U ask U2
They are reckoned by many to be the biggest band in the world. And on Friday, U2 will be the guests on Simon Mayo's programme on 5live (1-4 pm).
But - given the chance -what question would you ask Bono, The Edge, Larry or Adam?
Post your question here before Friday morning's Breakfast programme - and Simon Mayo will sift through them and pick one to ask during his interview with the band. It'll be Simon's choice alone - he'll tell us his pick on Friday morning and then you can hear him ask the band on Friday afternoon.
update Friday morning - no more questions please. Listen to the interview on Mayo this afternoon - the question Simon will ask is about U2 supporting Slade in the past
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OK Bono - you've campaigned for more government money to be given to Africa - so why have U2 moved their tax base to Holland so as to pay LESS tax, thereby DEPRIVING government of money and KEEPING MORE MONEY FOR YOURSELF? And if you care so much about Africa, Bono, why are you sitting on an unused personal fortune of hundreds of millions of pounds and hoarding this, and NOT doing what you say others should do?
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Why are U2 for tax purposes based in The Netherlands?
This is especially rich when Bono was moaning about Ireland not spending enough on The Arts.
Surely Ireland would have more to spend if some of the U2 money whent to their homland.
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Wondering if the boys remember playing gigs with The Comsat Angels in the early days. There are quotes that the Comsats "blew those irish oiks off the stage!" But won't mention that.
What do they think of The Comsats returning this April at Sheffield's Sensoria Festival for a "one-night only" show?
PS - I saw U2 play the Limit Club / Sheffield in 1980. The club had a low ceiling - Bono climbed onto a monitor stack, reach up, and in true rock and roll style 'split' his leather pants!!! Now, Bono must remember that?
Love to all
Klive / IN THE NURSERY
www.inthenursery.com
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Oh - and another question?
Do any of the boys Twitter?
Klive / ITN
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Does Bono realize that his name is Onob backwards?
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What is Bono's real name?
Did not his nickname have a second part was it: Voce meaning voice?
Is not the rough translation Beautiful Voice?
Is that not a tad pretentious?
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Why did U2 choose Get on your Boots as most recent single?
There are some terrific songs on new album - thanks Guardian and Spotify! - that would perhaps have been better choices.
How does the band see how the future of releasing records will change - in the light of the premature release of the new album in Australia and the consequent widespread illegal downloading?
Also, with downloads of individual tracks now widely available from itunes, amazon mp3 and others - does it mean that the end of the album?
Having legally listened to the album on spotify - where you can only listen to streamed music - no downloads - I think it is a really complete record - Best yet.
How intregal to the song "development" process are Brian Eno and Danny Lanois?
Also, picking up on some of the comments made on the Zane Lowe and Culture Show interviews - I really like the way the talk of redefining what rock n roll culture is - not dying by 33 years old and playing by the rebellion crib sheet of rules set in '76.
Please keep pushing at the boundaries - Rock n roll needs constant reinvention.
Paul, Somerset
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Are Brian Eno and Danny Lanois going to go on tour with the band?
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How much do you owe Joy Division for creating your sound?
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To all the band.....if you put all your worldly possessions on a boat and it was about to sink which one item would you choose to save?
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Hi, it's Rob from Stoke. I saw U2 do some of their first gigs in the UK at Keele Uni and at the Leeds Futurama Festival when Gary Glitter headlined and Soft Cell opened the event.
You recording the Skids classic “the Saints are Coming” with Green Day for the Alabama flood victims - What influence did Stuart Adamson and the Skids have on your music and what other Skids tracks do the band like?
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Who's pushing the boundaries of Music today?
Tell us about a new band or Artist that you've come across that we should listen to.
Who do you make a point of getting tickets to see live?
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To U2,
You've worked with an amazing range of other musicians and artists - Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, The Killers - the list goes on.
Which artists alive today would you yet like to collaborate with?
I guess Elvis would be on the list if he were still here....
Sarah
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In order to reduce U2's carbon footprint is it true that you are all going to travel to future gigs in Bono's ego and that all the stage illumination will be provided by the light that comes from his backside ?
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Would any in U2 consider getting a haircut like Mark Kermode?
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Hello U2.
Do you ever see the band touring one particular album and playing it in it's entirity from start to finish?
I'd like to hear you play the 'Boy' album.
Cheers.
Raymie in Consett.
P.S. Do the band still hold true to the punk ethos?
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Paul from Bristol here. Have been to see you 4 times over the years and love the live shows. Can you tell me if the next tour will be the last?
Cheers
Paul Smith
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best band u2 or the clash?
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I'm a huge U2 fan. I have been following the band since I got Under a Blood Red Sky for my 16th Birthday in Sept 1984. However, I feel somewhat exploited my the relentless release of 'remastered' marterial and various versions of singles and album releases.
I genuinely believe that the band are fine individuals, but how do they feel about this extreme commercialisation of their material? Is it their decision? Do they endorse what the record company does?
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Hi
You supported Slade way back when.
Howsa'bout getting them to support you on a couple of dates?
Also what was the weirdest bill you chaps played on?
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What do you think about this file-sharing culture we live in today? Do you think there is a high risk of the music industry slowing down and stagnating simply because new bands can't break into the mainstream people the public aren't buying enough records?
U2 don't have this problem due to your long existing fan base but lots of bands aren't so lucky, do you think the future of the official music industry is a grim one?
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Why are the BBC giving so much free publicity to U2, on the 24/2/09 a 30 minute advertisement on BBC 2 for the new album.
