Bono is reaching out to some of the world’s most powerful people as he mobilizes against COVID-19. The U2 frontman is using his deep connections to try and procure much-needed medical supplies for the people of Ireland.
Bono, 59, asked for help from Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. RELATED: George Stephanopoulos Talks Testing Positive For COVID-19 “I just don’t think this is the moment for U2 to be doing a sort of Kumbaya thing,” Bono told the Irish Times. “It just doesn’t feel right for me – it feels like a time for action rather than words.” Bono has also contacted Walmart’s Doug McMillon, Marc Benioff of the software giant Salesforce and Jack Ma of Chinese retailer Alibaba.