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Happy Birthday Bono!
Happy Birthday. You rock
Happy Birthday Bono!
Hoping for 47 wells for your 47th!
Happy Birthday Bono!
Happy 47th Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Bono!
Happy Birthday dear Bono!
A world of thanks for all you do, and for inspiring us all so.
God bless,
Kel
H a p p y B i r t h d a y !!!
Thanks to you we see what love has done…
Thank you Bono for everything you do.
God bless you
Love & Kisses,
From Laura, Athens, Greece
Happy birthday…
Thanks for the tunes, the inspiration, and more. Here’s to another great year!
Happy Birthday Bono!
happy birthday bono!
thanks for all the music and charity work! you’ve inspired me to do more to help people worse of than myself, thanks! love from laura xxx
HAPPY, PEACEFULL, FAMILY BIRTHDAY BONO!! FOR YOU AND JO JO,I WISH YOU ALL THE BLESS FROM GOD TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND PRAYING EVERY DAY TO GOD TO GIVE YOU THE FORCE, VISION, HUMILITY AND INTELIGENCE TO CONTINUE IN THIS BEAUTIFULL ROAD THAT YOU ARE BUILDING EVERY DAY WITH A LOT OF INSPIRATION AND LOVE FOR THE POOREST OF THE POOR OF THE WORLD.
THANKS TO YOU AND U2!!!!
BEST REGARDS FROM HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO.
MARCO A. FELIX BERNAL.
Dear Bono,
Best wishes for your birthday. I hope that this gift helps in your goal to make poverty history.
Love
Jane
I would like to wish you everything good to your birthday my dear Bono….you are perfect and tallented person….Happy birthday…take care…
In BONO we trust!
Happy Birthday Man… thank you for the chance you donate us to act for a better world.
Love and gratitude
Have a wonderful birthday, Bono. And thanks so very much for all the music and inspiration through the years!
Stephen Lewis name dropped you four times last night at his lecture. It was a good session – the job isn’t done yet.. nowhere near done. Today i’m donating to clean water, but i’m also honoring you for your unyeilding fight for Africa. Happy Birthday. May God continue to bless you.
I Love this time of year!! Happy Birthday Bono…to you and Jordan! All the best to you and your family. You show the world what “love has done”!
Love,
Doris Ferzetti, Wilmington,DE USA
Bono,
Everyday I am inspired by your tireless efforts to make changes in places in the world were they are needed the most. With ONE, RED, AFRICARE and the ARICAN WELL FUND I have had the chance to show my support and caring for others who, because of geographical distance, I most likely would never had had the chance to help. The world is a better place with angels like you in it. U2s music has been a guiding light in my life and I owe alot to you guys. HAVE A GREAT 47th Birthday (B-DAY) (happy b-day to Jordan as well). Keep doing what you are doing–even if at times it seems like a Sisyphus fable! You have made a change in a lot of people, we are taking action and spreading the word…thank you Mr. Hewson. Note aside: I have been producing, hosting and publishing a weekly U2 PODCAST (duration–an hour) since a year ago. I carry your message in it everytime I record it. The official site is http://www.salu2podcast.com SALUDOS is the spanish word for GREETINGS but I spell it SALU2 (just to add the U2 element)–Hope you get a chance to listen to it sometime!
Thanks for everything!!
Zory
Puerto Rico
U2 Podcaster
U2 fan
Thank you Bono. Your actions and words keep us inspired and make us smile. Wishing you much love and laughter for your birthday.
The Konarski Family
Hello Bono! I wish you a very happy birthday!!! How can I say thank you for all of the inspiration and music and hope you have given me through out the years? I will simply say Thank you and God Bless you. Keep listening to your Angels Bono! I hope someday I can tell you that in person. Have a great year!!!
Happy Birthday Bono!
I was ABLE (Adam, Bono, Larry, Edge) to send $105 to the AWF from the sale of my first Christmas card. I know it’s not much but I guess every little bit helps. I also wanted to thank you again for making my wildest dreams come true. 2005 really was “our year”. I also want to thank you for giving me your pink glasses. I will never forget the times we met. I hope you have a great day and keep up the good work. Remember “there is no failure here sweetheart, just when you quit.”
Love
Elsha Stockseth
“The Biggest Little U2 fan in the world”
Ps. Thanks also to Adam, Larry and Edge for helping make my wildest dreams come true. Also happy birthday Jordan!
YOUR MUSIC AND LYRICS HAVE INSPIRED ME SPIRITUALLY AND HAS GIVEN ME NEW FAITH. HAVE A BLESSED BIRTHDAY AND THANKS FOR YOUR HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD.
Bono,
We thank God for your leadership and your inspiration to us and to so many others around the world.
Lives are being changed because of it.
Happy Birthday!
