Will.i.am, Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons are among the stars who have recorded new versions of celebrated protest songs to highlight issues of global poverty.
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Steven Spielberg outbid by his wife at Lincoln charity auction
Monday 21 January 2013
Hollywood director Steven Spielberg was outbid by his wife when the pair went head-to-head at a charity auction following the European premiere of Lincoln.
Grace Dent: If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?
Wednesday 30 May 2012
With friends like all of these people, Aung San Suu Kyi will wish that she’d stayed at home. Wouldn't you?
U2 stars Bono and the Edge invest millions in internet storage company Dropbox
Tuesday 03 April 2012
The U2 stars Bono and the Edge are gambling on their biggest hit yet after investing millions of dollars in an internet storage company which is tipped to become the next Apple.
The deluxe side of the moon is record industry's answer to downloading
Saturday 24 September 2011
You've already got the album on vinyl, cassette and CD.
Day of reckoning: The film version of bestselling novel 'One Day' is set to make a big star of Jim Sturgess
Sunday 21 August 2011
Turning down 'Spider-Man' the musical was probably the biggest move in Jim Sturgess's young career – until he landed the lead in 'One Day', the most-hyped literary adaptation of the year
Glastonbury: Coldplay and U2 almost spoil the party
Tuesday 28 June 2011
The headliners split the crowds, but this year's Glastonbury showed that the Seventies dream lives on at Worthy Farm
'I'm having a fantastic time, but I'm a bit lost': festival-goers in their own words
Monday 27 June 2011
Amy Smith, 24, stallholder
Glastonbury: Music, mud, MC Tinie – and Ken's cameo
Sunday 26 June 2011
U2 didn't quite live up to the hype, but Coldplay and urban music stars make up for it
U2 hit by 'tax dodge' protest at Glastonbury
Saturday 25 June 2011
U2 and Bono, known for their global poverty-fighting efforts, were accused of dodging taxes in Ireland by activists who crashed their performance last night at the Glastonbury festival.
Shaky future for festivals as fans shun blasts from the past
Monday 20 June 2011
Glastonbury's acts will play this weekend to packed crowds but a raft of the country's other music festivals are floundering, as agents struggle to sell tickets for well below their asking price.
Aung San Suu Kyi: A triumph of the spirit
Sunday 19 June 2011
A film of Aung San Suu Kyi, commissioned by U2 and smuggled out of Burma, has gone with them on a world tour which reaches Glastonbury on Friday. Martin Wroe had a clandestine meeting with her in Rangoon
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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