CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Bono poses during the "Bono: Stories Of Surrender" photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
On Thursday, Brian Eno posted an open letter to Microsoft, calling on the company to cut its ties with Israel’s genocidal campaign against Palestinians. He also pledged to donate the fee that Microsoft paid him for composing the Windows ’95 start-up chime to victims of the genocide in Gaza. On Thursday night, U2 frontman and longtime Eno collaborator Bono spoke out against Israeli leadership at London’s Ivor Novello Awards, though he took more of a both-sides approach, also criticizing Hamas.
