Happy Birthday Bono

Paul David Hewson was born on May 10, 1960 in Dublin to Seamus and Siobhan Hewson. He was the youngest of 10 kids and his parents ran a local pub. That sounds like an Irish stereotype to us.

As a young teen in Dublin, the artist formerly known as Paul Hewson was a member of the street gang called ‘Gobshites.’ His buddies started calling him Bono Vox after the neighborhood dildo store Bonavox (latin for ‘big penis’). He’s been known as Bono ever since.

U2

Young Paul formed U2 with Larry Mullen Jr., Dave Evans aka “The Edge”, Dave’s brother Dik and Adam Clayton. Dik Evans left the band to join ‘The Virgin Prunes’. U2 went on to become one of the biggest bands in the world, selling 700 billion albums and were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. ‘The Virgin Prunes’ were good too. Dik Evans spends his days sitting alone in the dark drinking and cursing the world.

Happy Birthday Bono — Bono Illustration By Paul King Art

Bono was once involved in a bike crash in Central Park, NYC. He was riding a bike with training wheels when one of the wheels fell off causing Bono to ride into a ditch. Bono bruised his ego and said that one of the carriage horses was looking at him and it made him nervous.

Backstage at Live Aid, Paul McCartney caught Bono peering at his willie when the two were at the urinal together. “It wasn’t like it was a quick glance, it was a long awkward stare” said McCartney. “I was like did you get a good look mate?”