I was never a fan of Bonehead et al.

Personally I am sick of musicians/actors thinking they have the right to foist their opnions on others.
If I had been there I would have considered asking for my money back as I would have paid for a music concert, not a political rally.

I wouldn't care if Hicks stays there forever.
I also note the Dixie Chicks are non-repentent, and have stated they would do it all again even tho' they lost millions.

Again I say not at a concert in particular.
I realise they are able to have their opinions, but disagree with their means to spread them.

Posted by: Gramfan at November 8, 2006 6:07 AM

More sanctimonious pap from Bozo. I am so damn sick of idiot,vapid, politically correct entertainers adding their two cents, just shut up and entertain us. We don't pay for the geo-political opinions of entertainers.

Bozo is a moron, enough of his save Africa tripe too. All he wants is another commi,feel good,do nothing,wealth transfer of other people's money, in which there will be no accountability. More money will disappear into Swiss bank accounts and more weapons can be bought for the next groups of tribal primitives to butcher each other. At the end of the day Bozo and the rest of the ever so moral, holy then thou do-gooders will pat themselves on the back and get warm fuzzies and Africa and the rest of the Thrid world will still be mire of depravity,thuggery,corruption and pandemic disease. His live eight concerts should aptly be called "Buy a warlord an Army" or something along those lines.

Posted by: abdulalshirk at November 8, 2006 6:23 AM

U2 is incredibly lame. People should boycott their albums simply because of Bono's self-righteous attitude.

Posted by: EliasAlucard at November 8, 2006 6:28 AM

Bono....a self obsessed opinionated blurt.

Who cares what he thinks or says?

Who voted for him?

More to the point, U2.....their music has been crap for well more than a decade.

Posted by: Turbinehead at November 8, 2006 7:13 AM

Shut Up and Sing!

Posted by: lonewolf at November 8, 2006 7:43 AM

The future President of Europe has spoken.

Posted by: albion at November 8, 2006 7:48 AM

To describe Bono as self-righteous or hypocritical is to grossly understate the case.

The man who so loves reproaching western politicians for not giving enough money to third world despots to relieve poverty is moving his own financial interests to a jurisdiction with a more favourable tax structure than Ireland, from whence he will presumably also be able write off any monies he gives to his chosen causes and look like a hero at the same time.

Posted by: waterdragon52 at November 8, 2006 8:51 AM

Thats the same U2 that support bosnians before 10 years-the main reason why I start to despise them. And they are still not tired yet. Or at least extinct.

Posted by: svemirko at November 8, 2006 9:03 AM

Let Hicks move in with Bono and see how long either one lasts, er, lives.

Posted by: freewoman at November 8, 2006 9:15 AM

Bonio: no one else except Gandolf has done more to make fashionable the concept of taking from the poorest in the richest countries, and giving it to the richest of the poorest countries.

Posted by: FREE LEE at November 8, 2006 9:29 AM

It's good to know this sort of thing; it tells me whose albums, DVDs etc. NOT to buy.
No Caribou Coffee: check.
No more U2 albums (not that I ever was a real fan): check.
None of my dollars for any idiot who says we were somewhat responsible for 9/11 either (there are a few). No, we weren't, and if you feel that way you don't need my money.

In this vein, guys, anyone else who doesn't need my money? :)

Posted by: GoldieLox at November 8, 2006 9:32 AM

Why bother with those fundraising-for-famine concerts that promote the very rich rockstars and everyone else involved -- Bono as World-Savior Who Makes the Cover of Time, or "Sir" Bob Geldof, or any of the other self-aggrandizes who remind one of Tom Lehrer's Old Dope Peddler -- "doing well by doing good." Why not just ask Bono and the others to shell out more of their vast and ill-gotten gains themselves, and possibly to do so anonymously, so that they do not engage in still more self-aggrandizing?

Ultra-vires is Bono, a mere rock star who presumes to tell us what should or should not happen, at one of those orgiastic mini-nuremberg-rallies that so many of these "concerts" turn out to be. By what right does he do so? What is his claim on our attention? What deep understanding of the world has he demonstrated? Is it enough that he is "against hunger" or "against disease"? My, I thought everyone was. Is it because his gift for (self-) promotion has put him at the head of the pack? And why, since there is a Clinton Global Inititative, and a (Jeffrey Sachs) World Instiutte, is there as yet no Bono University for the Establishment of World Peace and A Chicken In Every Pot?

This thing we keep hearing about -- Western civilization -- that we are all supposed to defend and go to bat for, does that merely mean, in the end, a world made safe for the works and days of....Bono?

Posted by: Hugh at November 8, 2006 9:32 AM

Here I thought people went to concerts for music, not political indoctrination. I'd want a refund. What's next? A U2 CD with Bono gibberish in each song?

Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at November 8, 2006 9:48 AM

Read about David Hicks here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks

Posted by: Mackie at November 8, 2006 9:56 AM

Haven't they got anything better to do?
What are they trying to achieve?

Don't they know that Islam hates rock bands?

Posted by: rocky at November 8, 2006 10:18 AM

I saw somewhere recently that Bono was claiming that we could wipe out world hunger. Great. Nice gesture, but who’s this ‘we’ he’s referring to? Could it be the millions of Americans who donate to charities worldwide and to tsunami aid out of the goodness of their hearts or the jihadists who scrounge together all of their worldly possessions only for bomb-making materials and destruction? It’s a nice dream, but unless the corrupt powers that be in certain parts of the world change, nothing’s getting solved. Does the term ‘oil for food’ sound familiar to him, I wonder?

It’s sickening how there are so many pompous, self-important celebrities who turn their backs on those who have propped up their delusional existences and given them more credibility than deserved and showered them with fame and fortune. Once they attain their stardom, they seem to do a 180 and look back over their shoulders at their fans and mock them and heap scorn on them for ‘not doing their part’ in the world.

Then, in this case, to elevate an individual who trained with the Taliban and would forego the modern times for a backwards religion seeped in barbaric, 7th century Arabic lifestyles where women are property (uncovered meat, to be specific) slave trading is still an issue and superiority of a religious ideology is the norm …is the biggest slap in the face Bono could deliver to the world. Congratulations, Bono! Only by stating that Osama Bin Laden is a wonderful man could you possibly get any more despicable.

I’ve never been a big fan of U2 in the past and this surely doesn’t make me want to run out and buy their crap any, either. Hell, I’ve always thought their music was trash and never understood their appeal to so many …but I also don’t understand how so many can be duped by the RoP, so I guess that’s par for the course.

I’ll never buy a U2 CD, t-shirt, concert ticket, or anything ever …how can I when I know that he’s in favor of these murderous Islamic radicals over common decency, law, and order?

Posted by: MaxInfidel at November 8, 2006 11:54 AM

"Bono University for the Establishment of World Peace and A Chicken In Every Pot."

Absolutely brilliant Hugh.

I suspect Bono has not thought of this yet, that's why it doesn't exist. Hopefully he doesn't read jihadwatch....oh wait, there's no possible way Bono or his minions would ever set foot on an anti-jihad site.

So I guess we're safe from Bono U.

For now.

Posted by: s at November 8, 2006 1:14 PM

Bono likes the idea of interfering in the politics of a country that is not his own. As far as David Hicks is concerned, he can rot in Guantanamo Bay. He was with the Taliban killing and shoot at Australian soldiers. He is a traitor.

Posted by: Maggie4Life at November 8, 2006 1:59 PM

Why isn't Bono having a concert to gain the release of the two Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah.

He could have it in front of the UN and tell them to get their asses moving and fulfill resolution 1701.

Posted by: alaskan1000 at November 8, 2006 3:11 PM

He could have it in front of the UN and tell them to get their asses moving and fulfill resolution 1701.

Posted by: alaskan1000

EXCELLENT point, Alaskan!

Goodness only knows what has become of these poor soldiers, and Corporal Shalit.

Posted by: Gramfan at November 8, 2006 3:37 PM

Good on the Prime Minister!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20723589-2,00.html
I won't be rushed by Irish stars, says HowardBy Malcolm Farr
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JOHN Howard isn't going to be told what to do, even by "high grade" Irish entertainers.

That was the Prime Minister's warning yesterday to U2 frontman Bono, who had suggested the two should have a meeting to talk about foreign aid.

Mr Howard objected to what he called preconditions set by Bono before the talks could go ahead.

"I thought I heard him say that unless I am prepared to commit in advance to certain things there was no point in seeing me," Mr Howard said.

"Well, I don't commit in advance to businessmen and I certainly don't do it to high grade Irish entertainers."

U2, who will be in Sydney at the weekend, opened their Australian tour in Brisbane on Tuesday night when Bono called for the return of Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks to "face fair trial here".

His aim is getting aid for struggling nations and Bono said he would only meet Mr Howard if he was serious about bringing Australia's contribution from 0.3 per cent of GDP to 0.7 per cent.

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Posted by: Gramfan at November 8, 2006 3:48 PM

You can ask all my friends.. I've hated their music from when they got started.. I always said U2 SUCKS!!! It's just not real rock. Bono's probably a member of the IRA if you ask me. What a fist-class jerk! And why would he get top meet with Mr. Howard anyway?? Does he pay taxes in AUS?

Posted by: germaninamerica at November 8, 2006 5:02 PM

Has Bono said ANYTHING about the in justice slaughter of Christians in muslim countries? I never liked U2 and am glad that I never spent a dime on any of their music...guess I'll plug in some Ted Nugent now and go on my merry way. Ted's a much better musician anyway.

