From superstars to super beards

Music Week, December, 2004 by Jim Larkin

Remember where you heard it: Bono made it a clay to remember for Island's staff last Thursday when he turned up unannounced to offer personal thanks for their efforts on the latest U2 album. The frontman toured the building, including a visit to the press office where he spotted PR man Shane O'Neill's Irish flag, bearing the legend: "There's only one Keane-o".

O'Neill instantly offered to replace the Man Utd hero's name with Bono's ... Later the same day, another superstar rolled into town as J.Lo showed her face at the Soho Hotel to promote her new album Rebirth, a release described by Rob Stringer as "the first big record for the new Sony BMG in 2005". La Lopez entertained the audience--including Radio Two's Lesley Douglas, Woolworths' Richard Izard, The Sun's...