Hi Guys,
That is it I have had enough of packing and....... "I still haven't found what I was looking for" .....hey hang on thats a line from a U2 song and what have we here from Shamrock Miniatures ......a characterised sculpt of the man himself ....Mr Paul David "Bono" Hewson.
Lets have a little bit of this often controversial mans story :
Paul was born on may 10th 1960 and had an often sad upbringing , at times admitting not getting on with his father who was in his words loking for dissapointment in his son ....always influenced by music in one way or another even going to St Patricks Cathedral Choir School ...this he hated and left after throwing something rather smelly at a teacher.
The most tragic thing in his life was when he was 14 when his mothr died at the funeral of her father with Pauls home life after this being traumatic to say the least
It was not long after his mother's death that Paul also got his new name.
Originally 'Steinhegvanhuysenolegbangbangbang,' it evolved to 'Bonavox of O'Connell Street' after a hearing aid store in the centre of Dublin!!! ..........
Before eventually being shortened to 'Bonavox,' 'Bono Vox' – cockeyed Latin for 'good voice' – and finally 'Bono.
As lead singer in the band U2 he has produced so many classic songs amongst my favourites include "Where the streets have no name" and of course "One" ...songs that I grew up on and still feature within originally my LP collection(remember those!!!!) and now my CD collection as well .
He has been particularly aware of poverty issues worldwide working with amany other performers on Live Aid being politically active particularly in the 1990's
In 2006, Bobby Shriver and Bono co-founded the Product (RED) campaign. This initiative seeks to persuade large companies with global brands to sell specific lines of products from which a portion of the profits will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria.
As well as illustrating Bono's staggering amount of energy and commitment, these initiatives have earned Bono numerous honours and awards.
He was presented with the Free Your Mind Award at the MTV Europe Awards in Dublin, in acknowledgement of his work on behalf of the Jubilee 2000 project; he received a knighthood in Britain, the Légion d'honneur in France, and at least two nominations on separate occasions for the Nobel Peace Prize. He has also had various degrees bestowed on him from some of the world's top universities, and has sat as the editor for the publications Vanity Fair (USA) and the Independent newspaper (UK).
Irrespective of your musical tastes he is a masive influence on whatever he does .
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That is it I have had enough of packing and....... "I still haven't found what I was looking for" .....hey hang on thats a line from a U2 song and what have we here from Shamrock Miniatures ......a characterised sculpt of the man himself ....Mr Paul David "Bono" Hewson.
Lets have a little bit of this often controversial mans story :
Paul was born on may 10th 1960 and had an often sad upbringing , at times admitting not getting on with his father who was in his words loking for dissapointment in his son ....always influenced by music in one way or another even going to St Patricks Cathedral Choir School ...this he hated and left after throwing something rather smelly at a teacher.
The most tragic thing in his life was when he was 14 when his mothr died at the funeral of her father with Pauls home life after this being traumatic to say the least
It was not long after his mother's death that Paul also got his new name.
Originally 'Steinhegvanhuysenolegbangbangbang,' it evolved to 'Bonavox of O'Connell Street' after a hearing aid store in the centre of Dublin!!! ..........
Before eventually being shortened to 'Bonavox,' 'Bono Vox' – cockeyed Latin for 'good voice' – and finally 'Bono.
As lead singer in the band U2 he has produced so many classic songs amongst my favourites include "Where the streets have no name" and of course "One" ...songs that I grew up on and still feature within originally my LP collection(remember those!!!!) and now my CD collection as well .
He has been particularly aware of poverty issues worldwide working with amany other performers on Live Aid being politically active particularly in the 1990's
In 2006, Bobby Shriver and Bono co-founded the Product (RED) campaign. This initiative seeks to persuade large companies with global brands to sell specific lines of products from which a portion of the profits will be donated to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria.
As well as illustrating Bono's staggering amount of energy and commitment, these initiatives have earned Bono numerous honours and awards.
He was presented with the Free Your Mind Award at the MTV Europe Awards in Dublin, in acknowledgement of his work on behalf of the Jubilee 2000 project; he received a knighthood in Britain, the Légion d'honneur in France, and at least two nominations on separate occasions for the Nobel Peace Prize. He has also had various degrees bestowed on him from some of the world's top universities, and has sat as the editor for the publications Vanity Fair (USA) and the Independent newspaper (UK).
Irrespective of your musical tastes he is a masive influence on whatever he does .
Continued in next post:
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but The sculpt of Bono's fun! and very well done! Ears are a bit funny? but adds to the piece, Bono's a bit of a price prat so to set him up like this is 'Artfull' cant think of a word to use but you get the drift!
