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About Bono
Name: Paul David Hewson
D.O.B: 10 May 1960
P.O.B: Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Parents: Iris Rankin and Bobby Hewson, both deceased
Siblings: Norman Hewson, born in 1952
Wife: He married Alison Stewart on 21 August 1982, they are still married
Children: Jordan Elizabeth Hewson, 10 May 1989
Memphis Eve Hewson, 7 June 1991
Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q Hewson, 18 August 1999
John Abraham Hewson, 20 May 2001
Job: Singer, songwriter, screenwriter, activist, sometime-guitarist, politician
Pets: Two German Shepherds, Fanny and Angel
Eyecolour: Blue (duuuh!!!)
Height: 173 cm or 5,8 (thanx to Kim!!!)
Childhood Home: 10 Cedarwood Road, Dublin
Favorite Song: UB40´s Red Red Wine
Car: Drives Mercedes
Places he call home: His real home in Dublin where he and his family lives.
Apart from that he has an apartment in New York with a view over Central Park, and a house in Southern France.
Fact: According to the other members of U2, he is a horrible driver. The Guru, Writer, viber and DJ BP Fallon also called his style of driving freeform.
Quotes from the BP Fallon book, "U2 Faraway So Close"  Bono was born on May 10 1960, to Iris Rankin and Bobby Hewson. He was raised in protestant faith, and after his mothers death (when he was only 14)he started showing a huge interest in the Bible. (Earlier in life, he had been
Given the nickname The Antichrist) As a teenager he was dubbed Bono Vox by some of his friends, Guggi (Derek Rowan) and Gavin Friday (Fintan Hanvey)(Bono Vox: Good Voice, or Beautiful Voice in Latin) He later joined a band with Larry Mullen Jnr (Laurence Joseph Mullen Jnr, born oct. 31 in Dublin),Dave Evans (who was later dubbed The Edge, born aug. 8 in East London),Dave´s brother Dik Evans and Adam Clayton (born mar.13 in Oxfordshire) The band was called Feedback, but later changed name to The Hype, which was changed - again to U2 on March 20th 1978. In 1979 CBS Ireland releases their first single, U2-3, and in 1980 they sign a contract with Island Records. They have since kept that contract.
U2 have released 13 albums,
and a second Best Of compilation
is due to be released in
november 2002. |
