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Bono wurde von der Recording Academy zum 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year ernannt. Sowohl seine musikalischen als auch seine humanitären Leistungen werden im Rahmen eines special tribute dinner geehrt. Diese Veranstaltung, die ein hohes Prestige geniesst, findet am 21. Februar 2003, im Umfeld der Grammy-Feierlichkeiten, im Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York statt. Dazu Garth Fundis, Präsident der Recording Academy: "Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for, his musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to affect positive change on the human condition worldwide...We truly are privileged to be honoring this gifted and dedicated visionary." Wir freuen uns mit Bono für diese und für die zahlreichen Anerkennungen, die er für seine Arbeit und seinen Einsatz erhalten hat und noch erhalten wird.

Activist, Artist Bono Named 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year Recording Academy News - October 7, 2002 The multiple GRAMMY Award-winning lead singer of U2 chosen for accomplishments GRAMMY-winning artist and international superstar Bono will be honored as the 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year. Bono, chosen for his accomplishments as a musician and as a humanitarian, will receive the honor at a special tribute dinner, concert and silent auction held at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, Feb. 21, 2003. The MusiCares tribute dinner is one of the most prestigious events held during GRAMMY Fest, a month-long cultural celebration that culminates with the 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast by the CBS Television Network from 8 - 11 p.m., ET/PT. The Recording Academy established MusiCares in 1989 in an effort to focus the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community. Proceeds from the annual Person Of The Year tribute provide essential support for MusiCares' Financial Assistance Program that ensures music people have a compassionate place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal hardships. "Bono is a living symbol of what the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy stand for — his musical accomplishments are matched only by his endeavors to affect positive change on the human condition worldwide," said Garth Fundis, Chairman of the Recording Academy. "We truly are privileged to be honoring this gifted and dedicated visionary." Bono is the lead singer of the internationally successful Irish rock group U2. The group released its first record in 1980 and have since sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, won 14 GRAMMY Awards — including two consecutive Record Of The Year awards at the 43rd and 44th GRAMMY Awards — and six Brit Awards. Last year, U2 was awarded MTV's Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored by the Brits for "Outstanding Contribution To Music." U2 has supported Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and the Burma Action Campaign. Since 1998, Bono has been an active supporter of the International Jubilee 2000 Drop The Debt Campaign, which seeks to forgive the unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries to mark the new millennium. He has used his fame to focus media attention on debt, poverty and AIDS in Africa, and to get access to the world's most powerful politicians. He has spent the past three years lobbying international politicians and organizations including President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, South African President Thabo Mbeki, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in support of these worthwhile causes. In 1999, he went to Rome to join forces with Pope John Paul II to persuade the Group Of Eight richest nations to increase debt cancellation. In 2000, he joined Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to present the world's largest petition (24 million signatures) to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, calling for much more debt cancellation for the poorest countries. In 2001, Bono helped bring together American music artists including Destiny's Child and Sean "P.Diddy" Combs to record Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" to raise money and awareness to fight AIDS in Africa. This year, he helped lobby for an increase in overseas aid to Africa, which resulted in a promise from President Bush to increase aid by an extra $5 billion a year for poor countries. Bono also spent two weeks on a widely publicized trip with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia to make the case for more money for AIDS treatment and to fight poverty. Bono, along with Live Aid's Sir Bob Geldof, is currently involved in setting up a network called DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target rich governments to increase resources and improve their policies toward African countries. Bono lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and four children. For information on purchasing tickets, tables or recognition in the souvenir program for the 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year tribute to Bono, please contact Dana Tomarken at the Recording Academy, 310.392.3777.



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