U2 lead singer Bono will release his memoir "Surrender", with 40 songs, 40 chapters and 40 paintings

Irish rock band U2 frontman Bono is about to publish his first memoir, The Guardian reported on May 10. The memoir will be published Nov. 1 by Penguin Random House.
While Bono's career as the band's lead singer has already received a lot of coverage, this will be the first time he's written about himself. The autobiography, Surrender, will recount the singer's early upbringing in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother at 14, the success of U2 and his charitable efforts to fight AIDS and poverty.
Surrender will consist of 40 chapters, each named after a U2 song. Bono also created 40 original paintings for the book.

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Bono said the book would detail what he had previously only sketched in songs. "The people, the places and the possibilities that have arisen in my life." He said the name was chosen because he grew up in Ireland in the 1970s, and for him the act of surrender was not a natural concept . Bono, whose lyrics are often inspired by his Christian beliefs, said "surrender" was "a word that came to my mind before I sorted out my thoughts on the book."
"I'm still grappling with this most humbling mandate. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist," he added, putting the The book is described as "a pilgrim's story, lacking in progress...but full of fun along the way".
Bono's book editor Reagan Arthur said he and his colleagues were "lucky" because the Irish rock star "not only had a compelling Gifted Writer".
"Surrender is honest, intimate, irreverent, profound - a dazzling memory of an extraordinary life," he said.
Venetia Butterfield, head of Surrender's UK edition, added that the title of the book was "an extraordinary book by an extraordinary man" and promised it would "reach readers around the world" feel happy".
Bono, whose real name was Paul David Hewson, met The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton at school when they met in 1976 They formed U2 in 1980 and released their first album, Boy, in 1980. Since then, they've released 13 more studio albums, and their 360 tour, which lasted from 2009 to 2011, was the second-highest-grossing band tour of all time. To date, U2 has sold more than 157 million albums and won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other music group.
Bono is also known for his activism. The RED campaign he co-founded has raised more than $700 million for the Global Fund to treat and prevent AIDS in Africa. In 2016, Bono co-founded the Rise Fund, which invests in companies driving positive social and environmental change.
Bono has received numerous awards for his music and activism, including the Chilean Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor, the French Legion of Honor, the British Honorary Jazz, the Fulbright Award for International Understanding, and Time Magazine's Medal of Honor. Person of the Year. He and his wife Ali Hewson currently live in Dublin.