Bono on Bono: Conversations with Michka Assayas

Author: Michka Assayas
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444718746
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
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 and 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 mother's death, about his Christian faith and 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, and why these issues - which include the IRA ceasefire, Third World debt and, most recently, the growing AIDS crisis in Africa - are so important to each of us. Intimate, humorous, and fiercely opinionated, BONO ON BONO is Bono's story in his own words. It will fascinate and challenge fans of U2 and general readers alike.

Bono on Bono

Author: Michka Assayas
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340832776
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
For the first time ever, Bono, the greatest rock star in the world, tells hist story in his own words.

Bono

Author: Michka Assayas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594481734
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Bono reflects on his transformation from singer and international celebrity to influential spokesperson for the Third World.

Bono

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description

Bono

Author: Thom Winckelmann
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 9781604536980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Introduction to the life and work of rock star Bono, who has shaped the world, impacted humanity, and changed the course of history.

Bono

Author: Mick Wall
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
ISBN: 9781560257172
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
Presents a portrait of the lead singer of the Irish band U2, focusing on his music and politics, from his passionate songs about Irish history in his early career to his most recent work as an advocate for global justice.

U2 by U2

Author: U2 (Musical group)
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007196687
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
"I always thought the job was to be as great as you could be." - Bono This is the story of U2, in their own words and pictures.

Bono

Author: Mick Wall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369371744
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 510

Book Description
From his childhood in Dublin, to his superstardom, to his emergence as one of the world's great philanthropists: here is the story of Bono. Not only is Bono a crucial element in the most dazzlingly inventive band since the Beatles, he is also the most overtly politicized rock superstar since John Lennon, and the biggest espouser of interracial harmony and spiritual ''one love'' since Bob Marley. He is also one of the very few major rock artists to open up about his deepest spiritual beliefs, his religion, both in interview and in song, and not be despised for it, or thought less of. As a result, though it was for U2's music, pure and simple, that the name Bono first became famous, the vast international reach he now enjoys has to do with more than mere rock stardom. It's to do with the huge social responsibility he has decided comes with it. With a long history of campaigning behind him - from the movingly rousing ''Sunday Bloody Sunday'' to the moment he phoned Bill Clinton live on - stage as images of war - ravaged Sarajevo flashed across giant screens behind him - politics and rock 'n' roll have always been linked in Bono's mind.

Unforgettable Fire

Author: Eamon Dunphy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446389747
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
U2 has always been a band shrouded in mystery. Now, for the first time ever, comes a painstakingly detailed and honest account of the remarkable band from Ireland whose political, spiritual and personal music has touched the hearts and minds of its countless fans.

U2: A Diary

Author: Matt McGee
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0857127438
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 936

Book Description
This new and updated edition of U2 A Diary brings U2s story up to date with information about the band’s ground-breaking film, U2 3D, recording sessions for No Line on the Horizon and the story of how the album was leaked online twice before its official release, the U2 360 world tour and Bono’s back injury that forced an entire leg to be postponed and the band’s struggles to decide how to follow No Line on the Horizon and the 360 Tour with new material. Here is the complete history of U2 told exactly as it happened in day-by-day diary format. As well as following the mid-1970's birth of the band to the present day in journal form, U2: A Diary also includes new revelations and fresh insights into key moments of U2's development. Through interviews and extensive research, author Matt McGee sheds light on stories. Fully illustrated with pictures spanning the bands career, this is a fanatically detailed account of a legendary group's life!