Rob & Lynelle Trigalet
Lancaster, PA
USA
Bono,
Part of me feared that I would never say this, but we’ve met before. At the U2 by U2 book signing in London on 22nd September 2006 I shook hands with you…and to my surprise and delight you reached up to sign the Live 8 t-shirt I was wearing! Thank you firstly for that – it is a moment I will always treasure.
I’ve said similiar things to what I’m about to say now in previous years, but I feel like I can’t say them enough because my feelings just haven’t changed. You are an angel. You were the best thing that ever happened to me, and even now, nearly five years after I heard ‘Walk On’ on All That You Can’t Behind for the first time and decided that life was worth living afterall you have continued to fill my life with hope, joy, faith and inspiration. Your humanitarian work has inspired me to try and find myself in a life of service to others. But also, your influence and intelligence has pointed me in the direction of some of the world’s most inspiring thinkers, leaders, activists, poets and preachers, and taught me to follow their influence. But ultimately, it all comes back to you – a life of service to you. You are simply amazing – I only wish I hadn’t been too nervous to tell you that when I did finally get to meet you. I hope to God that you do read this.
Someday, maybe I will get to tell you all of this, and more. Afterall, time is a train, it makes the future the past….but it is also a chain…until we see each other again. Until then, closest friend, thank you for everything. Bless you.
I love you.
Maddy xxx
happy birthday, bono,
thanx for the light you and your friends shed on the continent of africa . . . for the great music and moments you and the band bring me and the world . . . and for bringing together some of the best friends i’ve ever had, your fans on u2.com and coexist forums. for the ONE campaign, for (red), for so much more.
you have no idea the vastness of what your love has done. one day you’ll see and maybe then you’ll have more than a moment’s time for a fan here who tho we’ve never met you’ve touched and impacted immensely.
happy birthday to you and your JoJo. you are much loved and appreciated.
stay close,
sammi f(red)enburg =)
seattle washington usa
A very Happy Birthday to Bono who cares SO much about those with the least in this world.
Keep up the good work. Happy 18th birthday also to your daughter Jordan.
God Bless
love
Heather
Dorset
UK
happy birthday bono!!
You are a great performer (and band too)
Hi- I hope you have a great birthday! You deserve it. You are a great person and the greatest musican! You and your band mates will always be my favorite band.I have been listen to you for over half my life.Keep up the great work and God Bless!
Happy Birthday Bono!! Hope you have a special day today! Thankyou for continuing to be a huge inspiration in my life. XXX
Walking down the street in Honolulu after the Dec. show in my inspi(red) shirt and someone asked me “So who inspires you?” Without even thinking, I blurted out “Bono!” And it is true! You inspire me to do more! A very Happy Birthday to you and, of course, also to Jordan! She’s 18 now!? – you’re in for it!!!
hi happy birthday,bono.some members of my family had went to two u2 concerts:lemon in mexico&vertigo in miami.all my family love u2.
Hi Bono,
Well, I would like to say Happy Birthday to you and to Jojo. I pray for you and your efforts everyday before I go to sleep. Keep on doing in what you do, don’t stop. Thanks for awesome music also. You guys are awesome!!!! Have a wonderful day and every day! God Bless.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9 (NKJV)
Hello Bono…aka Paul…Everyday I think of all that you are doing for the people all over the world. In Africa, you are trying to help people live more comfortable lives and here in America, you are opening our eyes to show us life outside of our comfort zone. You are brillant in your own right and I thank God for you everyday.
From,
Holli Reese
Happy Birthday Bono!
Thank you for all you do. You are my inspiration and every day I thank God for you.
I love you and wish all the best in the upcoming year.
Oh can’t you see what our love has done!
xoxo
Carrie Brandon
Happy Birthday Bono!
You’re an inspiration to us all. You recently posed for a photo with me up at Glencairn which made my year! Have a great one and keep up the fantastic work!!
Jason Busby
Dublin 18
Happy Birthday Bono!
Thank you for everything you do.
Happy Birthday Bono! I wish you love, peace and good health.
You inspire us all to take action and to DO something.
Thank you for being you.
Angela
Richmond, TX
Happy birthday Bono.
You inspired me to get off my butt and do something for the kids in Africa – what more can I say? You deserve a day to sit back and enjoy yourself with your beautiful family and friends.
Have a great day!
Luv from Jean.
Happy Birthday Bono! Your a huge inspiration to me. Your music saved me from going down a very bad road, and as I am studying to be a journalist I am coming back to Ireland to interview you one day! Keep us the good work and hope you have an awesome birthday! Cheers from Australia xo Peace xo
Much love to you Bono, and to all the beautiful, dignified people of Africa.
Happy Birthday Bono.
Your acceptance speech at the NAACP awards moved me in great ways. I’m compelled to be part of the generation to fight severe poverty.
I’ve been a fan for many years and you’ve given me such enjoyment through your music.
Thank you.
