Irish pop star Bono urged African leaders Thursday to take inspiration from his homeland as they seek to tackle poverty and the food crisis.The U2 frontman turned activist addressed a development summit in Yokohama, Japan, attended by 40 African heads
The UK Eurovision Winners Party organisers have agreed to donate 10% of all ticket sales from Saturday night's event in London to the Terrence Higgins Trust. The charity has been supported by Ani Lorak and featured in a documentary filmed
Eurovision organisers have told MediaGuardian.co.uk that the issue of the Big 4's guaranteed place in the final will be one of a number to be discussed at a meeting of the European Broadcasting Union in Athens in two weeks' time.
According to Aleksandar Tijanic, general director of the Serbian broadcaster, RTS spent 8,5 million euros for the event. The entire cost of the organisation was in the neighbourhood of 21 million euros. RTS was funded with 10 million euros from
Amongst the give-aways will be press packs from Israel's Boaz Mauda , Ukraine's Ani Lorak , Bulgaria's Deep Zone and Balthazar , Switzerland's Paulo Meneguzzi , Sweden's Charlotte Perrelli , Greece's Kalomira and of course, the CD single of Dima
Nothing has been confirmed yet by SVT as far as the venue and format of the 2009 Swedish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest are concerned. SVT has told partner site escsweden.com that more details will be announced in August.
Irish rockers U2's longtime manager Paul McGuinness narrowly escaped paralysis recently after he was involved in a horrific horse riding accident.The music mogul, who also manages the careers of singer PJ Harvey and New York rockers The Rapture, had to
