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Bono stopped by a bookshop in Dublin to catch a glimpse of their display window featuring his new autobiograpy Surrender on Wednesday.The U2 frontman, 62, admired the display in The Gutter Bookshop before popping inside for a few minutes where he signed autographs and chatted with customers.The singer, whose real name is Paul Hewson, was dressed in his usual all-black attire, sporting a blazer, T-shirt and matching trousers. Visit: Bono stopped by a bookshop in Dublin to catch a glimpse of their display window featuring his new autobiograpy Surrender on WednesdayHe also wore his trademark sunglasses as he strolled through the city centre.Surrender is a memoir of Bono's life, charting his childhood in Dublin to becoming the lead singer of one of the biggest bands in history.

Bono has recalled losing his mother when he was just 14, and says she was ‘never spoken of’ after her death.The rocker, who fronts one of the most successful bands of all time, grew up in Dublin in the 1960s and 1970s, back when he was Paul Hewson rather than the one-word moniker he’s best-known for today.Bono formed U2 while he was still at school, along with his classmates the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, with the group enjoying massive success in the almost 50 years since.Known for his philanthropy and charity work almost as much as for his music, Bono has led a rollercoaster of a life – which is now all set to be laid out in public.The vocalist is due to release his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story in November, which details his life from his childhood in the Irish capital to his Band Aid activism, music career and everything in between.In anticipation of the memoir’s release, US outlet The New Yorker published an excerpt in which Bono reflects on the death of his mother, who tragically suffered a stroke on the day of his grandfather’s funeral.In devastating simplicity, Bono writes that he has ‘very few memories’ of his mother, and ‘the simple explanation is that, in our house, after she died she was never spoken of again.’He adds: ‘I fear it was worse than that.

It was Bono, but not as we know him as the veteran Irish rocker ventured out in the south-of-France with his family on Wednesday.  Famed for his powerful vocal performances, the U2 singer revealed a no less affecting hair colour while making his way towards a waiting car during a family holiday.  Bono - real name Paul Hewson - showed off a striking ginger look in complete contrast to his typically darker appearance, suggesting he'd been experimenting with a bottle of hair dye.

U2 frontman Bono has shared surprising news about his family life after discovering he has a secret half-brother. The rock singer already has an older brother called Norman but has now revealed he has another sibling on his father’s side, who was kept a secret from him growing up. Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, explained that he picked up on something being off with late dad Bob, who died in 2001, when he was growing up.

Bono hasn’t sugarcoated how he really feels about U2’s name and early music, admitting that he sometimes feels ‘embarrassed’ listening to their tracks.For decades, U2 has been a household name, releasing iconic songs from Beautiful Day to With Or Without You.However, lead vocalist Bono – whose real name is Paul Hewson – confessed that despite the years that have gone by, he hasn’t grown fond of the group’s title.While speaking in a podcast interview with Bono, U2 guitarist The Edge explained that the band was originally called The Hype, but ended up changing it to U2 following a suggestion by their friend and graphic artist Steve Averill.‘Of the suggestions, it wasn’t that it jumped out to us as the name we were really looking for, but it was the one that we hated the least. And what we loved about it was that it was not obvious from the name what this band would sound like or be about.

Bono has spoken of his dislike of U2‘s name, most of their songs and his own singing voice.During an appearance on the Awards Chatter podcast (via The Times), the frontman explained that he turns off the radio when the group’s tracks are played because he can’t listen to his vocals.He also claimed that he had only learnt how to sing “recently”.Bono – real name Paul Hewson – went on to admit that he’s “still” doesn’t like U2’s band name. “I really don’t.

With his distinct glasses and one of the most recognizable voices in rock history, Bono is known across the globe. But, do many know the woman who has been his wife since the early 1980s? While millions know the U2 frontman as Bono, Ali Hewson knows him as Paul Hewson, the man she fell in love with more than four decades ago. Ali and Bono celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in 2022, marking a relationship that has taken them around the world and back. The two lovebirds, proud parents to four beautiful children, are still going strong, so get to know more about the woman who puts the real “power” in this power couple.

U2 frontman Bono 's daughter Eve Hewson was seen romping on the beach in an episode of BBC drama The Luminaries.