A month before the release of his book Yield: 40 songs, one story, Bono surprised all the fans by U2 with an announcement on their official networks. He said he will go on a world tour to present his memoirswhere it tells the origins of 40 songs that have marked the history of the famous Irish band.

It is common in the United States for writers to travel the country presenting their books with lectures and meetings in bookstores, but it is not at all common for a famous person to go out to promote his autobiography in such intimate and small encounters, that in The Case of Bono will go to the cinema.

Bono called his tour “Stories Of Surrender Tour” and It will start on November 2nd in New York.

the tweet

“Bono is about to leave for the #SurrenderMemoir book tour. You can join him for an evening of words, music and some cheating as he brings stories from his life, live and in person, to 14 cities across North America and Europe. “

For his part, the U2 singer added in a statement the following: “I miss being on stage and the closeness of the U2 audience. In these shows I have some stories to sing and some songs to tell. Also, I want to have some fun presenting my memories. “

In Bono’s own words: “When I started writing this book, I aspired to delve into some issues that before, in the songs, I had only outlined. The people, the places and all the possibilities that came my way “.

And goes on: “Give up (surrender, surrender) is a meaningful term to me. Having grown up in Ireland in the 1970s with my fists open, it wouldn’t be the first concept that comes to mind. It’s a word I thought about when I started thinking about the book. I continue to struggle with her, with this imperative which is probably the most capable of reminding you of your humble place. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my activist life. “

The book

Paul David “Bono” Hewson announced the release of the book with his memoirs in May and he did so on his birthday.

In those days made a video with a fragment of the chapter out of controlwhere he explains how he wrote U2’s first single on May 10, 1978, his 18th birthday.

Yield: 40 songs, one story It will be released simultaneously worldwide by Penguin Random House. There will be a paper edition, with hardcover and 576 pages, another version in electronic book and also as an audiobook narrated by Bono himself, who has already uploaded some sections to his U2 channel on YouTube.

There are 40 chapters where each is titled with the name of a U2 song. The edition will also bring the drawings made by Bono.

“I started writing it hoping to make a detailed outline of what I meant by just the songs. The people, places and possibilities of my life. Surrender is a word full of meaning. Growing up in Ireland in the 1970s with my fists raised didn’t come naturally to me, ”she said.

Stories include accounts of his childhood in Dublin, the sudden death of his mother when he was 14 and U2’s rise to become one of the biggest and most famous groups in the world, as well as his work as an activist, fighting against the ‘AIDS and extreme poverty.

The tour program

• November 2 – New York, NY – Beacon Theater
• November 4 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater presented by Citizens
• November 6 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall
• November 8 – Chicago, IL – The Chicago Theater
• November 9 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
• November 12 – San Francisco, CA – Orpheum Theater
• November 13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theater
• November 16 – London, UK – The London Palladium
• November 17 – Glasgow, UK – SEC Armadillo
• November 19 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo Manchester
• November 21 – Dublin, IE – 3Olympia Theater
• November 23 – Berlin, DE – Admiralspalast
• November 25 – Paris, FR – Le Grand Rex
• November 28 – Madrid, ES – Coliseu Theater

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