Bono: the celebrity who just keeps giving

U2 singer Bono and the rise of the celebrity humanitariansForgive the reheating of old chestnuts, but it seems appropriate to begin with a classic urban myth starring Bono, recently described with due reverence by Viz as "the little twat with a big heart". The apocryphal story finds our hero on stage between songs, intriguing his audience by repeatedly clapping his hands together. "Every time I clap my hands," he finally intones, "a child in Africa dies."At which point someone in the crowd sh...

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