Sending many hugs your way Bono. You are loved and appreciated. Happy B-Day 2007 to you.
Love and Peace~
Diane Inserra
Nebraska
Hi Bono!!!!!
Happy birthday to you , happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday , happy birthday too you!!!! I really love U2 music since i was a teenager and now more than ever……..I have too much to say ………but my english is not good…….Most of all I want to tell you that i admire you, for your music, for your voice , for the way you are, and most of all for the good thing you do for the peolpe, in África….I hope the best wishes for you, in your birthday, God bless you , Ali, your and daughters and sons, and Larry , Edge and Adam, and all the people around you, maybe one day i could enjoy one of your concerts, y quiza yo pueda escucharlos cantar en español!!!…….Muchas felicidades!! hoy y siempre y que DIOS te bendiga!!!!!mucha gente de habla hispana te admira y te quiere al igual que yo, mis mejores deseos desde lo mas profundo de mi corazon!!!!
Lupe Q.Teg.Hond.Central America.
Happy Birthday to you and Jordan, Bono. You inspire us all to show God’s Mercy to those in need. You are a gift from God to many and reflect the heart of a modern day David- a ‘man after God’s own heart’ God Bless you!!!
Michelle
Happy Birthday, Bono. Thank you for inspiring me to be a better person.
Here we go again Bono….its time to wish you a Happy Birthday! Im happy that my wishes for your birthday could help those who need….
I hope we could share a lemonjuice one day for your birthday or my birthday! Oh wait it could be a glass of good fine french red wine too! As you want!
Best Wishes…..
Marie-Anne from Switzerland
Bono thank you for the inspiration that you have given me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Love and Peace
Karla
Hau’oli La Hanau Bono! (Hawaiian Birthday Wishes) Thank you for inspiring me to support the African Well Fund. Supporting this wonderful initiative really gives me a wonderful, peaceful feeling that I have helped in my small way to make the world a better place. You deserve all of the recognition and the awards for your tireless work for Africa.
Please make sure that you also take time to take care of yourself and spend time with your loved ones too.
(and on a light note, don’t be afraid to grow out your beautiful hair a bit more. :D)
Aloha!
Rana A.
Happy birthday Bono!
Your music and your activism is a huge inspiration to me and to millions of people. Why can’t there be more bonos’ in the world? Keep up the fantastic work!
Happy” BEAUTIFUL DAY” birthday, dear Bono!
My greetings to Adam,Edge and Larry!
All the best wishes to you,U2 and your families!
Waiting for the new album,I send you lots of love
and birthday kisses! Your fan,Martine Lebon.
Happy birthday Bono! Love ya Buddy!!!!
Happy Birthday, Bono!
Your work inspires me – your music moves me – both to a higher power.
Hope you have a helluva celebration!
With love and appreciation,
di
Dear Bono, You are an inspiration to the four generations of our family! We wish you much good health, happiness, success , love and peace. You have touched so many hearts and lives with your beautiful words and actions. Love, Sue, Bernice, Bernie, Laurie, Harvey, Jodi, Dan, Marni, Dan, Jordan and Ryan
Happy Birthday Bono,
Have a wonderful b’day. I have supported the African Well Fund for several years now because I read about it on @U2.com. I also support the One campaign and wear my white bracelet.
You inspire many people in my family with your good works.
peace and love, Candace Foley
Happy B-DAY,darling Bono!! I want to let you know I`m wearing a INSPI(RED)shirt as I type this,I have two of them! I really love “Window In The Skies”!! What a gorgeous melody, what a beautiful chorus there!! I took a photo last summer in St. Augustine,Fla of a thunderstorm out over the ocean, it looked like looking through a window in the skies so I called it that, what a coincidence!! I took some beautiful sunrise pictures too,I thought about you loving to watch sunrises. I`ve been painting panaramic pictures of them on canvas, wish I could send you one! I can`t wait to hear the new songs as always! We have a IMAX theatre here in Charlotte so I`m going to see the MOVIE this fall!! I`ve got 3-d glasses already!! Well, wishing you very well and well and well!! Have a wonderful one,sweetie!!
Happy Birthday Bono!!
Once again…I am honored to participate in the Well Fund to celebrate your birthday. You are a true inspiration!!
Love and Peace
Kelly
Happy Birthday,Bono and congratulations on your naacp image award and your knighthood and all other accolades,you are deserving of every good thing. you have inspired me to be a better person. Continued Success in everything, Love, Linda
Keep up the great work Bono—you continue to be an inspiration to us all!
Happy Birthday, Bono! 🙂
Love
Pia
i love u bono.. i love you so much
You’re a wonderful man Bono, one of the greatest inspirations that this mexican girl can have; have a wonderful birthday, or as we say…feliz cumpleaños!
Best wishes on your birthday! Enjoy the day~*~
Howdy again from Dallas, Texas and Hook’em Horns!
