How old is bono of u2

Glaucoma is one of many conditions which causes photophobia or light sensitivity and tinted, lightweight, wrap around glasses like Bono wears are known to alleviate it. Bono's son Elijah Hewson is the lead singer in Dublin band Inhaler.

See more More Features. How did Bono come up with his stage name? He may end up doing more good out of office than he did in—and he did an awful lot when he was in. Kennedy and mother of Maria Shriver , the woman who in her forties, after having changed the world once advising to elect JFK to president, changed the world once more by starting the Special Olympics. A legend and a lesson in civic duty," he told Assayas. In he had a health scare, and was checked out for possible throat cancer, "but luckily," he told Rolling Stone , "I'm out of those woods.

He wears sunglasses all the time mainly because he's sensitive to light. I've a blockage there, so that my eyes go red a lot. So it's part vanity, it's part privacy and part sensitivity. And it's true," Eve told Britain's Telegraph in We're always like, 'What restaurant are you going to? Whose party is that? Can we hang out with your friends? Ali and Edge are definitely the friends I don't worry about. They're similar and they have similar roles in my life.

I'm just in awe of them. The bandmates also collaborated together on the music for the trouble-plagued Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark , which ran on Broadway, and a London stage adaptation of A Clockwork Orange.

He would confide in me and I in him. We were really great friends. In Cannes we'd go out and we wouldn't come home, we'd just sleep on the beach, having a laugh. He met his hero Bob Dylan for the first time when he went to interview him for the Irish music paper Hot Press in He said he would've pursued writing and journalism full time if that whole rock band thing hadn't worked out.

U2 has had a No. In , Bono underwent five hours of surgery to repair fractures to his orbital bone and left shoulder, upper arm and pinky finger after a bicycle crash in New York. Losing his mother at such a young age was something that he had in common with Larry , which led to a particularly close bond between the two, especially in the early days of the band.

He joined a group of kids who called themselves Lypton Village, and it was there that he acquired the name Bono Vox. The members of the group would give each other names that they felt reflected who they were better than their given names. The origin of Bono's name has been variously attributed to a dog food, a brand of hearing aid, and the Latin phrase for 'good voice'. The hearing-aid explanation seems to be the most widely accepted.

There was a shop in the O'Connell Street area of Dublin which sold 'Bonavox' hearing aids, and this seems to have been adapted to Bono Vox. In the early days of the band, Bono was the dominant force, playing guitar, singing, and writing the songs. As Edge became a better guitarist however, Bono was restricted to vocals only.

Even then, there was a time when the others considered removing him from the band altogether, as it was felt that his voice wasn't up to scratch. Fortunately for all concerned, he remained. His stage name came from childhood friend and Irish singer Gavin Friday who gave him the nickname Bono Vox, which is translated to good voice. The year-old helped form U2 has a teenager and the band has since become one of the world's most successful, with 14 studio albums, 22 Grammy Awards and over million records sold worldwide.

U2 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in In addition to his music career, Bono is also known for his political activism, campaigning for numerous charities and was awarded an honorary knighthood by The Queen.