Two of music’s biggest names have joined forces, with Bono and Pharrell teaming up to cover the Bee Gees of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Since 2015, Jimmy Kimmel Live! has broadcast an annual charity show in support of (RED), a non-profit organisation that raises money to help fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Each and every year sees a vast number of celebrity guests in attendance, with Kristen Bell, Chris Rock, Will Ferrell, and Snoop Dogg all turning up. “It’s refreshing to see so many stars joining forces to put a stop to something other than our president,” Kimmel said about his celebrity guests for the night.
One of the highlights of the evening though, was a performance by two of music’s mononymous stars, with Bono and Pharrell making an appearance.
“This is our fourth year doing this, and no (RED) benefit special would be complete without a special duet,” Kimmel explained to the audience.
“In the past we’ve heard music from Chris Martin, from Halsey, from Brandon Flowers, and tonight, prepare to experience the music of the Bee Gees like you’ve never heard it before, performed by two men with no last names.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG80IoFECd8
Accompanied by a lone piano player (and a couple of martini glasses), the pair turn the disco anthem into a soulful, slow ballad that actually sounds a whole lot better than anyone could have expected.
Elsewhere in the evening, Jimmy Kimmel led a bunch of the evening’s guest in a rendition of their traditional holiday song, ‘We’re Going To Hell’.
With contributions from Bono, Brad Paisley, Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, and Chris Rock, the celebrities pledge to donate some of their wealth to charitable causes in order to avoid going to hell.
In related Bono news though, the U2 frontman sent fans into a panic after telling a German audience the band were “going away now”.
Twitter fan account U2gigs was quick to assuage fears, explaining that this is a constant worry amongst the group’s followers.
“Every tour I’ve covered, right back to Vertigo, every final gig is the same: mass panic that this is the last gig,” the account explained. “Ten bucks says I’ll be covering another gig with you folks sometime down the track.”
“I will concede that this is the first time the mass panic has at least seemed plausible. But there’ll be *something* for Boy at 40 or AB [Achtung Baby] at 30, or a new record. U2 won’t sit still and they won’t break up, and they’ve got enough years ahead of them yet to fit in more gigs!”
Bono: "we've been on the road for quite some time, just going on 40 years, and this last 4 years have been really something very special for us. We're going away now…" #U2eiTour
— U2gigs (@u2gigs) November 13, 2018
I will concede that this is the first time the mass panic has at least seemed plausible. But there'll be *something* for Boy at 40 or AB at 30, or a new record. U2 won't sit still and they won't break up, and they've got enough years ahead of them yet to fit in more gigs!
— U2gigs (@u2gigs) November 13, 2018
While U2gigs does note that the band will likely celebrate a few major anniversaries over the next few years, guitarist The Edge noted back in May that the band are keen to take a little bit of time off once they wrap up the tour.
“I think there’s been three tours that have been on each other’s heels pretty quickly,” he explained to Rolling Stone. “I would say that we’ll probably take a little bit of a break at the end of this tour and regroup.”
“There’s lots of ideas for the next records, but I think a bit of time off just to listen to music and to really feed our creative instincts is in order.”
Check out U2’s ‘Mysterious Ways’:
