Dizzee Rascal

Background information
Birth name	Dylan Kwabena Mills
Born	October 1, 1985
Origin	Bow, London, England, UK
Genre(s)	Electronic Dance House Hip-hop Grime
Years active	2000—present
Label(s)	Definitive Jux Matador Records XL Recordings
Associated acts	Alex Turner Florence and the Machine UGK Calvin Harris Dance wiv Me Guthrie Govan Basement Jaxx Roll Deep Armand Van Helden James Corden
Website	Website

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U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To Elvis

November 23, 2010

U2 frontman Bono has compared David Bowie to Elvis Presley and said the singer played a pivotal role in making them a success.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bono said the Irish band owed a lot to the musician.

"It's the high singing, beyond your 'man' voice into the feminine. And there's the staging, the attempt to be innovative,” he said.

"Bowie wasn't afraid to use scale, to dramatise things. His setlist was not just a jukebox he could run through. It was drama."

Bono added: "It's not exaggerating to say what Elvis meant to America, David Bowie meant to the UK and Ireland. It was that radical a shift in consciousness.

"The first time I saw him was singing 'Starman' on television it was like a creature falling from the sky. Americans put a man on the moon. We had our own British guy from space - with an Irish mother."

Meanwhile, U2 are currently recording a new album with Danger Mouse.

(by Jason Gregory)

U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To Elvis

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