SL

Most of the gossip that's been spread about U2 is execrable, but it is also true that the boys (especially Mr.Clayton) have a tendency to live their lives without caring about the publicity consequences. I fully agree with that! After all, they're already giving us wonderful music, so I don't feel we have the right to impose them our moral values, or any specific behaviour.

GM

Bono-married, Edge-divorced, Adam-engaged, Larry-single(girlfriend?)

Bono married Alison Stewart on Aug. 21 1982. Edge married Aislinn O'Sullivan in July 1983, they are separated but not divorced. Edge was linked to Morleigh Steinberg - the bellydancer - during the ZooTV tour. Adam is still single, he was engaged to "super-model" Naomi Campbell for several months in 1993. Larry is single but has a long-term significant other, Anne Acheson, with whom he has lived for 10 years.

PC

Bono and Ali have two daughters, Memphis Eve and Jordan. Edge and Aislinn have three daughters, Holly, Arun, and Blue Angel.

MJS

Larry and Ann are the proud parents of a new baby boy named Aaron Elvis.

MV

What are the names of Bono's dogs? Also, do any of the other members have pets? Just wondering.

PC

Bono has two German Shepards, their names are Fanny and Angel.

CB

Edge had a dog called Fleetwood, but it ran away. He actually showed a picture of the dog on tv during an interview, to try and get the dog back. Larry has a dog called J.J., he also has a pet called Missy, but I don't know if it's a cat or a dog.

MJS

Their official heights are: Bono is 5'8" Edge is 5'10" Adam is 5'10" Larry is 5'7" Of course, only their doctors know for certain . . . .

MJS

IMHO, Bono has all the talents of a deity but few of the responsibilities. (BTW, this is a joke).

MJS

There have been several rumors since the ZooTV tours about Bono starting an acting career. James Sheridan said in a Dec. 1992 interview with Movieline magazine that Bono was taking a year off from music to study acting and that Sheridan would love to put Bono in one of his movies. Since then stories about Bono getting roles in movies have abounded. Here are some of the more common.

Bono will be in Rob Roy
The story I've heard, from reliable sources, is that Bono was offered the role of the villian, Archibald Cunningham, in the movie. Bono turned the role down because "I can't act."

Bono will play MacPhisto in Batman Forever
The producers of Batman Forever very much wanted Bono to make a cameo appearance as MacPhisto, supposedly singing his heart out atop a piano. Bono again refused, saying that when the ZooTV tour was over, so was MacPhisto. U2 contributed a new song to the soundtrack, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

Bono will play a sleazy music promoter in Strange Days.
No. I don't know whether he was offered the part or not, but he was not in the movie.

Bono will play a sleazy music promoter in Johnny Mneumonic
No. I don't even know if there is a role for a sleazy music promoter in Johnny Mneumonic. Once again, U2 contributed "Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk." to the soundtrack.

Bono will be in Martin Scorsese's Casino.
No. Again, I haven't even heard what part he was supposed to play or whether he was really offered it.

The Million Dollar Hotel, Bono's long awaited screenplay.

A couple of reputable sources, namely Army Archerd in Variety and the TV show "Extra" have also reported that Bono will act in the movie (although I'll believe it when I see it).

Originally, there was NO plan for Bono to act in this movie. That plan has since reversed itself, and reversed back to original on at least one occasion. The latest I've heard is that there is a POSSIBILITY that Bono may do a "walk-on" part in the movie, one that would require very little acting.

Bono will be in "The Limo Driver."

I just heard this rumor, supposedly this is a film starring or directed by Warren Beatty that will be filmed in Ireland next year. The plot follows a taxi driver who becomes obsessed with an actress. I guess we can rule out at least one role for Bono. Hmm, I wonder if it's a "sleazy taxi driver"?

