12th October 2006 10:57 AM |
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From today's Chicago Tribune (Oct 12, 2006, Personals, page 25)
Bono set to expand AIDS project here
Bono, with the help of some equally famous friends and top business leaders is expected to announce here Thursday the expansion to America of his creative corporate partnership known as Product Red, to assist AIDS victims in Africa.
Whether it snows or not, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Penelope Cruz plan on surfacing on Michigan Avenue with the U2 frontman to announce that Schaumburg-based Motorola, the Gap, Armani and the Converse atheletic shoe company will introduce products and full clothing lines whose purchase will assist African AIDS relief.
Motorola and American Express were key initial partners but, so far, their efforts have been limited to the United Kingdom. Now, products from Motorola, Gap, Armani and Converse will be available throughout the U.S. The lines will be revealed in Chicago.
"I'm very happy to be here for that because I think that's something that's going to help in some tremendous way," Cruz said Wednesday afternoon at hter Chicago hotel.
-James Warren, Mark Caro
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I have no idea where they'll surface on Michigan Avenue but it's sure to draw some sort of crowd.
Last time Bono and the Stones were in town together, I remember a duet at the Aragon Ballroom.
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12th October 2006 05:52 PM |
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nanatod |
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/chi-061012bono-red,0,7665420.story?coll=mmx-home_features |
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