“He’s the world’s biggest rock star in the world’s biggest rock band. He’s been superheroic in using charm, tact and the rare bipartisan politics in raising millions in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty”
So says TampaBay.com where I found this smug photo of Bono.
What is it about Bono – when I saw this little story today it brought a broad smile to my face? It goes like this…
At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, then he said into the microphone. “Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.”
From the front of the crowd a voice in a broad Scottich accent pierced the quiet…
Well fucken stop it then, ya evil bastard!
(Via OnePlusInfinity)