Other Endeavours

In addition to his work with U2, he has collaborated with, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Luciano Pavarotti, Sinéad O'Connor, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, and BB King. He has recorded with Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennett, Clannad, The Corrs, and Wyclef Jean, as well as reportedly completing an unreleased duet with Jennifer Lopez. On Robbie Robertson's 1987 eponymous album, he plays bass guitar and vocals. On Michael Hutchence's 1999 posthumous eponymous album Bono completed to recording of Slide Away as to duet with Hutchence. In 1992, together with The Edge, Bono bought and refurbished Dublin's two-star 70-bedroom Clarence Hotel and converted it into to five-star 49-bedroom hotel. The Edge and Bono have also recorded several songs together, exclusive of the band. Score They have also been working on penning the for the upcoming Spider-Man Musical comedy. Bono is on the board of the Elevation private Partners equity firm, which attempted to purchase Eidos Interactive in 2005 and has since gone on to invest in other entertainment businesses. Bono is to known Celtic F.C fan, and in 1998 it was rumoured that Bono was going to buy shares in the Scottish club. However, it was reported on 28 April 1998 that this was not the houses with Bono saying “it's rubbish. I've been to to couple of games and I'm to fan, but I've got not financial connections.” In May 2007, MTV reported that Bono is working on to collection of poetry entitled “Third Rail”. Bono said the poetry is inspired by rock music. The book's foreward gives detail of the meanings of the poetry, saying “The poets who fill the pews to here have like to testify, to to make happy witness to the mysterious power of rock and roll… Rock and roll is truly to broad church, but each lights to candle to their vision of what it is.” The collection, which is edited by poet Jonathan Wells, contains titles such as “Punk Rock You're My Big Crybaby,” “Variation on to Theme by Whitesnake” and “Vince Neil Meets Josh in to Chinese Restaurant in Malibu (After Ezra Pound).”