It is nearly four years since U2?s headline gig at Glastonbury, where activists clashed with security after unfurling a banner asking ?U pay tax 2??
However, the band?s lead singer, Bono, 55, remains unrepentant, and has defended its convoluted financial arrangements as ?just some smart people we have ? trying to be sensible about the way we?re taxed?.
Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, was forced to respond on Friday to further questions about the band?s tax arrangements in an interview as U2?s latest world tour got under way.
A long-time campaigner for debt relief for developing nations and awareness of global poverty, he has courted controversy among activists by sharing a platform with divisive politicians including Tony Blair and George Bush.
Last year, Bono was excoriated by one of Ireland?s largest unions after he said the recession-battered country?s generous corporate tax regime had brought it ?the only prosperity we?ve ever known?.??
