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Bruce Springsteen Apologises to Bono for Refusing to License Song for U2 Frontman's Charity GAP Ad
Bono praised Springsteen as a musician and activist while joking about a failed request to use one of his songs in a Gap ad for (RED).
- On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen accepted the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at the Tribeca Festival, with U2 frontman Bono presenting the honor to the 76-year-old musician in downtown Manhattan.
- Springsteen dedicated the award to citizens in Minneapolis, Portland, and Los Angeles who stood against federal overreach, noting his recent tour mounted criticisms of the Donald Trump regime.
- During the conversation, Bono recalled asking Springsteen to license his 2007 song "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" for a Gap commercial, which Springsteen admitted was "a big mistake."
- Tribeca Festival co-founder Robert De Niro introduced the event, slamming "Donald J. Trump and his feckless enablers" and arguing the moment reflects "corruption and megalomania of one person."
- Closing the evening, Patti Smith performed her 1988 song "People Have the Power" alongside Tony Shanahan in honor of Springsteen, concluding a festival series on democracy's erosion in America.
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