U2 lead singer Bono (L) and Make Poverty History organiser Bob Geldof confer during their final news conference at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in this July 8, 2005 file photo. Jokes about the well-meaning poetic licence of the duo�s most famous fund-raising song are usually followed by the more worrying assertion that their pronouncements, and the fact those in power listen, actually damage the people they want to help. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

U2 lead singer Bono (L) and Make Poverty History organiser Bob Geldof confer during their final news conference at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in this July 8, 2005 file photo. Jokes about the well-meaning poetic licence of the duo�s most famous fund-raising song are usually followed by the more worrying assertion that their pronouncements, and the fact those in power listen, actually damage the people they want to help.

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  6. U2's Bono, left, shakes hands with FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke, right, as actress Jessica Alba watches during the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 in New York.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Musician U2's The Edge attends The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at the SVA Theater on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  8. Musician Edge of the music group U2 attends The Cinema Society premiere of "Brothers" in New York on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009.
  9. Irish singer Bono, centre, gestures after his band U2 collected the Best Live Act at the 2009 MTV European Music Awards in Berlin, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009.
  10. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 05: U2 perform during a concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate the on November 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. U2 performed a free concert in collaboration with MTV Europe to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  11. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 05: Bono of U2 and Jay-Z perform during a concert in front of the Brandenburg Gate the on November 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. U2 performed a free concert in collaboration with MTV Europe to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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  13. Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R), former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (L) and Irish singer Bob Geldof pose for pictures before a Cinema For Peace Foundation gala dinner in Berlin November 8, 2009.
  14. Former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) and former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (R) shake hands as Irish singer Bob Geldof watches before a Cinema For Peace Foundation gala dinner in Berlin November 8, 2009.
  15. Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof delivers a speech during a conference at the opening of the TFWA (Tax Free World Association) exhibition in Cannes, southeastern France, October 19, 2009. The TFWA is the world's largest Duty Free and Travel Retail Association, with a membership of around 400 brand-owning companies representing thousands of products supplied to the global duty free and travel retail markets.
  16. Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof delivers a speech during a conference at the opening of the TFWA (Tax Free World Association) exhibition in Cannes, southeastern France, October 19, 2009. The TFWA is the world's largest Duty Free and Travel Retail Association, with a membership of around 400 brand-owning companies representing thousands of products supplied to the global duty free and travel retail markets.

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