In photos: Bono from U2 turns 66 – All Photos

Updated: May 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM

By Wade Sheridan

Singer Bono, the frontman of U2 who’s greatest recognized for the hit songs “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “One,” (*66*) and “Sunday Bloody Sunday” turns 66 on Sunday. Here’s a glance again at his profession by the years.

Fighting laryngitis, U2’s Bono arrives on stage sporting a jacket to work a crowd of 30,000 at Vancouver’s BC Place in Canada on December 9, 1997. Photo by H.Ruckemann/UPI

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Bono speaks out towards debt aid on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 21, 2000. Photo by Xeriqua Garfinkel/UPI

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Bono, lead singer of U2, performs at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY, on May 31, 2001. Photo by Gary Wiepert/UPI

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Bono (R) and Renee Zellweger attend the opening of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on May 6, 2003. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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