Bono On Bono

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Bono is one of the most influential musicians at work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band U2 have sold a staggering 130 million albums & collected 14 Grammys. Their success has made Bono one of the most recognisable faces in the world. Here in a series of conversations with his friend the music journalist Michka Assayas Bono reflects on his transformation from extrovert singer of a small Irish post-punk band into an international rock star. Along the way he speaks candidly about his childhood about his mothers death about his Christian faith & about his difficult relationship with his father who died recently. Bono also speaks passionately about how he has used his fame as a platform to campaign fervently on a range of global issues & why these issues
- which include the IRA ceasefire Third World debt & most recently the growing AIDS crisis in Africa
- are so important to each of us. Intimate humorous & fiercely opinionated BONO ON BONO is Bonos story in his own words. It will fascinate & challenge fans of U2 & general readers alike.