Posted by: never_submit at November 8, 2006 5:49 PM

Bono is a tool.

Posted by: jawknee at November 8, 2006 7:14 PM

Bono is a tool.

Posted by: jawknee at November 8, 2006 7:15 PM

Hey Bonohead.. I've never even downloiaded even one of your sorry songs on Limewire. You're abigger sissy than that singing transvestite called McDonna. That's Mc as in "eight billion served".

She's another one of the PC brigade. Let her do a few number naked with some of those Satanic Verses called pigslam written all over her body! Now THAT would be an artistic challenge and a breaking-down of boundaries.

I am NOT a Christian but it seems to me there's very little artistic merit in beating a dead horse, or is there?

Geldorf, Bono, McDonna and all of your sorry lot: It's Time to R E T I R E !!!

Posted by: germaninamerica at November 8, 2006 7:54 PM

Bono has been at the forefront of demanding that Western nations giving massive amounts of money to African nations, despite the knowledge that such money is actually counter-producive.

But what galls me about Bono, is that he wants ordinary middle and low income taxpayers in the West to fund this largesse, while he himself relocates his music enterprise from Ireland to the Netherlands just because the Irish government was going to tax him at 12% on his profits.

http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2006/08/20/100/

Posted by: DP111 at November 8, 2006 8:03 PM

Bono is a gullible idiot.

Posted by: pythagoras at November 8, 2006 11:39 PM

Apparently the audience reaction in Australia went something like:

"Save Africa!!!"

audience cheers!!

"We call for David Hicks to be brought back to Australia"

*crickets*

I was glad to hear it.

Posted by: savitch at November 9, 2006 2:15 AM

"Why isn't Bono having a concert to gain the release of the two Israeli soldiers held by Hezbollah.

"He could have it in front of the UN and tell them to get their asses moving and fulfill resolution 1701."

alaskan1000 - Well said.

I wish Bono would shut up. He's not half as smart as he thinks he is and he's twice as arrogant.

Posted by: Josephine at November 9, 2006 3:07 PM

Here is some of the information about David Hicks in the Wikipedia entry:

"In 2004 an Australian documentary called The President versus David Hicks was made by Curtis Levy, with the cooperation of Terry Hicks, who appears in the documentary. In the documentary, Terry Hicks reads out excerpts of David Hicks's letters, in which Hicks says that his training in Pakistan and Afghanistan is designed to ensure "the Western-Jewish domination is finished, so we live under Muslim law again". He denounces the plots of the Jews to divide Muslims and make them think poorly of Osama bin Laden and warns his father to ignore "the Jews' propaganda war machine.'"

"In November 2005, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation programme Four Corners broadcast for the first time a transcript of an interview with Hicks, conducted by the Australian Federal Police in 2002. [8] In this interview Hicks acknowledged that he had trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, learning guerilla tactics and urban warfare. He also acknowledged that he had met Osama bin Laden."

"Four Corners journalist Debbie Whitmont said: Four Corners can confirm, that in Guantanamo, Hicks signed a statement written by American military investigators that includes the following, "I believe that al-Qaeda camps provided a great opportunity for Muslims like myself from all over the world to train for military operations and jihad. I knew after six months that I was receiving training from al-Qaeda, who had declared war on numerous countries and peoples."

This is the dude Australians are supposed to be weeping over?

Posted by: angloirishslav at November 10, 2006 11:09 PM

Posted by: BrownCrusader4Truth:
"Bono is correct. As an Australian, Hicks deserves a FAIR trial, in Australia by fellow-Australians."

Why? He didn't commit the crimes he's accused of in Australia. If he'd gotten accused of a crime in Riyadh and thrown into a comfy Saudi jail, would Bono still be demanding justice for him?

While I am hardly one to uncritically throw my support behind everything the U.S. military does, I must say I am a bit sick of hearing about G'Bay. Every single one of the detainees there is an adult male who, considering the circumstances in which they were captured, is probably as guilty as sin. Yes, yes, I know, innocent until proven guilty. The Americans understand that too; that's why they're paying them the courtesy of housing, clothing, and feeding them, at great expense (not to mention ensuring they can practice their religion unimpeded) while awaiting trial, rather than just shooting them, as the Taliban no doubt would have done if the situation were reversed. It was a war, people.

"This may have nothing to do with terrorism. It may be just a case of a stooge government wanting to use Hicks as an example to further their own political ends."

Sounds like you're already pretty well convinced of that. Anyway, don't ask me to shed a tear over them using as an "example" someone like Hicks. In my less rational moments I sometimes think every damn person alive who cheered as 3000 innocent civilians were butchered should be in G'Bay. At the very least.

Posted by: angloirishslav at November 11, 2006 7:51 PM