Bono from U2 loves three things; saving the world, going "doo doo doo" on adverts for iPods and protecting items of clothes that he's worn like they're actually his own children or something.
Bono has been in court today, making it clear that a hat he once wore was his hat and that he wanted it back from a woman who took it from him. Does any of this sound familiar to you yet? It should do, because this is more or less exactly the same thing that happened last year. From this we can gather one of two things; either the stylist who Bono and U2 sued for apparently stealing a stack of U2 memorabilia has had her appeal go to court, or Bono loves hats so much that he wants to build a house out of hats and live in it with all his little hat cats and little hat dogs and divorce his wife and marry a sexy woman made of hats and kiss his hat and love it. Experience is guiding us to the first option.
Bono, when you think about it, is a lot like God for he giveth and he taketh away. Bono giveth the world his AIDS-beating Red campaign and taketh away by being a bit of a self-important nobsack and saying how the music of U2 will last for a hundred years or calling the dead Pope "funky" or doing dumb stuff like buying first class air tickets for a hat.
Ah yes, hats. Bono has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with hats, and woe betide anyone who tries to take one of them. Lola Cashman, who was one of U2's stylists in 1987, apparently tried to take one of Bono's hats once – and a pair of his trousers – and so U2 sued her to get them back. Basically, she thought that Bono's hat that she had in her possession was a gift and so she tried to sell it at auction. This annoyed U2 enough to take her to court. Last July U2 won their stuff back – but Lola Cashman appealed, which meant Bono had to haul himself down to court again, as BBC News reports:
Bono praised Ms Cashman's work but said she had taken "unprofessional" advantage of her time with the band. When he took the stand Bono, real name Paul Hewson, described the case as futile and embarrassing. "We have tried to avoid this bizarre situation for many years," he said. "She likes this. We don't. There isn't much of a case here from our point of view. It's our stuff, she has it, and a lot more beside. We want our stuff back. We want her to stop selling it." The 46-year-old singer said Ms Cashman was an "eccentric" who used to wear the band's clothing but was tolerated for her styling talent.
In addition to the appeal, it's been reported that Lola Cashman is launching a High Court case against U2. That means you're going to be hearing a lot more pointless crap about Bono's hats, you lucky bleeders.
Read more:
Bono In Court Over Stetson Battle – BBC
[story by Stuart Heritage]