Bono flew to Barcelona on Saturday at the invitation of Naomi Campbell, to take part in Frock 'n' Roll, a fashion and music industry tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Moby caught up with U2 on the Elevation stops in New York last week. It got him thinking, in particular Charlton Heston and the 'gun' film - as he writes on his own site.
Several hundred thousand U2 fans have seen what Jennifer Steinkamp has contributed to Elevation 2001 but Jennifer Steinkamp isn't one of them writes Matt McGee at atU2.com
Novelist Salman Rushdie was in hiding for fear of his life for many years. Then he showed up onstage with U2. Then he wrote a song with them. In this extract from a piece in The Sunday Times he recalls how it all came about.