u2 stolen cd

[bluedolphin]

Why doesn't bono sieze the day and post the cd on the internet and accept donations (as george michael says he is going to do with his next cd) and donate the bread to all the stuff he is going on about ....africa etc?????

[saffstar]

I generally admire both the music and the good works of U2 and especially Bono, but it does make you wonder how much money one band needs.

[BenDToy]

Well said bluedolphin. An excellent suggestion. He would thwart the thief by ensuring they would never sell a copy while incurring costs. And also put his money where his mouth is!! However I guess there are many other people who have vested interests in that not happening!

[Greedyfly]

Does make you wonder doesnt it. People like Bono and Chris Martin etc... although good musicians and good people - you don't hear of them going to these poor countries and helping them even though they speak of peace and poverty.

[Philtaz]

Apparently U2 are thinking of posting the album on the iTunes website in order to beat the thief. Call me cynical but all this wouldn't be a ploy to plug the iPod, would it? As others have said why do all these stars bleat about poverty from the safety of their multi-million pound ivory towers?

[WaldoMcFroog]

Erm... Bonio, whilst frequently quite irritating - and I'm not convinced this whole 'theft' thing isn't a publicity stunt - frequently visits Africa and other impoverished places on fact finding missions. Moreover, he publicised the Jubilee 2000 campaign to drop third world debt and got George W to donate $5 bn in additional aid to Africa.

I think it's certainly possible to argue that getting into bed with people like Bush is a flawed way of improving the lot of the poor and powerless - Bush got a photo op and gained a bit of cred, for example, but on the other hand, the bloke at the other end of the world with a bowl of rice in his hand is likely to be grateful for small mercies.

Chris Martin is a tireless campaigner for FairTrade, so I think you're a bit off with having a pop at him too, regardless of what you think of his music.

[andy hughes]

Fair comment bluedolphin, but as others have suggested, I wonder just how likely it is that anyone would be able to 'steal' an undreleasd album from a band as big as U2. I do agree that Bono does a lot of good, and I see no problem with a multi-millionaire having a social concience, the two are not mutually exclusive.

[secretspirit]

Even the name makes my blood boil. I wish the millionaire do-gooders would stop being all mouth and no trousers and practice what they preach. All these famous people ever donate is TIME.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Rubbish, secretspirit! You dismiss their time as though it is worthless and simply a means of fleecing the gullible. Now, certainly Bonio or Stingy or whoever could simply donate a million of their own each time someone comes around with a charity envelope, that's true. But what happens when a celebrity endorses a campaign is that the public get greater exposure to issues, and overall donations go up. Anyway, how do you know whether celebrity X donates any cash to charity or not? If they publicise it they're damned as self-publicizers, if they don't they're tight!

[secretspirit]

Why not do both then?

[secretspirit]

When I said do both I mean donate money and promote the charity. I'm sure if they did donate they would not miss a chance to tell us. Bono could probably pay off the 3rd world debt in an afternoon.