Bono Biography

Fast Facts

• Is a progressive social activist and has worked with such disparate figures as former U
• S
• Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, former president George W
• Bush, former British prime minister Tony Blair and conservative icon Jesse Helms
• As of 2011, is the only person to have been nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Grammy and the Nobel Peace Prize
• Helped organize the worldwide series of 2005 Live 8 concerts to benefit African debt relief
• As a member of U2, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005
• Selected as one of Time magazine's 2005 Persons of the Year (along with Bill and Melinda Gates)
• Made an honorary knight of the British Empire in 2007
• Helped create humanitarian organizations the One Campaign and DATA, as well as the brands Product Red and EDUN, which were formed to help Africa
• Had emergency spinal surgery in 2010, causing part of the North American leg of U2's 360 Degrees tour to be postponed until 2011
• Along with The Edge, wrote the music and lyrics for the rock musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which opened on Broadway in 2011 after many delays