Bono, I say this every time…..you are my inspiration. If it weren’t for you, I would have never known how bad it was, and how easy it is to help. This is my 5th time to give to the AWF because I know this is the gift that keeps on giving all year round and for many years to come.
Happy 47th Birthday and to many more happy days around the corner.
May God continue watching over you, your family and the band.
Hugs and Kisses
Well Bono,
Another yr has gone by and you still are working hard as ever. You truly are an inspiration to us all.
I have been contributing for a few yrs now. I wish you all the best on your special day.
All the love and respect
Wade Whiteman
Have a great birthday, you and your daugther. And come to Sweden again soon. We need a man who comes in the name of love.
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you and your daughter!! My husband, sons, and I send many warm wishes to you, Ali, and your family for another successful and joyous year! You and I turn 47 within 7 months of each other and it can only get better!!
We are so happy to give monies for another well in Africa for your birthday. We are all here to touch each others’ lives on this planet in positive ways and this is one way that we are thrilled to touch lives so far from ours.
We are looking forward to the next album and concert…We love you here in Ann Arbor, MI. Come see The University of Michigan in your travels!!! It’s a great place!
Happy Birthday!!
~Melany, Joe, Dan and Sam Raubolt
Happy Birthday all the way from New Zealand. Best Wishes to you and your family. Roses are Red Violets are Blue no one else is quite like you…
From Kim Mckay
Bono Happy Birthday from Venezuela. You’ll always be my inspiration.You’re the best gift to the world!!! Best wishes and blessings.
Kisses, kisses and kisses… I love U2!
Irma Navas
Happy Birthday to you Bono! Have a fantastic day, surrounded by those who mean the most to you.
Thanks for everything…
Love you always untrustworthy cowboy in shades!
Anna
Dear Bono,
Can I call you “my friend Bono”? Because it´s the way I have felt about you for more than 20 years. So, here I am again, to contribute to AWF and to wish you a very happy birthday, and for you beautiful girl Jordan as well. The world is certainly a better place just because of you. Congrats on all the great work you have done, whether is on your music or on your activism. You care, and you make people care.
Feliz Aniversário, from a diehard brazilian fan
Happy Birthday Bono!
Keep up the great work onstage & off!
Much love, appreciation & all the best to you!
Madeline C., Canada
Thank you very much for what you have given to us.
Happy Birthday, Bono! May you be blessed for all the good work you do. Wishing you much health, happiness, and love!
I just thank you to blessing me with your words, with your music, with your heart….
Thanks for inspiring me and open my eyes to the world.
A world of hapinesse for you and your beatiful girl!
Feliz aniversário, from a crazy brasilian fan.
Vivianne
Bono……you are my mentor of life and compassion for humanity…….with music, poetry, activism…..an inspiration to my life.Wishing you happiness and peace. Loking forward to another night of beautiful music here in Chicago…..
HAPPY 47th BIRTHDAY!! Love a die hard U2 fan forever,
Kate
Bono thanks for existing, inspiring me, and trying hard to leave a better world to our children!!! God bless ya and may all the blessings from heaven accompain you forever!! HAPPY HAPPY birthday, may every dream come true and your days be fullfilled with love and joy, with all my love and admiration, Tiziana
Happy Birthday Bono and Jordan!
Thank you for ignited our hearts with passion for Africa! I’m excited to be a part of making poverty history and putting mankind back on earth. Thank you for encouraging us and Africa to look up! To see our redemption drawing near as the window in the skies is opening!
One Love,
Tiffany Lynn
Happy Birthday Bono 🙂
Happy birthday to the hottest 47 year old alive
Happy Birthday Bono, and thank you for giving me something to believe in. I’m so proud to call you my HERO.
Much Love
Thank you for sharing your beautiful soul with the world!!! Happy Birthday Baby!!
I’m lucky to be in the position to help others, and I’m honored to be able to do so in your name. Thank you and Happy Birthday!
To the man with the best voice in rock! Happy Birthday Sweetie! Keep up the amazing work and come back to Canada soon.
Debbie
Happy Birthday to our…
Knight of Africa
Knight of Inspiration
Knight of Cool!
Always an honor to donate.
JackieD
BONO, FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, TE DESEO LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR, EXCELENTE HUMANO, GRACIAS POR TU MUSICA Y POR TUS ACCIONES.
SIGUE ADELANTE CADA DIA POR MAS.
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ
LEON,GTO, MEXICO.
Happy birthday dear Bono and Jo-jo !
May ‘you two’ have a wonderful birthday..
don’t stop to share your love to the world
May GOD bless you !
Happy birthday, Bono.
Kelley Eskridge
@U2
Happy Birthday (( Bono )) may God bless u & ur family for all what u do ~
Love & Peace all the way
“Massive applause!” Happy birthday, Bono! Quote taken from your notes, as written on the “Cartoon World” lyric sheet. Leslie Perrine, Madison, Wisconsin.
