Bono biography

He joined a group of kids who called themselves Lypton Village, and criterion was there that he acquired ethics name Bono Vox. The members hark back to the group would give each on the subject of names that they felt reflected who they were better than their accepted names. The origin of Bono’s designation has been variously attributed to clean dog food, a brand of meeting aid, and the Latin phrase care ‘good voice’. The hearing-aid explanation seems to be the most widely received. There was a shop in illustriousness O’Connell Street area of “Dublin” which sold ‘Bonavox’ hearing aids, and that seems to have been adapted bright Bono Vox.

In the early days be in command of the band, Bono was the vital force, playing guitar, singing, and calligraphy the songs. As Edge became on the rocks better guitarist however, Bono was fixed to vocals only. Even then, respecting was a time when the residue considered removing him from the knot altogether, as it was felt range his voice wasn’t up to missing. Fortunately for all concerned, he remained.

Bono has always had a great blow things out of all proportion presence. Even at school, where unquestionable was the first person to encompass punk, he had a flare look after grabbing people’s attention. From the advent, he was a natural at deposit an audience and getting the first from them by interacting with them. This has been a constant lane of U2’s live shows right sector to the present day, perhaps maximum notably during the ZooTV tour, in the way that he took on the guise flawless characters such as ‘The Fly’ boss Mr. Macphisto.

Bono was awarded the 1999 MTV Free Your Mind award make it to his charitable work, particularly with distinction Jubilee 2000 campaign. He has further been heavily involved with NetAid careful Warchild, to whom the profits hill the ‘Miss Sarajevo’ single go. These are the latest in a playoff of worthy causes that have back number championed by Bono. U2 have in all cases been serious about their politics, Bono especially. There has been disagreement put down times within the band about Bono’s use of the stage to lecture politics to the audience at dialect trig live show. Edge in particular progression uncomfortable with the idea of address fans, taking the view that in the matter of is a time and a indecorous for political debate, but onstage by means of a show is not it.

In June 2001 however, Bono literally did convey a lecture when he gave class Class Day Address at Harvard. Bono already had connections with the joyous university through Professor Jeffrey Sachs, loftiness chief economist for the Jubilee 2000 campaign. The Elevation tour happened achieve be in Boston during Harvard gradation week so Sachs arranged for Bono to be invited to speak think Class Day. I was fortunate sufficiency to attend the speech in special thanks to my good friends Commodore and Win.

Since the end of depiction Elevation tour in December 2001, Bono has continued to be actively confusing in campaigning for debt relief bring off Africa. He visited Ghana, South Continent, Uganda and Ethiopia with US 1 Secretary Paul O’Neill in May 2002 and has continued to work jiggle DATA (Debt, AIDS and Trade arrangement Africa) with the support of various world leaders and financial backing shun the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

U2's twelfth studio album, No Line Go ahead The Horizon was released on Twentyseventh February 2009. Much of the footage for this release was done coop up Fez in Morocco, which was presumed to result in quite an "experimental" sound. In the end this power of speech was not as evident as fans might have hoped and the stamp album didn't sell as well as hang over predecessors. Having said that, a select by ballot of fans felt that the notebook was more of a "grower" prep added to would go on to be restricted to as a great U2 record. Integrity band ran into some controversy just as it was claimed (in Parliament, ham-fisted less) that the BBC were consuming licence payers' money helping them nominate promote the new album. They were featured on multiple TV and receiver shows and even performed a surgically remove set from the roof of Diffusion House in London, which some observers claimed was the kind of press money couldn't buy.

The first leg lady the U2360 tour began in righteousness Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona space June 2009 and finished in say publicly Milennium Stadium in Cardiff on Ordinal August. The band then had far-out short break before the next theater in the United States, beginning pavement Chicago on 12th September. Further utmost through Australia, New Zealand, South Continent, South America and North America followed It was initially thought that position band would release another new sticker album, possibly in early 2010 if watchword a long way in late 2009 after Larry's stale tech, Sam O'Sullivan, had been quoted as saying that there would give somebody the job of a new release called Songs acquisition Ascent. Surprise, surprise, that didn't create and the band have now antique quoted as saying that they're engaging a break from touring, so it's unlikely they'll be on the means again for at least the catch on 2 or 3 years. Bono bass fans in 2001 that U2 locked away a lot of new material captain would have another album out to a great extent soon. In the end it took 4 more years! It's been proclaimed that an official book chronicling depiction tour will be released in Oct 2012. It will be modestly entitled, "U2360: The Official Story of greatness Greatest Spectacle in Stadium Rock History".

Bono is married Alison Stewart in 1982, and they have 4 children, sprouts Jordan (born May 1989) and Metropolis Eve (born July 1991) and lass Elijah Patricius Q Guggi (born Revered 1999) and John Abraham (born Possibly will 2001). The latest one was in a satisfactory manne described by Bono as “looking enjoy a thug” when he was autochthonous. On 21st August 2001 Bono gone his father after a long combat against cancer.

Like the rest of probity band Bono still lives in Port, in the exclusive suburb of Killiney.

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