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Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bono survived on instant mashed potato and leftover airline food during his teenage years
Bono was so poor as a teenager that he lived off instant mashed potato and leftover airline food. The U2 frontman was just 14 when his mother Iris died and explained that times were so tough that he had to survive on the surplus food his older brother Norman brought back from the airport where he worked. Speaking on Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, Bono, 65, said: "After my mother died I would usually return home with a tin of meat, a tin of beans and a packet of Cadbury's Smash (instant mashed potato). "Thinking back to being a teenager, food was just fuel." The With or Without You rocker explained that he spent money for food on "far more important" things like records. Bono – whose real name is Paul Hewson - said: "I would spend my food money on things far more important like Alice Cooper's Hello Hooray. "The house was two miles away from the runway where my brother Norman worked for Aer Lingus. He had talked them into allowing him to bring home the surplus food from the airline. This was highly exotic fare. "Gammon steak and pineapple, an Italian dish called lasagne that we'd never heard of or one where rice was no longer a milk pudding but a savoury experience with peas." Bono described how he got to taste a vast array of delicious food once he found fame with U2. He said: "We were blessed with the gift of getting a manager who loved food and wine as much as he did music. Record companies would give us per diems, which means they pay for you to stay in a hotel up in Manchester or wherever after we had played. "But we wouldn't stay in the hotel and we would drive back and save up our per diems and use them in nice restaurants." Meanwhile, Bono revealed that he once ate a meal meant for his dog as he craved meat when his wife Ali Hewson turned vegetarian. The Irish singer recalled: "I recall coming home on the weekend and she was cooking. And I remember getting this beautiful smell of beef. "I thought, 'Oh my God, she's cooking beef for me and she's vegetarian. This is amazing.' "And I walked in and said, 'What are you cooking?' "She said, 'That's not for us. That's the dog's dinner'... And I ate it."
Perth Now
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Bono survived on instant mashed potato and leftover airline food during his teenage years
Bono was so poor as a teenager that he lived off instant mashed potato and leftover airline food. The U2 frontman was just 14 when his mother Iris died and explained that times were so tough that he had to survive on the surplus food his older brother Norman brought back from the airport where he worked. Speaking on Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, Bono, 65, said: "After my mother died I would usually return home with a tin of meat, a tin of beans and a packet of Cadbury's Smash (instant mashed potato). "Thinking back to being a teenager, food was just fuel." The With or Without You rocker explained that he spent money for food on "far more important" things like records. Bono – whose real name is Paul Hewson - said: "I would spend my food money on things far more important like Alice Cooper's Hello Hooray. "The house was two miles away from the runway where my brother Norman worked for Aer Lingus. He had talked them into allowing him to bring home the surplus food from the airline. This was highly exotic fare. "Gammon steak and pineapple, an Italian dish called lasagne that we'd never heard of or one where rice was no longer a milk pudding but a savoury experience with peas." Bono described how he got to taste a vast array of delicious food once he found fame with U2. He said: "We were blessed with the gift of getting a manager who loved food and wine as much as he did music. Record companies would give us per diems, which means they pay for you to stay in a hotel up in Manchester or wherever after we had played. "But we wouldn't stay in the hotel and we would drive back and save up our per diems and use them in nice restaurants." Meanwhile, Bono revealed that he once ate a meal meant for his dog as he craved meat when his wife Ali Hewson turned vegetarian. The Irish singer recalled: "I recall coming home on the weekend and she was cooking. And I remember getting this beautiful smell of beef. "I thought, 'Oh my God, she's cooking beef for me and she's vegetarian. This is amazing.' "And I walked in and said, 'What are you cooking?' "She said, 'That's not for us. That's the dog's dinner'... And I ate it."
