Where should we start? How about some good news…
Make that great news for fans of U2 stars Bono and The Edge. The mega-popular musicians showed up unannounced and performed as an opening act at a charity concert in London last night much to the utter disbelief of the 250 people who had paid big bucks to get into the fundraiser.
The show was designed to raise money for Mencap, a charity that campaigns for equal rights for children and adults with learning disabilities. But, I’m sure the people in attendance momentarily lost sight of why they were there when the two super stars stepped onto the small stage meant to hold the lesser-known Scottish rock group—-Biffy Clyro.
Instead, the U2 stars played four of their songs: “Stay,””Desire,””Angel Of Harlem” and “Wave Of Sorrow,” a track written for their 1987 album “Joshua Tree.”
No word on how much the event raised, but no one can argue that the surprise appearance by Bono and The Edge was nothing less than priceless.
BAD NEWS
The news is not as good for one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
According to news reports, 57-year-old Danny Federici has been diagnosed with melanoma and is taking a leave from the singer’s “Magic” tour to undergo treatment.
Federici plays keyboards in the band and will be replaced by Charles Giordano, who played with Springsteen last year on the “Seeger Sessions Tour.”
GOOD NEWS
I’ll end on this last bit of good news…
In an act some call long overdue seven of the surviving actors who played Munchkins in the “The Wizard of Oz” were recognized with a collective star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week.
Almost seven decades after the hit movie premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, a few of the actors who played the inhabitants of Munchkinland in the 1939 classic attended the ceremony and walked a yellow carpet made to resemble the film’s yellow brick road.
Mickey Carroll along with his former Munchkin stars Ruth Duccini, Jerry Maren, Margaret Pellegrini, Meinhardt Raabe, Karl Slover and Clarence Swensen not showed up for the unveiling, but delighted the crowds with a song and dance number as part of the ceremony.