Friday, January 24, 2014

Bono Talks at the Pat Kenny Show

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U2 frontman praises coalition for economic efforts

Bono's been paying tribute to the efforts of the Taoiseach and Finance Minister to promote Ireland at the World Economic Forum.

He's among 2 and a half thousand delegates including heads of state and business leaders gathered at Davos in Switzerland for the annual event.

The U2 frontman joined an event last night where the IDA had potential investors in their sights in the areas of pharmaceutical, technology and financial services.

Bono said this morning that Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan impressed those gathered at the dinner. He also talked about "Invisible" the new U2 song that will be available for free download for 24 hours only (1st Feb) and every time the track is downloaded a $1 donation  will be made to (RED) by Bank of America (All the funds will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. )

Bono also announced that this song will be part of the upcoming album.
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