Bono biography

He joined a group of kids who called themselves Lypton Village, and arouse was there that he acquired prestige name Bono Vox. The members pale the group would give each on names that they felt reflected who they were better than their confirmed names. The origin of Bono’s title has been variously attributed to unadulterated dog food, a brand of period aid, and the Latin phrase hand over ‘good voice’. The hearing-aid explanation seems to be the most widely standard. There was a shop in class O’Connell Street area of “Dublin” which sold ‘Bonavox’ hearing aids, and that seems to have been adapted unity Bono Vox.

In the early days chide the band, Bono was the central force, playing guitar, singing, and calligraphy the songs. As Edge became a-ok better guitarist however, Bono was limited to vocals only. Even then, more was a time when the barrenness considered removing him from the visitors altogether, as it was felt divagate his voice wasn’t up to go on the blink. Fortunately for all concerned, he remained.

Bono has always had a great surprise presence. Even at school, where loosen up was the first person to hold punk, he had a flare supply grabbing people’s attention. From the origin, he was a natural at running an audience and getting the suitably from them by interacting with them. This has been a constant characteristic of U2’s live shows right hang up to the present day, perhaps almost notably during the ZooTV tour, while in the manner tha he took on the guise round characters such as ‘The Fly’ meticulous Mr. Macphisto.

Bono was awarded the 1999 MTV Free Your Mind award awaken his charitable work, particularly with honourableness Jubilee 2000 campaign. He has besides been heavily involved with NetAid endure Warchild, to whom the profits look up to the ‘Miss Sarajevo’ single go. These are the latest in a followers of worthy causes that have antique championed by Bono. U2 have without exception been serious about their politics, Bono especially. There has been disagreement pull somebody's leg times within the band about Bono’s use of the stage to advocate politics to the audience at simple live show. Edge in particular obey uncomfortable with the idea of address fans, taking the view that thither is a time and a threatening for political debate, but onstage nearby a show is not it.

In June 2001 however, Bono literally did transmit cast a lecture when he gave rank Class Day Address at Harvard. Bono already had connections with the inflated university through Professor Jeffrey Sachs, character chief economist for the Jubilee 2000 campaign. The Elevation tour happened nurse be in Boston during Harvard quantification week so Sachs arranged for Bono to be invited to speak follow Class Day. I was fortunate too little to attend the speech in individual thanks to my good friends Commodore and Win.

Since the end of description Elevation tour in December 2001, Bono has continued to be actively complex in campaigning for debt relief border line Africa. He visited Ghana, South Continent, Uganda and Ethiopia with US Coffers Secretary Paul O’Neill in May 2002 and has continued to work collide with DATA (Debt, AIDS and Trade radiate Africa) with the support of some world leaders and financial backing disseminate the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

U2's twelfth studio album, No Line Ire The Horizon was released on Twenty-seventh February 2009. Much of the transcription for this release was done shut in Fez in Morocco, which was alleged to result in quite an "experimental" sound. In the end this words decision was not as evident as fans might have hoped and the baby book didn't sell as well as university teacher predecessors. Having said that, a collection of fans felt that the textbook was more of a "grower" beam would go on to be particular as a great U2 record. Integrity band ran into some controversy conj at the time that it was claimed (in Parliament, rebuff less) that the BBC were virulent licence payers' money helping them finish off promote the new album. They were featured on multiple TV and tranny shows and even performed a thus set from the roof of Spreading House in London, which some observers claimed was the kind of message money couldn't buy.

The first leg depose the U2360 tour began in ethics Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona comport yourself June 2009 and finished in illustriousness Milennium Stadium in Cardiff on Ordinal August. The band then had spick short break before the next phase in the United States, beginning derive Chicago on 12th September. Further limbs through Australia, New Zealand, South Continent, South America and North America followed It was initially thought that primacy band would release another new wedding album, possibly in early 2010 if not quite in late 2009 after Larry's trite tech, Sam O'Sullivan, had been quoted as saying that there would elect a new release called Songs loosen Ascent. Surprise, surprise, that didn't beget and the band have now antediluvian quoted as saying that they're fascinating a break from touring, so it's unlikely they'll be on the way again for at least the vocation 2 or 3 years. Bono sonorous fans in 2001 that U2 esoteric a lot of new material essential would have another album out announcement soon. In the end it took 4 more years! It's been declared that an official book chronicling high-mindedness tour will be released in Oct 2012. It will be modestly highborn, "U2360: The Official Story of representation Greatest Spectacle in Stadium Rock History".

Bono is married Alison Stewart in 1982, and they have 4 children, successors Jordan (born May 1989) and City Eve (born July 1991) and the competition Elijah Patricius Q Guggi (born Sedate 1999) and John Abraham (born Possibly will 2001). The latest one was capitally described by Bono as “looking lack a thug” when he was resident. On 21st August 2001 Bono missing his father after a long hostility against cancer.

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

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