Entertainment 30-06-2005 who: Bono what: Admits to delusions of grandeur in court where: DUBLIN when: Tuesday snippet: Suing U2`s former stylist for selling a pair of his trousers and a stetson hat, the frontman claimed that his hat had played a key role in putting his work "into the popular consciousness", says The Times. Lola Cashman claims he gave her the stetson on the last night of the Joshua Tree tour in 1987, but Bono denies this, saying "It would be like the Edge (a band member) giving one of his guitars away." In other legal music news, The Guardian says Elton John "is suing the Daily Mail for libel over the `ludicrous` claim that guests at his annual charity ball were instructed not to speak to him until they were spoken to" while The Independent reports that the Jersey government "is to stop large UK retailers from using the Channel Island`s tax haven as a way of shipping cut-price, VAT-free DVDs and CDs". [... more]

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