BONO AND EDGE ITEMS HELP RAISE MILLIONS FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FUND

Last updated: Sunday, April 22, 2007

BONO AND EDGE ITEMS HELP RAISE MILLIONS FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FUND

Iconic items belonging to U2 pair THE EDGE and BONO helped fetch $2.4 million (GBP1.2 million) yesterday (21Apr07) at an auction to benefit musicians who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

BONO and THE EDGE of U2 performing at Twickenham Stadium. London, England - 17.06.05

The Edge's beloved Gibson Les Paul guitar sold for $240,000 (GBP123,000), while Bono's sunglasses fetched $20,000 (GBP10,200) at New York's Hard Rock Cafe for Music Rising - a charity fund set up by The Edge after the 2005 natural disaster.

Also sold belonging to the pair included The Edge's 1958 Gibson archtop guitar, which sold for $105,000 (GBP53,000), and Bono's autographed Irish Falcon Gretsch Guitar, which went for $180,000 (GBP92,000).

The Edge says, "I have to say that it is a strange feeling to see some of your stuff up here."

Other musical items sold were Jimi Hendrix's 1966 Red Fender Mustang guitar, Bill Clinton's saxophone and a pair of John Lennon's round sunglasses.

Source: WENN

| Sunday, April 22, 2007

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