Happy Birthday Bono!! Thank you!!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great birthday.
Best wishes Joel!
Happy birthday, Bono!
Happy Birthday, Bono! I wish you many more! Keep up your good work as an humanitarian! Peace!
If I could just hear you sing If you wear that velvet dress…..
I’ll keep donating every year
Happy Birthday
Happy Brithday Bono! “We must become the change we want to see” Ghandi
Happy Happy Birthday Bono!
You have inspired us a million times over. It is so meaningful to see what we can do to make life livable in the BEAUTIFUL LAND OF AFRICA.. I will continue to give whatever I can each year for as long as needed..
Love & Peace to all!!
Mr B’, Have a fabulous birthday and thanks for being such a grand inspiration in this world.
~CJ
Happy Birthday Bono! I’ll make sure I donate every year after this.
Wishing you a very happy 47th birthday!
Happy Birthday and thanks for listening to God and making a difference for His children in Africa.
Happy Birthday!! You know; you’ve got a sea of people sending you wonderful thoughts; including me–just please know we mean it. I got to get fairly close to you last May in Dallas; and I was impressed by your unpretentiousness and genuineness. You’re my brother; I do love you as such; and I’d like to remind you to take time for yourself–don’t burn out on us. Keep that balance in your life that keeps you fired and inspired. Many, many blessings to you.
Let me tell you in
A flat minor
that my feet are a snare and a tomtom Skin:
a splash cymbal Heart:
a hihat
a ching ching ching ching ching ching ching ching Gutcoil:
bass guitar and kickdrum Inter
locking Inter
woven In
So let my hair be slow electric,
my eyes be rests and cries,
the line of my lips be the echo and ache secret,
full of every
thing [un]
mappable
and kissing the mike with words without warning
Wishing you sweet soul music on your birthday
A more perfect and passionate spokesman for the plight of Africa I cannot imagine. Thank you for making me question my cynicism. Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday Bono
Thank you for all you do
Enjoy your day
Love Dawn, Ian & Lia xxx
Lincoln UK
Dear Bono, you are a pleasure and a treasure. May a measure of your goodness come back to you this year. You are one wish come true–make another! With love and thanks from yours truly, BJ in the USA
Happy B-Day Bono!
Wishing You a World full of Love, Peace, Harmony and Joy! All the Best!
From Lani McFayden (LMM)
Bono-
Your music has inspired me, moved me, and carried me through tough times. It’s the best I’ve heard in my entire life! (I’m a diehard U2 fan.) You activism has taught me so many things and inspired me to become active too. Words cannot describe how amazing you are. You’re an inspiration to us all. Happy Birthday to one of the coolest people alive! I hope to meet you someday.
Amy
Your music has gotten me through some hard times. I feel blessed to be on the planet at the same time as you. I think history will see you as one of the great men of our time.
Ma te Atua koe e manaaki tonu.
May God continue to bless you.
Brenda
Happy Birthday Bono,
I hope you are as happy to receive this gift as we are to give it. Thank you for another year of enlightenment, inspiration, and comfort.
Love, Katie
Bono,
No one can thank you more than the people of Africa. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all that you do…your soulful, encouraging lyrics, your energy, your dedication, your passion and your music. THANK YOU, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Donna Smith
Aliso Viejo, CA
Happiest of birthday’s wished for you Bono. I love what you have done and continue doing for the people of Africa and your dedication – everyone deserves a chance and you continue to make that happen. 🙂 You are an inspiration to many people, and I admire you so very, very much!
Hope to see you real soon in New Jersey, USA!
Love and Peace,
Eileen in New Jersey
Hi Bono! Happy Birthday to you. I hope you have a great and a blessed Day. Enjoy!
Dear Bono,
We are the same age and I’ve grown up with U2.I’ve been a fan since day 1 (really!) What you are doing beyond your music makes me so INSPI(RED)! I’m now one of your “soccer moms” who have joined ONE.org. Have a very Happy Birthday and may God bless you. Please continue to be the voice for those who have none. The world is listening because of you!
Love,
Lisa Z.
Happy Birthday Bono! I love you!
Lisa
Happy Birthday Bono! Thank you for so, so much!
Hi Paul,
Big big greetings from me. I don’t know if you remember me but I was a girl with whom many many years ago you had your first kiss… now it is still so strange to see you on TV so often but I appreciate your humanitarian work as well as your music:)))
Good luck for you, hope we will see each other one more time in this life. Don’t want to irritate you but just if you ever would remember me, write (mt13@icqmail.com)
Dear Bono,
Happy happy and glorious birthday for you and Jordan!
