono to unveil Product Red iPod nano tomorrow [Apple Insider]

iPod Seeing Red?

Charlie White — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:45:11 EST

Tongues are wagging from Ireland and back about the new red iPods that just might be surfacing any day now. Certain eavesdroppers report that main U2 dude Bono was gabbing about a new red iPod in a Dublin restaurant, while others began putting two and two together when they heard about Bono unveiling a red American Express card as a part of a worldwide promotion called Product Red. The new product line is aimed at fighting HIV, where 40% of the profits go toward finding a cure for that dread disease. An announcement may be forthcoming in the next few days.

Red iPod Incoming [T3]