No doubt the Simon Mayo show will continue in the same vain & to cap it all www.bbc.co.uk/u2?????
Thought you were meant to be ad free? Like this band needs it anyway?
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As a U2 fan since 1983, I was somewhat shocked and disappointed when you moved your tax base to the Netherlands, thus avoiding paying tax in Ireland. I know life isn't black and white, but I would be very interested to know how you can justify this. Morally I can't see much difference between downloading an illegal copy of the new U2 album, and what you are doing through tax avoidance.
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When I was 15, I belatedly realised that U2 were the best band on the planet.
Twenty-six years later, I've yet to change my mind.
I think that the secret to your success AND longevity is your realisation that the whole band is greater than the sum of its parts.
What do you think is the secret?
sarah-j-c
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I completely agree with the TheAvantGardener and I too question Bono's integrity regarding several world issues - is this not just one extended ego-trip for the benefit of the man? But what I really want to know is what is Bono's favourite colour and which one of 'Take That' he likes the most.
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When Bono said he would like to be in girls aloud which one of the girls was he reffering to?
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Do you think that you would be as religiously and politically motivated if you were not a legendary rock group?
posted on behalf of one of my GCSE History students, Rupreet
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Bono,
can me and the kids help you find what it is you are looking for, we don't mind giving up a few hours of our time to help look for it, perhaps if you can remeber where it was you last saw it would be a good starting point, it would be a great help to us all ,if you could find it because were all sodding well fed up of the lady of the house listening to you going on about it over and over again,and occasionaly when she has had a few sherberts singing along to it,
go on lets either find it, or just accept it's lost for good and move on, give us some peace for all our sakes.
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Had the Edge or the much better sounding David Howell Evans heard much of the late great John Martyn before he acquired the 'Echo Unit'? Small Hours is damn close to something off 'The Unforgettable Fire'.
Also why were Echo and the Bunnymen never as big as U2? A fact which clearly irks Bono's mate Ian McCulloch to this day.
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Like me, three of you were involved in an evangelical/charismatic church group in your youth. Also like me, your spiritual journey has moved beyond your roots in that type of church. What have been the positive and negative effects of those experiences, both upon you personally and on your music?
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Hi u2,its great to have you back and being a fan for 25yrs or so and having heard some of your new material i feel this could be your best album yet,but my question is now that you are approaching your fifties [sorry guys] how much longer do you think you can stay at the top of the pile, continue to make great new music and compete with the young pretenders eg.coldplay,killers,etc or will you eventually go on the greatest hits tours like a lot of the older bands seem to do nowadays.
All the very best lads with the new album and i for one can,t wait to see you on tour later this year. Ian Small
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I've asked this question of lots of influential bands for the benefit of unsigned musicians who listen to my BBC radio Wales show: what one piece of wisdom that you have learned during your career do you wish you had known when you started? Diolch yn fawr iawn. Especially to dave Evans!
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Opening the Brits to promote your latest single smells like an act of desperation and would never of happened in the past.
Radiohead releases a whole CD - In Rainbows - free of charge (if you are a tightarse and immoral) but gained huge publicity for doing so and furthered their reputation for being innovative in every area of the music industry.
How do you think that by appearing on such shows this strengthens your band brand?
Are even the greats resorting to any technique to make a few more sales?
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Not a question but more of a request. About a year ago I managed to trace my biological father. He had no idea that I existed and as you can imagine the news came as a huge shock.
It turns out that his surname is Hewson and his grandad was Bono's Grandad's brother. Me turning up out of the blue after 39 years caused lots of problems within his family and although I can still speak to his brother, he no longer wishes to speak to me.
I was wondering if Bono could or would fill me in on any family history. I would be very grateful and it would please my 15 year old daughter no end!
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I would really like Simon to bite the bullet and ask the question that everyone wants to know...how many hats does the edge have?!
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Have the band got plans for a world tour ? If so can they please,please,please include Dubai ?
Massive U2 fan, Ex Ireland, Now Dubai.
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My love for U2 and their music goes way, way back, but my wife (of ten years) thinks they are "a bit rubbish". Whilst I have tried on numerous occasions to change her mind, she is steadfastly Kermodian in her opinion!
To this end, which one U2 track would each band member recommend my wife listens to that would subsequently reverse her long-held, if misguided, opinion?
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Do you think religious fundamentalism is the scariest thing on the planet, or should we live and let live?
Trev
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I'd like to ask all the U2 boys what they are most proud of achieving - both musically and away from the music scene?
I would also love to get some (much needed) tips on how they manage to maintain good marriages/relationships, as they are on the road for so long.
Thanks and just to add that I went to my first U2 gig at Croke Park in 1985 when I was just 12 and have enjoyed your music so much since.
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Bono,
Fabulous that you sell lots of records, good on you. I don't buy them but good for you.
But so far as you being some sort of political figure...no-one ever had the chance to vote for you.
f you want to speak for people, please stand for parliament and get a mandate.
Until you do this you are simply a successful singer and a political egotist.
Cheers
M
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My question to Bono is that I understand that musicians aren't particularly great at spelling.
I was wondering if he could have a go at spelling sanctimonious hypocritical egotistical and avaricious for me just to prove everyone wrong.
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Does The Edge wear his hat in bed ?
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U2 seen you all in 1983 in Newcastle then twice on the vertigo tour, i really miss the smaller venue admosphere, especailly being a more petite size myself nearly got squashed to death in Glasgow! Is there any way we can see you in a more intimate setting?? Annie in North Yorkshire
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