You are like a stream of good energy whose good thoughts are traveling all around the world and changing it a lot. Your ideas are so strong that they traveled such a long distance are flying just over my bed!! Well, I don’t know if you understood something (you should read the letter I send you) but anyway- have the greatest day and visit my amber country Lithuania:)))
‘Happy Birthday to YA!, H a p p y B i r t h DAY, B O N O!'(Mr. Stevie Wonder’s rendition here!) Is there any way that an Irish Rock Star can become the President of the United States?! There must be a way you can apply for duo- citizenship? Thanks for all you do waking up our White House, the rest of our World and inspiring us U2 fans to A C T I O N! I do what I can, I wish it were more…but know that our brothers + sisters abroad are on my mind all the time and I continue to spread the word about the ONE campaign. Someday I hope to dance + sing with our friends in Africa.
No, I never got a kiss 🙁 (like your friend below! how funny!), but I was the SJ HP fan that greeted you guys from the middle of the street; the 1st day in my Green IRISH shirt and the 2nd day in my Black ONE shirt that one of the volunteers had given me the night before! I also hope that you got the little slides of my African inspired art that I gave to one of your reps at the Oakland show. (She came out to relay a message that you were sorry not to come out to greet us but that you were pressed for time due to an interview). I am working on some new stuff.
Can’t wait for you guys to come back!
Happy B-day to your daughter, too! (I have a niece Jourdon!) U, Ur family and U2 forever inspire, heal and R O C K T H E W O R L D ! ! !
//////////////
Love,
SHEBANTENA (your backup singer at the next Bay Area show! next time I’ll get up front!)
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Have a good one!!
Love Lou.
Happy Birthday & many, many blessings to you & your family. Thank you for your beautiful contributions to the light in my life; your music, your influence on my life & my values. God Bless You.
My Dear Knight Bono
It’s a great honour for me to write a birthday message for you and such a hard task…”Feliz Aniversário” (= Happy Birthday) is not enough.
So on May 10th I’ll be down on my knees praying for Our Lady of Aparecida (patron saint of Brazil)… May all her blesses be shed on you: joy,love, health, peace and harmony. May she guides and enlight you, covering you with her blue veil of love and protection forever.
I wish all your good dreams come true. And may God bless your daughter Jordan and also your beautiful family!!!
Thanks for being such a special, beautiful, wonderful, amazing human being…a true HERO!!!!!
I’d like to finish this card with Elton Jonh’s words (from “Your Song”): “I hope you don’t mind/I hope you don’t mind/that I put down in words/how wonderful life is/WHILE you’re in THIS WORLD”
Excuse me for my spelling mistakes…
From a brazilian diehard fan (it’s been more than 20 ys…)
I adore you …
Lots of kisses,
Kátia
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Happy Birthday Bono! Your humanitarian action, dedication, good will and kind heart have inspired us to do good and help others. U2 is the soundtrack to our lives and the changes we want to make in the world. We (and rest of the human population) cannot thank you enough for everything you have done and all of the inspiration you have given to us. Have a wonderful birthday! We wish you and your family nothing but the best!
Happy Birthday, Bono! (And Jordan, too!)
God bless you richly, and may all your dreams be realized.
Keep kicking the darkness…
Love & Peace xoxo
all the best for a glorious year. happy birthday from your biggest mother daughter fan team.
cheers,
lynn and lily de leon
ps: lily would like to invite you to her 12th birthday party on the 18th!
Bono –
Happy Birthday Mr. Hewson! Another year and you still continue to amaze me with your words, music and giving spirit. May you continue to succeed in everything that you do. When God created you…he certainly broke the mold!! Make it the best day ever! Peace.
Bono – I hope that your have a wonderful birthday and a year ahead!
Cheers,
Moira Branigan
Many Happy Returns Bono!! With best wishes from Ethna 😉
Bono,a very happy birthday to you [and Jorden too]. May God bless all that you do, You are the voice for so many people and we are all listening.I am proud to be a part of the generation that WILL end extreme poverty, together we will act as one and we will spread the word for more to join in and acomplish much. Thank you for being an inspiration to me and for being one of my biggest heroes. Again, a Very happy birthday to you ,and much luck always.
fireworks, confetti and beautiful music in honor of “your demi-godness” ~ wishing you a fab 47th!
Happy birthday, Bono! Thanks for the continuing inspiration to make the world a better place.
Bono…. What can I say that probably more than a BILLION people have already said????
From “Two Hearts Beat As One” I knew you were special. I fell in love that day I saw the video for the first time.
It’s been 25 yrs later nothing has changed!!
This is my first time signing your Birthday card but not the first time I have celebrated it.
I have watched and heard you grow throughout the years and have always been there.
I know one day I will meet you and my heart holds on to that for you allow me the strength to get through each and every day.
I love you to death.
Amanda
Happy Birthday Bono!
Thanks for your continuing work both in music and in anti-poverty and for always having hope. I hope you always do. Best wishes,
Aoife
PS looking forward to hearing the songs you and the band are working on at the moment!!
