Springsteen Apologizes to Bono for 2007 (PRODUCT)RED Rejection, Performs at Tribeca
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Updated · Billboard · Jun 14
Springsteen Apologizes to Bono for 2007 (PRODUCT)RED Rejection, Performs at Tribeca
3 articles · Updated · Billboard · Jun 14
Summary
Bruce Springsteen used a Tribeca Festival tribute to apologize to Bono for refusing to license “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” for a 2007 Gap ad tied to the (PRODUCT)RED HIV/AIDS campaign, saying, “I should have said yes.”
At the same event, Bono presented Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award, and their onstage conversation centered on democracy, federal overreach and whether outspoken politics alienate parts of his working-class audience.
Springsteen said fans on his recent Land of Hopes & Dreams Tour had ample warning about its political tone, framing his stance as choosing a side while trusting fellow citizens to understand it.
Patti Smith then joined Springsteen and Bono onstage for “Peaceable Kingdom” and “People Have the Power,” before Springsteen closed with a solo “Land of Hope and Dreams” to a standing ovation.