Bono Announces 14-Date Solo Concert Tour to Promote 'Surrender' Memoir: 'I Miss Being Onstage'

Bono.Photo: Live Nation Bonois going on tour! Earlier this week, the U2 frontman, 62, announced a series of solo shows in support of his forthcoming memoir,Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, which is due out Nov. 1. “I miss being onstage and the closeness of U2’s audience,” Bono said in a press release. “In these shows, I’ve got some stories to sing, and some songs to tell… Plus I want to have some fun presenting my ME-moir,Surrender, which is really more of a WE-moir if I think of all the people who helped me get from there to here....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Michael Davidson

Bono on Discovering He Has a Half-Brother from His Late Father's Affair: 'I Love and Adore' Him

Bono.Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty ImagesBono is opening up about a surprising family revelation that emerged just before the death of his father.The U2 frontman, 62, revealed in a new interview that he has a half-brother about whose existence he only learned in 2000.“I do have another brother, whom I love and adore, that I didn’t know I didn’t have,” the singer toldBBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discson Sunday.Bono explained that his late father Bob was “obviously going through a lot” after the star’s mother Iris died in 1974, and said it seemed as though his “head was elsewhere ‘cause his heart was elsewhere....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1337 words · Amanda Gordon

Bono Performs at Kyiv Subway Station-Turned-Bomb Shelter: 'A Show of Solidarity'

Bono performing in May.Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty “President@ZelenskyyUainvited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do,” the two said in a message posted to U2’s official Twitter account. Politicoreports that the performance — which took place in the Khreschatyk metro station — also featured a singer in Ukrainian military fatigues. While in Ukraine,Politicoreports that U2 also paid a visit to the besieged town of Bucha....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Traci Fernandez

Bono Reveals He 'Nearly Ceased to Be' Following 'Major Moment' Health Scare in 2016

Photo: Aurelien Meunier/GettyU2frontmanBonohas revealed more about the life-changing“brush with mortality”he experienced back in 2016.“I nearly ceased to be,” the Irish rocker toldThe Sunday Timesabout his “major moment.”He added: “It was pretty serious. I’m all right now, but I very nearly wasn’t.”Bono first described his near-death episode in the liner notes to U2’s latest album, 2017Songs of Experience. “I was on the receiving end of a shock to the system,” he wrote....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1322 words · Mr. Nicholas Hudson PhD

Bono Reveals His Secret Love of ABBA as He Performs Cover of 'S.O.S.' with The Edge — Watch

Bono and ABBA.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Bonodoesn’t feel guilty about his guilty pleasure. The rock legend appeared alongside The Edge on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room, where he and hisU2bandmate revealed their love for disco greatsABBA, even performing a cover of the mega-hit “S.O.S.” “We’re big fans of this band, this Scandinavian band, and appreciators of their work in a way that grew on us over years,” The Edge, 61, told host Gary Davies about the somber cover he and Bono were about to perform....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 760 words · Mr. Benjamin Golden

Bono the Havanese Wins Best in Show at 2019 Beverly Hills Dog Show

Photo: Steve Donahue/See Spot Run Photography Today, the star of Hollywood is a fluffy dog. Steve Donahue/See Spot Run Photography Walking alongside him during this win and his Best in Show round was his handler, Taffe McFadden. “So excited. No, you truly never expect anything, but this is a big show for us to win,” McFadden told PEOPLE of Bono’s big Beverly Hills win. “I’m going to have a glass of wine and head to bed,” the handler said of her own post-win plans....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Elizabeth Oconnor

Bono to Release Memoir 'Surrender' in November

Bono.Photo: John Hewson Bonohas told his story through song, and now, he’ll tell it in the pages of a book. The U2 frontman, 62, is set to release a memoir titledSurrender: 40 Songs, One Storyin November. Surrenderwill chronicle Bono’s Dublin childhood, including the loss of his mother at 14, U2’s rise to fame and his activism in the fight against HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty with “candor, self-reflection and humor,” according to a press release....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Jeffrey Hickman

Bono's Daughter Eve Hewson Once 'Stole' His Address Book to Prank Call Justin Timberlake: 'He Was Charmed'

(Left to right) Eve Hewson, Bono, Justin Timberlake.Photo: getty images (3) Eve Hewsonhad quite the childhood. “I like to take advantage of my circumstances sometimes,” she joked. “When I was younger, I stole my dad’s address book. We tried to prank call a few people, butJustin Timberlakepicked up and we asked him trivia questions from the back of the cereal box.” “It was one of the best moments of my life,” Hewson continued....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Patricia Compton

Boo the Pomeranian, Once Named the World's Cutest Dog, Dies

Photo: Boo/FacebookBoo, the 12-year-old Internet sensation with millions of fans, has died.On Friday, the Pomeranian’s owner announced the death onFacebook, writing, “With deepest sadness I wanted to share that Boo passed away in his sleep early this morning … Our family is heartbroken, but we find comfort knowing that he is no longer in any pain or discomfort.“Boo became one of the most beloved animals on Facebook, amassing over 16 million followers....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · Louis Woods

Boo! Celebrity Babies In Costume

01of 21 LIAM MCDERMOTT Michael Simon/Startraks 02of 21ESTELA MONTEVERDEMichael Williams/StartraksBaa!Ali Landryhasn’t lost her sheep! She holds her little lamb – daughterEstela Ines, 15 months, as they make their way to a Halloween party in California. 02of 21 ESTELA MONTEVERDE Michael Williams/Startraks Baa!Ali Landryhasn’t lost her sheep! She holds her little lamb – daughterEstela Ines, 15 months, as they make their way to a Halloween party in California. 03of 21AVA PRIESTLEYJason LaVeris/FilmMagicAt ease, soldiers!...

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1439 words · Mr. Philip Young

Boo! Netflix Releases New Lineup of Horror Movies in Time for Halloween

Photo: Warner Bros/Hawk Films/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Time to get your scream on! With October just days away, Netflix has announced their scary new releases coming in the next month. Here are the titles of the upcoming “Netflix and Chills” flicks and the available synopses from the streaming service. Hold the Dark — Sept. 28 Summoned to a remote Alaskan village to search for wolves that took a local boy, a naturalist soon finds himself caught in a harrowing mystery....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Erik Jackson

Boogie Board Inventor Tom Morey Dies at 86: 'His Simple Gift…Will Be His Joyous, Lasting, Legacy'

Tom Morey.Photo: Robert Lachman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Tom Morey.Damian Dovarganes/AP/Shutterstock In addition to hislove of surfing, Morey studied mathematics at the University of Southern California and played jazz music into his 80s, according toThe Washington Post. Even before inventing the Boogie Board in 1971, Morey was a surfing pioneer. He created the first professional surfing contest, the Invitational Nose Riding Championships, as well as a number of surfboard innovations, including the first polypropylene fin, per the California Surf Museum....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · William Baker

Boogie Boarder Killed in Shark Attack Off California Coast on Christmas Eve

A shark.Photo: Brad Leue / Barcroft Media via Getty Images A man has been killed in a shark attack off the shores of central California, according to reports. Friday’s fatal incident happened in the waters of Morro Bay Harbor. Morro Bay is a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County, California. According tothe San Luis Obispo Tribune, the Morro Bay Harbor Department posted a sign at the beach on Friday morning, notifying visitors the popular surfing spot — known to locals as The Pit — was closed due to a fatal shark attack....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 261 words · Victoria Jones