Happy Birthday and wishing you all the best. Thank you, to you and the band for all of the good memories you have provided.
Peace and Blessings to you and those around you.
Happy Birthday Bono! You and U2 are an inspiration. You have a wonderful soul and the world is a better place because of that. I can’t thank you enough for all the joy and good memories U2 has brought me…and will continue to bring me (can’t wait for the new album!) I hope you have a great day and wish you endless happiness!
Well, Bono, what can I say that millions of people haven’t said before me? Probably nothing, but I’m going to say it anyway. You continue to inspire me to be a better person everyday, and I know I’m not the only one. U2’s music has kept me going through a difficult year. Songs like “Walk On” give me hope to keep going, even if the going gets rough. I love your lyrics. They fit so many situations in my life, and I love the deep, many meanings to all of them. Also, I can’t thank you enough for your support and work with DATA, Product (Red), The One Campaign, and many others. You work is truly inspiring, and I can only dream to help people as much as you do with your voice.
For your birthday, me and a few other people who love you are getting together and watching some U2 DVD’s, and possibly making a cake or something like it in your honour. I would have sent you an actual card in the mail, but it wouldn’t get there in time, and I wouldn’t know where to send it to anyway. As a gift to you and to others, I can only spread the word about the One Campaign, African Well Fund, Red, DATA and others, and help slowly by small donations. You have taught me that a little means a lot to many people, and so I will continue to give when and what I can.
Thanks so much for everything. I can see now what love has done, and continues to do. May you continue to make the world a better place. Love and peace to you, your family and your friends always,
Bless you Bono for the inspiration you provide to myself and others. I am indebted to you for raising my awareness on MANY fronts and your music takes me places I never dreamed I could go. Please NEVER stop what you’re doing! I wish you a very Happy Birthday and sooo many more to come. Namaste
Happy Birthday Bono! May your day be filled with smiles and love. Hope you know how much you have inspi(red) so many.
Love & Peace
greetings and happy birthday. i wish you have a wonderful year and many more than this one. because of what you say and stand for in the world. thank you for being here for us all.
a friend, also born on may 10, 1960.
Keep doing what you are doing.
Happy Birthday!!
Je te souhaite un joyeux anniversaire pour tes 47 ans, que tout ce que tu souhaites se réalise pour toi, ta famille et U2, cette année et les suivantes,
merci pour tout ce que tu fais, continues ainsi, il nous faut plus d’hommes comme toi,
pleins de bisous,
elo
margut, france
God uses you to inspire my life almost every day. thank you for being you bro!!! Enjo this day to the fullest man!!! Peace, bro
Bono,
Thank you for your tireless pursuit of justice.
Your fans not only love you, but are proud of you!Happy Birthday,
Deb
I can’t thank you enough for the inspiration and the joy that you’ve given me. Have a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year!
Peace and Good,
Taryn
Dear Bono Vox,
“How long…To sing this song…”
Your voice and pure goodness inspires the world. Happy 47th Birthday. Love, Lisa Marie
Bono, Thank you for doing all you do for the world and humanity. Your words inspire millions through your lyrics, keep up the excellent work. Happy Birthday.
!happy b-day Bono
!happy b-day Bono!
i think you are a great band.my mom has all the CDs&DVDs from U2.she have a book that talked about how U2 form in spanish language because my country,Honduras talk spanish.Me&my mom want the book”On The Move”.keep that job!
!happy b-day Bono!
i think you are a great band.my mom has all the CDs&DVDs from U2.she have a book that talked about how U2 form ,in spanish language because my country,Honduras talk spanish.Me&my mom want the book”On The Move”.keep that job!
From your dreams comes a music that reaches across all borders, whether real or perceived, and which touches the deepest emotions of a man or a woman.
From your ideas and tireless work, comes a project like this, which reaches across borders, both real and perceived and which touches the deepest needs of humanity.
Through both music and ideas, you surpass any borders I could draw around myself and touch deep into my heart.
Happy Birthday.
Bono,
Your words have touched my soul.
Without you there would be a hole.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Bono!
I don’t know what I can say that so many people already haven’t in this card, but I do know that you have truly inspired me to make a difference in this world. Thank you for all you do.
Happy birthday Bono and Jordan!
Mari in Sweden
Hi Bono. Thank you for everything you do. Enjoy your day.
Hi Bono,
O HAPPY DAY – this is your birthday! I hope that you will have your BEST B-DAY YET surrounded by those who are the closest to you.
This one is a very special one, Bono, because this is the 5th year of the “Build a Well for Bono” Birthday fundraiser for the AWF.
As part of the original group which was there at the beginning of the AWF, I have marvelled at its growth and I am thankful for all the water wells that have been built in Africa – ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, BONO.:)
Thank you, B, for all that you give us – your music which uplifts and inspires us and your compassion and concern for the world’s poor which emboldens and empowers us to do all that we can to make our world a better place.