The Hill
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Bush, Obama, Bono bid farewell to USAID: ‘Colossal mistake'
Former Presidents Obama and George W. Bush, along with U2's Bono, are reportedly sending off U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staffers with a poignant video tribute. The ex-commanders in chief and the 'With or Without You' singer appeared via teleconference on Monday to speak with employees on USAID's final day as an independent agency, The Associated Press reported. In March, the Trump administration moved to formally end USAID, terminating employees and merging all remaining functions into the State Department beginning on Tuesday. President Trump has accused USAID — which was created in 1961 by former President John F. Kennedy and codified by Congress in 1998 — of being 'incompetent' and 'really corrupt.' Referring to the evisceration of the international agency by the Trump administration as a 'colossal mistake,' Obama told staffers in a recorded statement, 'Your work has mattered and will matter for generations to come.' 'Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it's a tragedy,' Obama said, according to the AP. 'Because it's some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world,' the 44th president said. 'Sooner or later,' Obama said, 'leaders on both sides of the aisle will realize how much you are needed.' In his recorded remarks, Bush credited USAID's staff with showing 'the great strength of America' through their work. 'Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live?' Bush asked. 'I think it is, and so do you,' he said. Bono, an international and humanitarian aid advocate who's been a frequent presence on Capitol Hill over the years, reportedly read a poem he had penned about the moves to dismantle USAID. 'They called you crooks. When you were the best of us,' the rocker said.
Pink Villa
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
ENHYPEN records 1.89 million DESIRE : UNLEASH album sales on debut day, tops iTunes charts in 38 regions
ENHYPEN made their much-awaited comeback with the drop of DESIRE : UNLEASH on Thursday, June 5 at 1 PM KST (9:30 AM IST/12 AM ET). The album release coincided with the unveiling of the music video of its lead track, Bad Desire (With or Without You). Fans showcased their love for the new release, both by online streaming as well as through physical copy purchase, making the boy band break their own record of debut day sales. DESIRE : UNLEASH surpasses ROMANCE : UNTOLD's debut day sales HYBE LABELS' popular fourth gen boy group ENHYPEN dropped their 6th mini album DESIRE : UNLEASH to rave reviews and record-breaking success. The album's release was met with remarkable success, with 1,890,677 copies sold on its debut day, according to the latest Hanteo Chart data. With that, it surpassed ENHYPEN's previous best first-day sales figures of 1,883,143, recorded with their last comeback– 2024 album ROMANCE : UNTOLD. Bad Desire topped iTunes charts worldwide DESIRE : UNLEASH's lead track Bad Desire (With or Without You) swiftly conquered iTunes charts worldwide, reaching No. 1 in numerous countries. As of June 6 KST, the song had topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in at least 38 regions, including Indonesia, Thailand, and Brazil. The album also clinched #1 spot on the iTunes Top Albums chart in several countries, such as Japan and Mexico. Additionally, Bad Desire (With or Without You) ranked No. 1 on AWA's real-time rising chart in Japan, and the song's music video ranked prominently on YouTube's Top Trending Music Videos list in at least 28 regions globally. Through the mini album, Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, and Niki explore the multifaceted nature of desire, delving into themes of love, longing, and the darker, more intense aspects of human connection. The physical album comes in 13 versions: Make, You, Mine, Bath Bomb, Keyring, seven individual Engene (fandom name) versions, and Weverse Album (QR). first day of sales alone—breaking ENHYPEN's previous first-day sales record of 1,883,143 set by their 2024 album 'ROMANCE : UNTOLD' last year.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Listen: Enhypen sings about 'Bad Desire' in new music video
June 5 (UPI) -- South Korean group Enhypen is back with new music. The K-pop boy band released the song "Bad Desire (With or Without You)" and its music video Thursday, along with the the 8-track EP Desire: Unleash. The album includes the previously-released song "Loose." The music video for "Bad Desire" begins with one of the band members whispering, "Did you really think I could just stand by and watch you disappear?" The group is seen pummeling through a turbulent, celestial landscape. They dance among fire, and a dragon soars through the sky. The EP also features the songs "Flashover, "Outside," "Helium," and "Too Close." Enhypen consists of Heesung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon and Ni-ki.
