Bono
“All of us want our lives to count. Music for me was always about changing the world.”
Biography
Bono, born Paul David Hewson in 1960, is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. While the band has enjoyed huge international success, Bono is perhaps as well known for his philanthropic work in Africa.
Aside from his success with U2, Bono has devoted substantial time to organizing fund raising events such as Live Aid in his crusade against hunger and disease in Africa. More recently he founded the ONE Campaign – a US-based, nonpartisan nonprofit organization that aims to create the political will to end extreme poverty and fight global disease. Bono’s dedication to the fight against poverty has seen him nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times.
During his music career, Bono has won, with U2, 22 Grammy awards and a Golden Globe award for best original song, "The Hands That Built America" for the film Gangs of New York. In 2005, the U2 band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility.
Career Highlights
| 1976 | Formed U2 |
| 1985 | Live Aid concert |
| 1987 | Released hit album The Joshua Tree |
| 2003 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 2004 | Awarded Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honour from Chile |
| Founded the ONE Campaign | |
| 2005 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Named by TIME Magazine as a Person of the Year | |
| Awarded Portuguese Order of Liberty for humanitarian work | |
| U2 inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | |
| 2006 | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 2007 | Received knighthood |
