Harper says meeting Bono isn’t his ‘shtick’

Prime Minister Stephen Harper snubbed U2 singer and activist Bono at the G8 summit, saying he is too busy to discuss the African AIDS crisis with him.

“My priority here this week is to meet with other leaders,” Harper told reporters in Heiligendamm, Germany, where the summit is being held.

“Meeting celebrities isn’t my shtick,” he added. “That was the shtick of the previous guy.”

That was then. Now? Screw the hockey book, Harper seems keen on putting a band together.

Bryan Adams jams with Stephen Harper

OTTAWA—Jamming with Bryan Adams, hosting Chad Kroeger at 24 Sussex and getting an authentic Gene Simmons bass guitar shaped like a battle axe.