Bono, U2 frontman, rock icon and humanitarian

(L-R) The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.,Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 perform at the Gocheok Sky Dome on Dec. 08, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.

Thiss photo taken and handout on May 19, 2022 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair following knee treatment, and activist and frontman of Irish rock band U2, Bono (Paul David Hewson) shaking hands at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, during the launch, together with young members of the association, of the Scholas Occurrentes International Movement.

Bono (Paul David Hewson), an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and the lead vocalist of the rock band U2, performs at subway station which is bomb shelter, in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 8, 2022.

Bono and Antytila, a Ukrainian musical band leader and now a serviceman in the Ukrainian Army Taras Topolia, perform at subway station which is bomb shelter, in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 8, 2022.

The musician and social activist Bono meets with António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), February 11, 2020 in New York City. Bono was at the UN for the 'Drive for Five' initiative which seeks to highlight the importance of education for girls.

Bono, left, kisses the hand of actress Penelope Cruz after she received the Donostia Award during an award ceremony at the 67th San Sebastian Film Festival, in San Sebastian, northern Spain Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

Bono, lead singer of the rock band U2 and co-founder of ONE, a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization, appears before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, on Capitol Hill, April 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on causes and consequences of violent extremism, and the role of foreign assistance.

(L-R) Bono, Pharrell Williams, and The Edge backstage at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Forum on April 3, 2016.

Bono performs on stage at the Bercy Accordhotels Arena in Paris on Dec. 6, 2015.

Bono and band members from the band U2 place flowers on the pavement near the scene of the Bataclan Theatre terrorist attack on Nov. 14, 2015 in Paris. At least 120 people were killed and over 200 injured, 80 of which seriously, following a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital.

Bono performs in Turin, Italy, on the occasion of U2's opening of their European tour on Sept. 4, 2015.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Bono arrive at the 86th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2014.

Bono and young ambassadors from the organization 'ONE' visit the Chancellery during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 8, 2013 in Berlin.

Sir Paul McCartney and Bono pose for photographers prior to fashion designer Stella McCartney's Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready to wear collection, in Paris, Monday, March, 4, 2013.

Cofounder of the organization "One", Irish musician, humanitarian, frontman of rock band U2, Bono, poses during a meeting focused on G20 and foreign aids on Oct. 19, 2011 at the One's headquarters in Paris. ONE is an organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support smart and effective policies and programs that are saving lives, helping to put kids in school and improving futures.

Philip William McKinley, right, Julie Taymor, Bono and The Edge appear onstage at the curtain call for the opening night performance of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

Mick Jagger, right, performs with U2's Bono at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York.

Former US Vice-President Al Gore (R) speaks as Bono, lead singer U2 listens at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York. The three-day event will bring together global leaders to develop and then implement workable solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, tries a piar of campaign sunglasses presented by Irish rock band U2's Bono during their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006. Rockstar and anti-poverty activist Bono urged Abe to take leadership in the global effort to reduce the problem and join his campaign for the cause.

Irish rocker Bono, frontman for U2, and talk show host Oprah Winfrey leave a Gap store on Chicago's "Magnificent Mile" after a shopping spree Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006. Oprah joined Bono to promote his new Red product line that will be put on sale in the coming weeks by retailers Gap, Apple, Motorola, Converse and Emporio Armani. Gap will donate 50 percent of sales to Bono's Project Red to fight AIDS in Africa.

Members of U2 and Green Day perform prior to the Atlanta Falcons-New Orleans Saints football game at the newly re-opened Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. From left: The Edge of U2, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day and Bono of U2.

Irish pop star Bono, right speaks with Ghanaian women involved in a micro-finance project during a meeting held at a local market in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Bono was visiting Ghana during the last leg of a ten-day tour that took him across Africa, in an effort to bring attention to the need for more help to Africans from rich countries.

Bono and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) talk at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington,DC on Feb. 2, 2006.

Bono and Apple Computers Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs, right, hold up Apple iPods at an unveiling of a new branded iPod in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2004. Bono is holding up a new iPod with a red dial and black casing.

Bono meets members of City Year Boston before appearing and speaking with them along with other aids awareness and health care advocates on July 27, 2004 in Boston.

Bono, lead singer and songwriter for the rock group U2 and a social-justice activist, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the 248th Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania, on May 17, 2004 in Philadelphia. Bono co-founded the organization Debt AIDS Trade Africa in 2002 together with activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign. DATA's main objective is to raise public awareness and action in the United States and other wealthy nations against AIDS and poverty in Africa.

Irish singer Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, smiles flanked by his wife Alison Stewart after attending the wedding of famous Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti and Nicoletta Mantovani in Modena's main theatre Dec. 13, 2003.

Bono, AIDS activist and lead vocalist with the rock group U2 poses for a portrait on the USA TODAY campus before meeting with members of USA TODAY's editorial board to discuss plans to encourage Congress and the president to follow through on the president's promise to fund the AIDS fight on the African continent on Sept, 15, 2003 in McLean, Va.

Bono and former South African President Nelson Mandela pose after meeting at Mandela's residence at Houghton in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 25, 2002.

Former U.S. President Clinton, center, shares a laugh with Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, right, and Bono, left, of the rock group U2, before a dinner hosted by Mr. Gorbachev, at the Russian Embassy in New York in honor of the Frank Foundation Child Assistance International of Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 10, 2002.

Bono and U2 perform at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Feb. 27, 2002 in Los Angeles.

Bono, lead singer of U2, displays an American flag lining in his jacket after singing 'Where The Streets Have No Name,' during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.

U2 lead singer Bono poses with Republican U.S. senators Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Orin Hatch of Utah and Jesse Helms of North Carolina before a lunch in the Capitol hosted by Sen. Helms on June 12, 2001.

Bono presents during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame awards dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on March 19, 2001

Lupita Nyong'o, Bono and the cast of Broadway's "Eclipsed" onstage as Bono visits "Eclipsed" to launch a dedication series in honor of abducted Chibok Girls of Northern Nigeriaon at The Golden Theatre on April 30, 2016 in New York, New York.

Bono, lead singer for the Irish rock band U2, entertains the crowd at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., during the band's Friday, Oct. 31, 1997, performance on the PopMart tour.

Irish rock star Bono poses with U.S. Army Sgt. John Kohne, left, of San Diego, Calif., during a visit to an U.S. anti-artillery radar installation overlooking the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. At far right is Spc. Brandon Debinion of Glendora, Calif., and Pfc. Jason Broz of Akron, Ohio is second from right. Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2 is a friend of the youthful Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey and said he was on a two-day private visit with his wife, Ali, to Sarajevo.

Bono, lead singer of U2, performs during a recording session at Sun Studios on Union on Nov. 2, 1987. Elvis Presley made his first recordings at Sun. The band recorded three songs for its "Rattle and Hum" album in the studio.

Bono performing with U2 at the Live Aid charity concert, Wembley Stadium, London, July 13, 1985.

George Michael of Wham, center-left, concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith, U2 lead singer Bono Vox, Paul McCartney and Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury perform during the Live Aid famine relief concert finale July 13, 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.