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[Roger Red Hat]

surely he's not the first to put his money offshore? and he aint the first to make a mint off charity either, look at that scruffy tw@t faced Geldoff. He had one sh!t song in the charts with his band, Boomtown Tw@ts, and he's like one of the worlds richest people? hows that happen then? You dont make that kinda money off one song. Surely he didnt line his own pockets off the back of Band/Live Aid? you bet your ar$e he did. Feed the World? more like Feed Geldoff's Bank account. fking soap dodging  sh!thead.

[andy_g]

surely he's not the first to put his money offshore? and he aint the first to make a mint off charity either, look at that scruffy tw@t faced Geldoff. He had one sh!t song in the charts with his band, Boomtown Tw@ts, and he's like one of the worlds richest people? hows that happen then? You dont make that kinda money off one song. Surely he didnt line his own pockets off the back of Band/Live Aid? you bet your ar$e he did. Feed the World? more like Feed Geldoff's Bank account. fking soap dodging  sh!thead.

geldoff is owner, or part owner, of a number of broadcasting companies - including the one (i think) which makes Survivor, and this is where a very large part of his wealth has come from. neither with the boomtown rats nor as a solo artist did he make massive money but his royalties from those would still probably be an improvement on most of our incomes.

he also appears to charges high fees for talking about his charity work (rather than taking any of the money meant for the causes), keeps a lot of his assets off shore and owes former band mates a fair bit of wedge as well.

i don't have a lot of time for geldoff or bono, to be honest. but if i had to decide which was the bigger w@nker i think i'd go for the little fella.

[Roger Red Hat]

tie them both together and set fire to 'em.

[GYBS]

the guy doesnt effect me much - seems a bit up his own ar se and in some ways i dont like the fact he is always asking for money for this charity and the next but not sure exactly what he does himself when other celebrities actually seem to do something to get money for charity . plus all their new musci is pretenious cr ap

[tubby]

I like some U2 songs.

who gives a f*ck if you like their music. i am not denying that they have talent.

did you even read the thread - cop on you simpleton!

Who gives a if you give a if I like their music. Shut up you simpleton.

[loopyliverpool]

Excellent to see there are some fellow U2 haters in the world, especially you Big Niall. I despise their music and everything they stand for. If there weren't greedy f**kers like Bono and his shat band there might be more wealth going around the world and perhaps more for the poor. Unfortunately this basic tenet is lost on St. Bono when he starts asking for money for the developing world etc... I would like him and all of those other celebrities who are worth hundreds of millions to stick their hands in their own pockets and say Iam worth £100m Iam goin to keep back £10m for myself (just in case you never know like) and give the rest to the starving people in Africa cos I care!!! Hypocritical Knobhead and his music is really sh*te!

[supersub]

Excellent to see there are some fellow U2 haters in the world, especially you Big Niall. I despise their music and everything they stand for. If there weren't greedy f**kers like Bono and his shat band there might be more wealth going around the world and perhaps more for the poor. Unfortunately this basic tenet is lost on St. Bono when he starts asking for money for the developing world etc... I would like him and all of those other celebrities who are worth hundreds of millions to stick their hands in their own pockets and say Iam worth £100m Iam goin to keep back £10m for myself (just in case you never know like) and give the rest to the starving people in Africa cos I care!!! Hypocritical Knobhead and his music is really sh*te!

I agree and I would furtheradd that the asset rich actors and footballers do the same...and everyone else who has tons of money including peewee

[Emerald Red]

I don't understand the hatred some people have for Bono. Honestly, it baffles me. He can come across as a pompous pr*ck at times, but he'd be the first to admit it himself. As for the group moving all their assets abroad, this is very old news. It had a lot to do with the building of their new studio in Dublin, and for the fact that it makes sense to secure the band financially if they planned to go on huge tours, which they are. PopMart almost bankrupt the band. I'm sure they'd ideas of never making that mistake again. Regardless, the charity work the man has done in his lifetime deserves some respect. It's easy to scoff at people who do this, yet because they are only human and not Jesus Christ himself for not giving up all their riches, they should be condemned for that? Bollox. Now that's hypocrisy and irony all in one basket.

you are full of the typical hero worship bulls*it that us Irish have been brought up to believe about he U2 who were the worlds biggest band when Ireland was in the 1980s.

