This Hardcover Edition of Bono's Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story is autographed by Bono.
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Product Details
- Pages: 576 pages
- Publisher: Knopf
- Release Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN-13: 9780525521044
- Edition: Autographed Hardcover Edition
About The Author
The lead singer of U2, Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin. He met The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Adam Clayton at school, and in 1978, U2 was formed. The band released their first album, Boy, on Island Records in 1980 and to date have released a total of fourteen studio albums that have sold 157 million copies worldwide. Heralded by Rolling Stone as a live act simply without peer, the bands record-breaking 360 Tour (20092011) remains thehighest-grossing concert band tourof all time. U2 have won numerous awards, including twenty-two Grammys, more than any other duo or group, as well as an Academy Award nomination and the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award. In 2005, U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Alongside his role in U2, Bono is a ground-breaking activist. A leader in Jubilee 2000s Drop the Debt campaign, he next took on the fight againstHIV/AIDS and extreme poverty, co-foundingsister organizations ONE and (RED).ONE is a movement of millions of people dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. With ONE, Bono has lobbied heads of state and legislatures all around the world, helping to ensure the passage of programs, such as the U.S. PEPFAR AIDS program, that have helped to save tens of millions of lives over the past twenty years.(RED)whichpartners with companies to raise public awareness about, and corporate contributions for, the AIDS crisishas to dategenerated more than $700 million for the Global Fund to treat and prevent AIDS in Africa. Since 2020, ONE and (RED) have also been fighting COVID-19 and its impact on the developing world.In 2016, Bono co-founded the Rise Fund, a global impact fund investing in entrepreneurial companies driving positive social and environmental change in alignment with the UNs Sustainable Development Goals.Bono has received a number of awards for his music and activism, including the Freedom of the City of Dublin (with U2), Chiles Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor, the Lgion dhonneur from the French government, an honorary British knighthood, the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, and TIME magazines Person of the Year (along with Bill and Melinda Gates). He lives in Dublin with his wife Ali Hewson.
This Hardcover Edition of Bono's Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story is autographed by Bono.
Get your Bono autographed book today!
Product Details
- Pages: 576 pages
- Publisher: Knopf
- Release Date: November 01, 2022
- ISBN-13: 9780525521044
- Edition: Autographed Hardcover Edition
About The Author
The lead singer of U2, Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin. He met The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Adam Clayton at school, and in 1978, U2 was formed. The band released their first album, Boy, on Island Records in 1980 and to date have released a total of fourteen studio albums that have sold 157 million copies worldwide. Heralded by Rolling Stone as a live act simply without peer, the bands record-breaking 360 Tour (20092011) remains thehighest-grossing concert band tourof all time. U2 have won numerous awards, including twenty-two Grammys, more than any other duo or group, as well as an Academy Award nomination and the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award. In 2005, U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Alongside his role in U2, Bono is a ground-breaking activist. A leader in Jubilee 2000s Drop the Debt campaign, he next took on the fight againstHIV/AIDS and extreme poverty, co-foundingsister organizations ONE and (RED).ONE is a movement of millions of people dedicated to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease. With ONE, Bono has lobbied heads of state and legislatures all around the world, helping to ensure the passage of programs, such as the U.S. PEPFAR AIDS program, that have helped to save tens of millions of lives over the past twenty years.(RED)whichpartners with companies to raise public awareness about, and corporate contributions for, the AIDS crisishas to dategenerated more than $700 million for the Global Fund to treat and prevent AIDS in Africa. Since 2020, ONE and (RED) have also been fighting COVID-19 and its impact on the developing world.In 2016, Bono co-founded the Rise Fund, a global impact fund investing in entrepreneurial companies driving positive social and environmental change in alignment with the UNs Sustainable Development Goals.Bono has received a number of awards for his music and activism, including the Freedom of the City of Dublin (with U2), Chiles Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor, the Lgion dhonneur from the French government, an honorary British knighthood, the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, and TIME magazines Person of the Year (along with Bill and Melinda Gates). He lives in Dublin with his wife Ali Hewson.