Ten świetny reportaż stwarza okazję, by przypomnieć aktywność polityczną i społeczną najpopularniejszej grupy U2 (Wikipedia):
„..Since the early 1980s, the members of U2—as a band
and individually—have collaborated with other musicians, artists, celebrities,
and politicians to address issues concerning poverty, disease, and social
injustice.
In 1984, Bono and Adam Clayton participated in Band Aid to
raise money for the 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia. This initiative produced the hit
charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which would be the first among
several collaborations between U2 and Bob Geldof. In July
1985, U2 played Live Aid, a follow-up
to Band Aid's efforts. Bono and his wife Ali, invited by World Vision, later
visited Ethiopia where they witnessed the famine first hand. Bono would later
say this laid the groundwork for his Africa campaigning and some of his
songwriting. In 1986, U2 participated in the A Conspiracy of Hope tour in support of Amnesty International and in Self Aid for
unemployment in Ireland. The same year, Bono and Ali Hewson also visited Nicaragua and El
Salvador at the invitation of the Sanctuary movement, and saw the effects of the Salvadoran Civil War. These 1986 events greatly influenced The Joshua Tree album, which was
being recorded at the time.
During their Zoo TV Tour in 1992, U2 participated in
the "Stop Sellafield"
concert with Greenpeace to
protest a nuclear factory. Events in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War inspired the song "Miss Sarajevo", which
premiered at a September 1995 Pavarotti and
Friends show, and which Bono and the Edge performed at War Child. U2 fulfilled a 1993 promise to play in
Sarajevo during the PopMart Tour in 1997. The following year, they performed
in Belfast days
prior to the vote on the Good Friday Agreement, bringing Northern Irish political leaders David Trimble and John Hume on
stage to promote the agrement Later
that year, all proceeds from the release of the "Sweetest Thing" single
went towards supporting the Chernobyl Children's Project.
U2
with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in
2011 (from left to right): Mullen, Bono, Rousseff, Clayton, and the Edge
The band dedicated their 2000 song "Walk On"
to Burma's
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who had
been under house arrest since 1989. In late 2003, Bono and the
Edge participated in the South Africa HIV/AIDS awareness 46664 series
of concerts hosted by Nelson Mandela In 2005, the band played the Live 8 concert in London, which Geldof helped stage on
the 20th anniversary of Live Aid to support the Make Poverty History campaign. The band and manager Paul McGuinness
were awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award for their work in promoting human
rights.
Since 2000, Bono's campaigning has included Jubilee 2000 with
Geldof, Muhammad Ali, and others to promote the cancellation of third-world debt during the Great Jubilee. In January
2002, Bono co-founded the multinational NGO DATA, with the aim of improving the social, political, and
financial state of Africa. He continued his campaigns for debt and HIV/AIDS
relief into June 2002 by making high-profile visits to Africa. Product Red, a for-profit
licensed brand seeking to raise money for the Global Fund, was
co-founded by Bono in 2006. The ONE Campaign, originally
the US counterpart of Make Poverty History, was shaped by his efforts and
vision.
In late 2005, following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, the Edge
helped introduce Music Rising, an
initiative to raise funds for musicians who lost their instruments in the
storm-ravaged Gulf Coast. In
2006, U2 collaborated with pop punk band Green Day to
record a remake of the song "The Saints Are Coming" by the Skids to
benefit Music Rising. A live version of the song recorded at the Louisiana Superdome was released on the single.
At the 3rd iHeartRadio Music Awards in April 2016, U2 were honored
with the Innovator Award for "their impact on popular culture and
commitment to social causes."
Several authors and activists who publish in
politically left journals such as CounterPunch have decried Bono for allowing his celebrity to
be co-opted by an association with political figures such as Paul Wolfowitz, as
well as his "essential paternalism".
Other news sources have more generally questioned the efficacy of
Bono's campaign to relieve debt and provide assistance to Africa.
Bono has received a number of awards for his music and
activism, including the Legion of Honour from
the French Government in 2003, TIME Magazine's Person of the Year for 2005 (along with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates), and an
honorary British knighthood in 2007..”
Wikipedia o
koncercie U2:
„On 23 September 1997, the Irish rock band U2 held a concert at Koševo Stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the group's PopMart Tour. They were
the first major artist to hold a concert in the city after the end of the Bosnian War.
Approximately 45,000 fans attended the show.
The band first became involved with Sarajevo in 1993
on their Zoo TV Tour; approached by aid worker Bill Carter about
bringing attention to the Siege of Sarajevo, the band
conducted nightly satellite transmissions with Bosnians during their shows.
These link-ups were the subject of criticism from journalists for mixing
entertainment with human tragedy. Although the war made it impractical for U2
to visit Sarajevo at the time, they vowed to eventually play a concert in the
city. After the conflict ended in November 1995, they made arrangements to
visit Sarajevo, and with help from United Nations ambassadors
and peacekeeping troops, they scheduled and played the concert in 1997.
The band offered to hold a benefit concert or
small show in Sarajevo, but it was requested that they stage a full PopMart
concert. The performance consequently featured the tour's extravagant stage,
and the band played a set list typical
of the tour. The show brought together people of different ethnicities who had
previously clashed during the war, and train service was temporarily resumed to
allow concertgoers to attend. Among the songs played was "Miss Sarajevo",
written by U2 and Brian Eno about a
beauty pageant held during the war. Although the band were displeased with
their performance and lead vocalist Bono had vocal difficulties, the concert was well
received and was credited with improving morale among Bosnians. The members of
U2 consider the show to be among their proudest moments. The concert was lauded
by Bosnians…..”
Dużo więcej
na: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2_concert_in_Sarajevo
Tamże:
"For two
magical hours, the rock band U2 achieved what warriors, politicians and
diplomats could not: They united Bosnia”
I to ostatnie
zdanie jest najważniejsze. Trauma
powojenna i symboliczny
gest U2
A
reportaż? Bardzo ciekawie
napisany i potrzebny,
bo o wojnie
na Bałkanach i
jej skutkach należy
pamiętać. Ku pamięci!!
Polecam!! 10/10 -
ze względu na
wartości humanistyczne
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