James Sims

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  • Glee Teaches Bob Geldof a Lesson in Charity Work

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    James Sims

    The next time a charity or cause wants throw out originality and recycle a campaign, look to “Glee.” It will have a much greater chance of topping an iTunes download list, a milestone all the cool kids should aspire to.

  • Broadway’s Spider-Man Musical Creates Social Buzz with GMA Debut

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    James Sims

    Talk of the upcoming musical Spider-man: Turn off the Dark actually coming to fruition on Broadway has been circling Times Square for a long while now, mostly due to the big names involved – U2’s Bono and the Edge have written the music while director Julie Taymor (Lion King) is directing – and the complete…

  • Broadway’s ‘Fela!’ Joins Bono, John Legend in Music Video

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    James Sims

    While U2’s charismatic leader Bono hasn’t made his official splash on Broadway — both he and guitarist the Edge have written the music for the upcoming “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” — the Irish singer joins dancers from Broadway’s “Fela!” in the music video for Angelique Kidjo‘s spin on the classic “Move On Up.”…

  • U2 Mix It Up For the Fans

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    James Sims

    U2 has never been a band to shy away from spectacle, from the blitzkrieg-like barrage of TV screens during the band’s Zoo TV tour in the early 1990s to the megalomania of the PopMart Tour, complete with a 100-foot-high golden McDonald’s-like arch, in 1997. Since kicking off a now 34-year career as one of the…

  • Bono and George Clooney Talk Shop on CNN

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    James Sims

    As a big U2 fan, it should come as no shock that I find most of what Bono does extremely fascinating, be it his straight forward music work to championing causes for the third world. His activist role causes some frustration amongst the music-only crowd, with “fans” yelping at concerts anytime Bono breaks into a…