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23-02-01 news
ShowBiz Ireland Live at the Brits with U2...

Check out ShowBizIreland.com this Monday night for Live coverage of the Brit Awards from London's Earls' Court with Irish acts U2, Ronan Keating, Samantha Mumba, Westlife and Moloko all appearing. The Grammy's yesterday belonged to the Irish music gods U2, who won three Awards at the Los Angeles ceremony.

The Irish group won best rock performance, best song and record of the year for their single, Beautiful Day, prompting frontman Bono to call the band "the best in the world. This is our night," he said as he accepted the record of the year Grammy. "It is a very unusual emotion I am feeling. I think it is called humility. It's been a humbling year, filling in the job application. What job? The best band in the world."

However, the U2 star was not in good form before the awards in LA when he launched a furious attack on British Airways at rehearsals for the Grammy Awards - blaming them for ruining his voice according to reports in the Sun newspaper. The singer stunned guests at the soundcheck for the LA bash with a foul-mouthed rant against the airline. He said BA had destroyed his vocals by not having a humidifier on his flight. He spat: "I'm sorry that my voice is so sh*te but it's all down to British f***ing Airways. They didn't have a humidifier and it's torn my voice to shreds. I can only apologise to you."

The band flew out on Monday and were due to perform Beautiful Day at the bash in the early hours of this morning. A source close to the band told the Sun "Bono's voice sounded terribly croaky and his throat was very dry. He was livid."

Last night a BA spokesman said: "BA were one of the first airlines to install humidifiers but we found that they made no difference to the comfort of our passengers so took them out."