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Bruce Springsteen apologises to Bono for refusing song for charity ad
Bruce Springsteen apologises to Bono for refusing song for charity ad - Music legend said he had made a ‘big mistake’
Bruce Springsteen, Bono, and Patti Smith came together to sing "People Have the Power" at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Bono gave Bruce Springsteen a hard time for refusing to license his song “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” for a commercial for the clothing brand Gap in partnership with Bono’s AIDS foundation (RED). While presenting Springsteen with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at Tribeca Festival,
Bruce Springsteen brought a taste of his Land of Hopes And Dreams Tour to downtown Manhattan Saturday, hitting the Tribeca Festival to accept the Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award that he dedicated to "all the citizens of Minneapolis and Los Angeles and Portland who stood against the federal invasion of their cities this
The legendary musician spoke with Bono at the Tribeca Festival about their music and activism before the duo joined Patti Smith on a rousing rendition of "People Have the Power."
Bruce Springsteen apologized for refusing Bono’s request to use his song ‘Girls in Their Summer Clothes’ in a Gap commercial that was in support of RED. ‘That was a big mistake,’ Springsteen told Bono at the Tribeca Film Festival3.
