Memoir drops Nov 1st
Live Nation and Penguin Random House have announced a 14-city book tour in support of Bono’s memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, which will be released worldwide on Tuesday, November 1st. The book tour, titled Stories of Surrender and produced by Live Nation, is a limited run of theater dates to mark the release of a memoir in which one of the world’s most iconic artists writes for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. Bono will bring the stories of his life to life — live and in person— to 14 cities across North America and Europe.
Kicking off at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Wednesday, November 2nd, Stories of Surrender will make stops in Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Glasgow, Manchester, Berlin, Paris — and Bono’s hometown of Dublin — before wrapping on Monday, November 28th in Madrid.
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, October 7th at 10 am local time and will be available via Ticketmaster. Each ticket purchased comes with a copy of Bono’s forthcoming book, Surrender. All tickets purchased online will be delivered as secure mobile tickets. There will be a two-ticket limit per person.
“I miss being on stage and the closeness of U2’s audience,” shares Bono. “In these shows I’ve got some stories to sing, and some songs to tell… Plus I want to have some fun presenting my ME-moir, Surrender, which is really more of a WE-moir if I think of all the people who helped me get from there to here.”
On November 1st, Bono will release his memoir titled Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. The subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, refers to the book’s 40 chapters, each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created 40 original drawings which will be featured throughout the book. In his unique voice, Bono takes readers from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his life—and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained, challenged, and shaped him.
Bono – Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story – Book Tour Dates:
Nov 2 – New York City @ Beacon Theatre
Nov 4 – Boston @ Orpheum Theatre presented by Citizens
Nov 6 – Toronto @ Meridian Hall
Nov 8 – Chicago @ The Chicago Theatre
Nov 9 – Nashville @ Ryman Auditorium
Nov 12 – San Francisco @ Orpheum Theatre
Nov 13 – Los Angeles @ The Orpheum Theatre
Nov 16 – London @ The London Palladium
Nov 17 – Glasgow @ SEC Armadillo
Nov 19 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo Manchester
Nov 21 – Dublin @ 3Olympia Theatre
Nov 23 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
Nov 25 – Paris @ Le Grand Rex
Nov 28 – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Coliseum
