Garbage honor U2’s Bono with ‘Pride’

Grammy-winning artist and international superstar Bono (U2) was honored as the 2003 MusiCares Person Of The Year at a special tribute dinner, concert and silent auction held in New York City on Feb. 21. The honor recognizes Bono’s professional and humanitarian accomplishments.
Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, said the U2 frontman was an inspiration for other artists.
“I don’t know if we can say enough good things about U2 as a band or people,” she said. “Unlike a lot of celebrities at their status, they’re super sweet people with their feet on the ground. Bono’s activism is to be marvelled at.”
Garbage played “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”. Other participations included BB King and Wynonna Judd (”When Love Comes to Town”), No Doubt (”Sweetest Thing”), Mary J. Blige (”One”), Norah Jones (”Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”), And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (”Electric Co.”), and Sheryl Crow (”All I Want Is You”), …