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Bono

Bono . By: Emma, Clodagh and Orla. The Life of Bono!. Bono aka Paul David Hewson was born on the 10th May 1960 in The Rotunda Hospital.

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Bono

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  1. Bono By: Emma, Clodagh and Orla

  2. The Life of Bono! • Bono aka Paul David Hewson was born on the 10th May 1960 in The Rotunda Hospital. • At fifteen Bono joined the school's Christian Union and in 1976 joined a band. Bono could only play three chords on the guitar and wasn't much of a singer at the time, but still went to the audition. Later, Bono started writing his own music, with much inspiration from Bruce Springsteen.

  3. Outside of school Bono joined an association called Lypton Village, where Bono met a group of friends. At Lypton Village, this is where Paul Hewson obtained his nickname of Bono or Bono Vox (Bono hated the vox, and later it was dropped). That was when Bono gave the name of The Edge to Dave Evans. Also the name of the band changed from Feedback to the Hype. Dick Evans soon left the band, leaving the remaining members as a four piece, and this led them to change their name for the last time to U2. After tireless gigs, they were sooned signed by Paul Mcguinness who is still there manager to date.

  4. Bono always being the outspoken, head strong and argumentitive, as well as being enthusiatic member of the band supports many causes such as: • Drop the debt, before that it was called Jubilee 2000, • Children of Chernobyl • Artists against Aids, they released the single 'Whats goin' On' with all different artists in the aid of raising money for Aids in Africa, although only half was used for this cause, because half went to help raising funds for the September 11th attacks on New York. • Greenpeace • Amnesty International • war child • net aid • Free Burma. The single 'walk on' highlighted the Burma cause. Bono wore a t-shirt in the video for the single that dipicting a picture of the democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has spent years in house arrest. Anyone caught with U2's All that you can't leave behind album, can be imprisoned for up to 20 years.

  5. Bonos efforts to help those who are most in need of help in the world, have been recognized by the following awards: • Bono was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for his successful efforts to relieve third world debt and promote AIDS awareness in Africa. • Bono received the rank of Chevalier dans lÕOrdre de la Legion dÕHonneur (Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor) from French President Jacques Chirac on February 28, 2003. • Bono also was honoured at the Love Rocks Concert, which was attended by stars such as Tom Cruise and Michael Stipe of REM, among others. • Besides love rocks Bono was recently honoured at the Musicares Person of the year 2003. Rebert De Niro and Ex- President Clinton attended this bash.

  6. Bono was also featured twice on the cover of Time Magazine, the most recent making Bono, Time European of the year. • 2005 saw the release of 'How to dismantle an atomic bomb' and toured on the fantastic 'Vertigo' tour. Scoring two number 1's in the UK and the album being number 1 in 32 countries, which sees a great year for Bono and the guys. Bono and Bob Geldof were important in Live 8 getting the concert organised and getting thousands of signatures to be delivered to Tony Blair.

  7. THE END!!!!!!!

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