Bono collected an honour in New York on Friday 3rd Oct - on behalf of RONNIE DREW, the late lead singer of Irish folk band THE DUBLINERS. Drew - who died in August at the age of 73 - is posthumously being handed the Spirit of Ireland Award by the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
Bono once said of Drew, "Ronnie is like the King of Ireland and we are his subjects."
Bono and Edge wrote "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" with Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead) and Simon Carmody.The ballad is a tribute to Ronnie Drew , former singer of the Irish folk band, The Dubliners .All the revenues from the sales went to the “Irish Cancer Society”. The song is a beautiful ballad that started as song that Ronnie would sing and ended as a tribute to his figure.
Bob Geldof, Damien Dempsey, Gavin Friday, Sinead O'Connor, Paul Brady, Paddy Casey, Mick Pyro, Mundy, Chris de Burgh, Ronan Keating, Eleanor Shanley, Mary Coughlan, Christy Moore, Andrea Corr, Shane McGowan, Jerry Fish, The Dubliners ,The Chieftains participated in that show.
source:contacmusic.com
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