Sax and the city: Bono set to jazz it up with the throng

U2 FRONTMAN Bono was rumoured last night to be planning to join tens of thousands of music fans in Cork this weekend for the city’s jazz festival.

Sax and the city: Bono set to jazz it up with the throng

The festival, which features more than 1,000 musicians from 36 countries, is expected to pump in excess of €20 million into the local economy.

Bono is understood to be planning to attend a headline gig on Sunday night by one of his musical heroes, the legendary jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott, with whom he has collaborated. It is widely expected that this will be Scott’s last performance in Ireland.

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