It’s too bad Ashton Kutcher can’t take credit for this one: Conservative muckraker Jason Mattera attempted to barrage U2′s Bono with a slew of controversial questions last month. Problem was, it wasn’t Bono he was bombarding, but rather Bono impersonator Pavel Sfera.
According to The Washington Post, the onslaught occurred at an L.A. event where Bono was slated to appear. Mattera attended the event, hoping to corner Bono about U2′s decision to move their business from Ireland to the Netherlands purportedly to avoid paying taxes.
“Do you find it hypocritical that you encourage Western countries to give money over to Africa, and then you take your money and put it into a tax haven?” fires Mattera in the video. But the matter is seemingly lost on Sfera, who repeatedly responds with, “I didn’t,” and, “It’s not my company.” Watch the video after the jump: READ FULL STORY »
It’s not every night you get to be serenaded by U2′s Bono before you go to bed (unless, of course, you’re Mrs. Bono, in which case, disregard what I just said). But this week was the exception to the rule. Bono, the Edge, Larry, and Adam played five nights this week on the Late Show With David Letterman to promote their new album, No Line on the Horizon. When I heard about this stunt, even I, as a fan, was apprehensive. Would it be overkill? On the contrary, it made me look forward to staying up until the wee hours and inevitably having a hard time falling asleep after. Between the comedy bits, which included the guys shoveling snow, answering reader mail (you have to admit, the guys are good sports), and getting their own street for a week, it was a fun few days for U2 (and Letterman) fans. 
For their fourth night appearing on Letterman, U2 had a few tricks up their sleeves. Not only did they kill time this week by being the on-hold music for Letterman’s office, they mixed things up by not playing a song off their new album No Line on the Horizon. But, more on that in a minute. The band sat down for an interview with Letterman for the first time this week for a funny, relaxed chat about the Beatles, the early days of the band and an accidental venture to the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. It was a nice segue before the guys took the stage to play…
They’ve got 22 Grammys and 140 million in record sales, not to mention their own 
Yesterday in Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg helped in the unveiling of U2 Way (a.k.a. 53rd and Broadway). Granted, the street sign will only be there for a week (which is for the best really — New York has enough letter and number streets to confuse tourists as it is), but it was a nice way to commemorate the band’s week-long stint on Letterman. 
