SEPTEMBER 28: Bono plays for some fans outside U2´s hotel / twice-'Haven´t Found' / Roy Lichtenstien dies in New York / GET UP STAND UP - the story of pop and protest / The African Well Fund is honored to have won Philanthropy Foundation's first annual Global People's Choice Award!

"LoveTown" tour - september 28, 1989. U2 perform in Sydney, Australia at the Entertainment Centre. "Desire" includes part of "The Byrd"'s "So You want To Be (A Rock & Roll Star)", which will show up on most versions of "Desire" performed on the "LoveTown" tour. After this show, Bono plays for some fans outside of U2's hotel in downtown Sydney.

"The Joshua Tree" - september 28, 1987. U2 perform in New York, New York at Madison Square Garden. During the first performance of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Bono talks about visiting Harlem a few days earlier, "A few days ago we were in Harlem, and we heard these words coming out of a church hall. They said, 'I believe in the Kingdom come, then all the colours will bleed into one.' I said, 'Hey! Those are my words. I wrote those words! So we went inside and found 'The New Voices of Freedom', a gospel choir...And they were singing this song..." At the end of "Party Girl" the 25 members of "The New Voices of Freedom" join the band on stage. For the second time that evening, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", this time in a gospel version. Bono duets with lead soloists Dororthy Terrell and George Pendergrasss. Adam and The Edge watch from the side of the stage. The song will end up on the "Rattle & Hum" album, but not in the movie. Support is "The Pogues".

"Roy Lichtenstein" - september 28, 1997. Pop artist Roy Lichtenstien dies in New York. He contributed some visuals for the POPMart tour.

GET UP STAND UP - the story of pop and protest - September 28, 2005 - The Live 8 concerts to fight poverty in Africa are just the most recent demonstration of how musicians have lent their voice and considerable influence to an issue that transcends the realm of popular music. GET UP, STAND UP, a new two-hour documentary, chronicles the vital role that popular music has played in the ongoing struggles for peace and equality... El Salvador devolved into civil war between the ruling army and leftist guerrillas following the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980. The corrupt rule of Nicaragua's Somoza family ended after more than four decades with their defeat by the Sandinistas in a civil war in the mid-1970s. Sandinista leftist policies and links to Cuba and the Soviet Union led the United States to fund and support their armed opposition, the Contras, in the 1980s. The U.S. government's aid to the right-wing governments and disregard for their appalling human rights records led several artists to pen songs in protest: "Lives in the Balance" by Jackson Browne, "They Dance Alone" by Sting, "The Circle" by Kris Kristofferson, and "Bullet the Blue Sky" by U2 - pbs. Some photos: Interference

The African Well Fund is honored to have won Philanthropy Foundation's first annual Global People's Choice Award - September 28, 2006 - The award was announced at the 2006 International ePhilanthropy Awards September 21 in New York City. The African Well Fund was selected for the Global People's Choice Award by visitors to the ePhilanthropy Foundation's web site who were asked to vote for their favorite among the Awards finalists. AWF was selected as a finalist for its annual Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday fundraising drive. ... The African Well Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that was founded in 2002 by a group of U2 fans. Since that time, AWF has raised over $210,000, which has been used to fund more than 40 clean water projects in sub-Saharan Africa. All donations to the African Well Fund go directly to Africare, one of the leading private, non-profit, charitable organizations assisting Africa. The African Well Fund was founded to focus on one achievable goal: providing access to clean water to everyone in Africa. The African Well Fund believes that access to water is not merely a basic human need but a basic human right