I am not saying that he should give up his wealth, just that he should pay tax. I pay about one third of my income in tax, should I avoid it all and give about 10% to charity and get good publicity for it?


the money that he has raised is othe people's money. k

He is a scumbag

I'm full of what? You know d*ck all about me.

[Emerald Red]

Excellent to see there are some fellow U2 haters in the world, especially you Big Niall. I despise their music and everything they stand for. If there weren't greedy f**kers like Bono and his shat band there might be more wealth going around the world and perhaps more for the poor. Unfortunately this basic tenet is lost on St. Bono when he starts asking for money for the developing world etc... I would like him and all of those other celebrities who are worth hundreds of millions to stick their hands in their own pockets and say Iam worth £100m Iam goin to keep back £10m for myself (just in case you never know like) and give the rest to the starving people in Africa cos I care!!! Hypocritical Knobhead and his music is really sh*te!

You do realize you are talking utter shite, don't you? I'm not even going to bother pointing out why.

[Effes]

tie them both together and set fire to 'em.

Testament to the phrase I used earlier:

Damned if you do, not damned if you dont.

I think Geldoff deserves a lot of credit for what he has done.
He could have just sat on his @rse and done nowt.
Would have it been better if he'd done that?

[dawson99]

Midge Ure did it as well. The difference is Midge Ure didn't live off of it for the next 25 years. He just got on with things...

U2 as a band arent my fave. they did some great songs, co wrote a great film and had a fantastic cameo in Entourage. There are probably 1000s better bands around today though than them in my opinion.

[Emerald Red]

tie them both together and set fire to 'em.

Testament to the phrase I used earlier:

Damned if you do, not damned if you dont.

I think Geldoff deserves a lot of credit for what he has done.
He could have just sat on his @rse and done nowt.
Would have it been better if he'd done that?

Exactly. Like I said, people love to have a dig at others for trying to use their status to actually do some good. Some of the bile and hatred directed at the likes of Bono just baffles me. I can't fault any man for wanting to do good for people. How many lives has he saved from his efforts alone? Some are never happy.

[Emerald Red]

Midge Ure did it as well. The difference is Midge Ure didn't live off of it for the next 25 years. He just got on with things...

U2 as a band arent my fave. they did some great songs, co wrote a great film and had a fantastic cameo in Entourage. There are probably 1000s better bands around today though than them in my opinion.

Dawson, if there are 1000's of better bands, then why aren't any of them as big? This whole "if it's underground it's cool" fad is just complete bollox. There is a reason why they are underground and unknown to the mainstream: it's because they are either shyte, or they lack ambition. Simple as that.

[dawson99]

Midge Ure did it as well. The difference is Midge Ure didn't live off of it for the next 25 years. He just got on with things...

U2 as a band arent my fave. they did some great songs, co wrote a great film and had a fantastic cameo in Entourage. There are probably 1000s better bands around today though than them in my opinion.

Dawson, if there are 1000's of better bands, then why aren't any of them as big? This whole "if it's underground it's cool" fad is just complete bollox. There is a reason why they are underground and unknown to the mainstream: it's because they are either shyte, or they lack ambition. Simple as that.

Just my opinion mate, they aren't my thing. Name the last really good song they made?

Beautiful day in 2000?

For me they will always be late 80s, Joshua Tree, then back again with Achtung Baby, apart from that, not my cup of tea.

[Emerald Red]

Midge Ure did it as well. The difference is Midge Ure didn't live off of it for the next 25 years. He just got on with things...

U2 as a band arent my fave. they did some great songs, co wrote a great film and had a fantastic cameo in Entourage. There are probably 1000s better bands around today though than them in my opinion.

Dawson, if there are 1000's of better bands, then why aren't any of them as big? This whole "if it's underground it's cool" fad is just complete bollox. There is a reason why they are underground and unknown to the mainstream: it's because they are either shyte, or they lack ambition. Simple as that.

Just my opinion mate, they aren't my thing. Name the last really good song they made?

Beautiful day in 2000?

For me they will always be late 80s, Joshua Tree, then back again with Achtung Baby, apart from that, not my cup of tea.

Beautiful Day was alright. Kite. City of Blinding Lights was better. Sometimes You Can't Make It got to #1. Although their new album has some of their best songs in almost 20 years. They haven't had a single bad album.