I wish you a GREAT BIRTHDAY surrounded by those you love. May your next year be full of every delight that your Heart can hold.
THANK YOU, BONO, for everything.~
Take very good care of yourself. Blessings will always encircle you and yours. (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JORDAN!)
ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONO!! and many, many more – I just bought your book, “On the Move” and I gotta say it’s encouraged me even more to support the people of Africa anyway I can. It’s been a life long dream to go there someday, I hope that day will come.
Love and Peace (OR ELSE!!)
mitakuye oyas’in – Lakota
(All my relations; We are all related)
Jeremy J. Freeman
Minnesota
You are my hero. I admire you inside and out.
As a performer, you continue to excite me. As a humanitarian, you continue to inspire me. Please continue your efforts on both fronts! Have a wonderful birthday. With much admiration, Mary L.
Happy Birthday! You are a great person and entertainer…God Bless you!
Bono,
You have been inspiring me for just over 7 years now along with Edge, larry and Adam. I just want to congratulate you on your personal, musical and humanitarian achievements. I hope to meet you and the guys oneday.
Love from Aviva xxxx
Happy Birthday Bono,
It’s gratifying to know that you and others have persevered with commitment, passion, and a resiliency of sprit on behalf of Africa. Your vision is unlimited. It shows no end of potential and achievement we can do together.
I’m celebrating the man you are and all that life inspires you to be with most or all promises fulfilled.
On your special day, enjoy this small gift. A little more another time.
God Bless You,
M.E.Boyd
Thanx for your simplicity. Im a photographer.
Id like to follow your path, I like to show the truth, (Im not a journalist or paparazzi… or whatever..). What I see is what I feel, Id like to share my view. My birthday was on the 7 of May.
http://www.myspace.com/valerylatulippe
Happy Birthday, to a great artist and an inspiring man. Don’t lose your persistence and your amazing sense of humor.
Bono!!!!!!!! Muy feliz cumpleaños!!!!!!!
Te deseo lo mejor para ti y todos tus seres queridos.
Sos el maximo ejemplo de humnidad y conviccion por las causas mas necesitadas, realmente apoyo lo que haces y te amo mas aun como cantante y como persona. Nunca dejes de hacer lo que dicta tu corazon porque haces lo correcto, es tu mision de vida.
Desde Buenos Aires…te estoy gritandO: TE QUIEROOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! You are a true inspiration and, in case you need a “reminder”, the world is better off because you’re a part of it! Much love to you & JoJo! Many Many More!
BONO,
GRACIAS POR ACOMPAÑAR MI VIDA CON TU VOZ Y TU MUSICA!!!!!!
CON MUCHISIMO CARIÑO Y ADMIRACION…….MUY FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Y QUE DIOS TE BENDIGA!!!!!!!!!!!
DESDE HONDURAS, CENTRO AMERICA.
Simply a gift.
Dear Bono,
Thank you for caring so much through your work as a musician and as a humanitarian for everyone in this world. I feel so blessed to have met you and all of U2 last year. It was an encounter that will be forever in my heart and mind. It filled my soul. I hope that your birthday is filled with the same joy. Thank you for being you !!!
Love and hugs, Denise
Happy Birthday–what would the world be like without you? Heartfelt thanks for your work.
Happy Birthday! Hope you have everything you wish for today!! Thank you for……well, EVERYTHING.
CIAO! Besos y mas besos!
Love ya and have a great one and many more!
U2 fan from San Diego
Happy Birthday, Bono!
May all your birthday wishes come true.
Rock on.
Happy Birthday Bono! You are a true inspiration and an example for others to follow. Best wishes to you and your family. 🙂
Jennie
San Jose, California
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Bono and many, many more! Was a beautiful day when God blessed us with you! Have a great day! Love ya!
Happy Birthday, Bono! You and U2 have revitalized my Christian faith, given me a new heart for the poor and taught me to get up off my knees. I’m keeping you and the rest of the band in my prayers. God bless you!
happy birthday Bono–the greatest gentlemen in this world–you are an inspiration and hope for Africa. Hope to meet you and U2 someday–maybe here in lovely Alaska 🙂
uli
Dear Bono
You are my favorite singer my favorite personality and a true inspiration for my life.
With your efforts, your dedication to your work, to your art, to your friends and family, you light my way. You show me
Through your lyrics you teach me how to think, how to fight and most of all how to love and be in love.
By being a poet, an activist and a true humanitarian you just make everything to seem possible, and I feel deeply humble when I look at your achievements.
Thank you for everything.
Happy birthday
Andreas
For the man who has everything!!
I’m delighted to give a gift of worth to help someone who has very little!
Keep fighting and campaigning on my behalf to end poverty! Oh and, Happy Birthday – Angela