Mostly Harmless

The Irish rock band U2 is as famous for their music as for their humanitarian efforts. To me they are more pop than rock though, but amazingly good at it. They are the only band of their genre that I happen to like.

Lisbon - Portugal's president Jorge Sampaio on Sunday awarded Irish rock band U2
one of the nation's highest honours in recognition of their humanitarian efforts
on behalf of African poverty and human.
Sampaio personally pinned the Order of Liberty on each of the four members of the band - lead singer Bono, guitar player The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen - at a ceremony held at his official residence.
It is the first time Portugal has awarded the Order of Liberty to a foreign music group.
"It is of course for the four of us a great, great honour," said Bono, who appealed for Europe to do more to alleviate poverty in Africa in a short speech after the ceremony.
U2 have spearheaded a global push to tackle African poverty, most recently during last month's Live 8 concert in London, and have lobbied on behalf of several human rights causes.
Last year the band launched a song, Walk On, which is dedicated to Burmese
democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner who has
spent most of the past 15 years under house arrest.
"Over the last 25 years you have shown it is possible to combine the pleasure of artistic creation with civic and humanitarian intervention to help build a better world," Sampaio said before giving the band members the honour.