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| Title: | Bruce Springsteen regrets not letting Bono use his song in commercial |
| Link: | Original article on geo.tv |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | commercial; bono; regrets; springsteen; gap; culture; voice; letting; summer; song; think; bruce; uses; Bruce Springsteen; Bono; Girls in Their Summer Clothes; Product Red; Harry Belafonte; U2; Lead vocalist |
| Datetime: | 6/14/2026, 8:07:00 PM |
| Summary: | Bruce Springsteen regrets not letting Bono use his song in CommercialBruce Springsteen has admitted that turning down Bono's request to use one of his songs in a Gap commercial for a good cause was a decision he has long regretted, and used the moment to deliver a public apology. The U2 frontman recalled asking Springsteen years ago if he could license the 2008 track Girls in Their Summer Clothes for a Gap commercial supporting RED, the campaign he co-founded with Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS. "I said, 'Bruce, this song Girls in Their Summer Clothes, this is like one of the great pop songs ever,'" Bono, 66, recalled. I said, 'Would you think about using it for a commercial like for RED through Gap?' "Art has the chance to shape the culture because culture shapes politics.... |
