U2 picked up a Best Original Song Golden Globe Award for their Nelson Mandela tribute, “Ordinary Love”, as featured in the new film, “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.”
"This really is personal for us," said Bono during the band's acceptance speech. "This man turned our life upside down, right-side up, a man who refused to hate, not because he didn't have rage or anger or these things, but that he thought love would do a better job. We wrote a love song because it kind of is what is extraordinary about the film — it is kind of a dysfunctional love story. That's why you should see this film. You know about the global statesman, you don't know about the man, that's why you should see this film. We're good at the dysfunctional love stories."
All four members were on hand for the honor, a day after surprising guests at Sean Penn's third annual Help Haiti benefit in Beverly Hills' Montage Hotel with their first live performance in three years (see more details here).
U2’s new album is expected to be released in April.
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