![]() ![]() He is the rarest of rock stars – an artist and an activist in the same measure. ![]() Bono continues to pour his energy into global causes, meeting with world leaders and working on behalf of his ONE Campaign, which fights extreme poverty. U2 remain hungry – for new approaches to songwriting, for finding their place in the age of streaming, for a new tour planned for the spring. What shines through as much as anything is his ambition, which burns as brightly as ever. In person, Bono is warm, engaging and thoughtful, even while discussing difficult subjects. We conducted the interview over two sessions at the kitchen table of my New York apartment, around the corner from Bono’s own place in the city. While he still finds it difficult to talk about his “extinction event,” as he calls it, Bono opened up about its profound effect on both his life and on the new album. The election of Donald Trump and a rising wave of fascism in Europe had rocked Bono, as had a near-death experience he suffered while making Songs of Experience. This interview picks up where that one left off, although this time the stakes are much higher. ![]() I first interviewed Bono in 2005, when we talked for 10 hours over a long weekend in Cancún, Mexico, starting an intimate dialogue about rock & roll, social justice, faith and the purpose of art. ![]()
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