MJS

Who knows? There have been numerous stories about Edge's fascination with the Internet , countless rumors on the newsgroups that Edge is monitoring every thread, and of course, several miscreants claiming to be Mr. Evans himself with helpful IDs such as "EDGE" and "THE EDGE.". Personally, I give these people as much credence as the ones with IDs like "GOD" and "Jesus" - surely both the Almighty and the lead guitarist from U2 have better things to do than waste bandwidth. If Edge is on the Internet, he's keeping a low profile and is entitled to his privacy.

MJS

I certainly agree with Sergio and hate to give any credence to most of the slop that passes for "news" about U2. However, since I recently read on the newsgroups a very interesting, and utterly untrue, story about Adam being arrested for heroin possession I have come to the conclusion that providing truthful answers to these questions is the best way to end these ridiculous rumors. I've tried to present all reasonable viewpoints here, if you don't agree with what someone has written, be thankful for freedom of speech and e-mail me your "version" and I'll include it.

MJS

Nearly all of the following rumors have been posted on the Usenet within the past 12 months. To save time, bandwidth and, hopefully, kill rumors, what follows is a list of rumors which are ALL FALSE.
- Bono is getting a divorce.
- Bono once had a cocaine habit the size of Alaska. [Ditto for Adam, Edge, and Larry.]
- Bono had an affair with Christy Turlington (a model) / Stevie Nicks / Winona Ryder / Maire ni Brennan (from Clannad) / Kristen McMenamen (another model) / etc
- Adam and Naomi are getting married.
- Edge is dating Julia Roberts
- Edge has quit the band to start his own Christian music label.
- Larry and Anne have broken up.
- Anne is rarely seen in public because she is actually a space alien who can only replicate human behavior for limited periods of time.
- Larry IS Anne.
- On the band's first US tour, they brought a hundred pounds of wacky weed with them on the plane.
- Naomi Campbell is actually a quiet, sweet, patient and tolerant woman who donates all of her free time to helping the less fortunate.
Once more, the above rumors are ALL FALSE. Not one word of truth has ever been linked to any of these bone-headisms. Let's make them, "rarely asked questions."

MJS

This section is devoted to weird rumors from the usenet and other sources that turn out to have a grain of truth to them.

Q: Is it true that Bono likes to have his chest shaved ?

Well, Bono has had his chest shaved once that I know of:

KM

Bono has an irregular heartbeat. He had to have an exam for his insurance company. He had too much chest hair for the doctor to be able to hear his heartbeat so they shaved part of it off. I looked up irregular heartbeat - it is caused by stress, anger, smoking, too much caffeine in coffee or tea. It is not fatal and it's ok to have one.

MJS

Whether or not Bono enjoyed having his chest shaved is unknown at this time.

Q: I heard that Bono stripped in the middle of a crowded restaurant.

MJS

This is true. From Newsday March 27, 1992: At a dinner earlier this week at London's celebrity haunt, Nikita, Bono surprised his 18 dinner guests by removing all his clothes - including his black bikini briefs - for no apparent reason. During the Russian meal of mainly vodka and caviar, we're told the Irish rocker sat naked and acted as if being nude in a plush, crowded restaurant was the most natural thing in the world. Which, in some quarters, we suppose it is. "Sometimes people drink vodka and do strange things," Nikita owner Sylvain Borsi told us. But didn't he find Bono's behavior a bit eccentric, to say the least? "No, he was very nice and very civilized," Borsi said. "I think he just felt more comfortable with nothing on." But he had a really good reason! From Newsday March 30, 1992 : His spokesman says Bono was actually being interviewed by a journalist during dinner when the Irish rocker decided to undress, as we reported. "The writer was so unimaginative, so frozen, so unloose that Bono thought it would be a good idea to take his clothes off," the spokesman said. "And there wasn't much of a reaction."

CB

Bono used to live in Bray, where he had a small Martello tower (these were watchtowers built to guard the coast). In interviews it was often referred to as his 'castle', when all it was was a spiral staircase with a wall around it. James Joyce used to live in a similar one close by, so Bono must have thought it ultra cool. When he moved, he kept the thing, and rented it out to people for a pound a month, or something like that. I believe Shane McGowan lived there for a while.