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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.
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Mick Wall is one of Britain's best-known music journalists, broadcasters and authors. Formerly editor-in-chief of Classic Rock magazine, he has written for numerous newspapers and magazines such as Mojo, Select, Billboard, The Sun and the Daily Mail. He has presented his own shows on Sky TV, Radio 1 and Capital Radio, and documentaries for Channel 4 and BBC TV, including the award-winning There's Only One Rolling Stones. Previous biographies include Paranoid: Black Days with Sabbath (Mainstream, 1999), XS All Areas (Mainstream 2004), the autobiography of Status Quo, and Mr Big (Robson, 2004), the autobiography of Don Arden, music-biz gangster.
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- PublisherAndre Deutch
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 023300159X
- ISBN 13 9780233001593
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages330
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