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Happy Birthday Bono!
Happy Birthday Bono!
Happy Birthday, to the one and only…
Happy Birthday Bono!
…”As an Angel hits the ground”… You are an Angel.
Happy Birthday whit Love. THANK YOU
Happy Birthday! You have made a difference in the lives of so many. We celebrate your day along with you. May you have many more happy years ahead of you filled with all the joys and blessings you deserve. Cheers!
Happy birthday Bono!!
“May flowers always line your path
And sunshine light your day,
May songbirds serenade you
Every step along the way,
May a rainbow run beside you
In a sky that’s always blue,
And may happiness fill your heart
Each day your whole life through.”
Have a great birthday and thank you
for inspiring so many of us to step
out and make a difference in the world.
Love,
Dion
Dear Bono,
thank you for saving my life and for opening my eyes to a different world.
Happy birthday!
Tihana Spoljaric, Croatia
Mr. Hewson,
I wanted to say a big thank you for changing my life becomes more beautiful every day.
Having placed you in my life has been one of the best things that ever happened to me because you help me, especially through music and songs, through the hard times.
You have a special place in my heart. You are the father I wish I had.
However, I would also like to greet and congratulate your implications in all your humanitarian work. With your determination and passion, you’ve convinced me and raises awareness of the true value of things. Do not change!
I wish you a very happy birthday.
Hoping to see you soon on stage and perhaps meet you …
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Bono, Happy Birthday to you!
Bono, Happy Birthday!!! I love you so much, i really do. You mean so much to me & i love the way you follow your hearts callings. The difference you make with your music & commitment to Africa is amazing, thank you….i wish you a Beautiful Birthday and a wonderful year. God bless you…..you are also the most gorgeous man ever in the universe. xo
Hi Bono happy birthday from Chile! i wish you the best with all your family and friends. Thanks for sing beatiful songs for all of us, and make our lives more happy. Hope you can comeback to see what kind of issues we have as a country. And sing your songs live in our national stadium.
DonΒ΄t forget chilean people! we love you so much!!!!!
Greetings
A girl from a far far country in the ass of earth!
β7 years ago tonight i had just met one of the sweetest people in the world and then remembered watching him sing his heart out live on stage at my first U2 concert as a “true” fan 2 days before. I am happy to say i have never been the same sinceβ₯thanks for meeting with me again in 2011.you were so sweet to ask how my health was and to worry about me getting too cold. I miss you and hope you have the most wonderful birthday =)
Thank you for a wonderful time last year – GA in Philly, great show at Meadowlands. Hope you and Jordan have a wonderful birthday. Look forward to seeing you live again before I get too old.
best wishes to you on your birthday and always. keep doing what you do – inspiring us!!
My dearest Bono, happy birthday!!!!!
It’s awesome to be able to send you my wishes and to do something right and nice every year π
Thank you for being you, thank you for being part of such a great band made of great men, thank you (in advance) for the next album!! I hope we will listen to it by the end of 2012 π
Bye, Annalisa
Happy Birthday, Bono!
I hope you have a great day and continue to make the world a better place with both your charity work and your music.
Love you!
Happy birthday, Bono!
Thanks for your music and your tireless work in trying to make our world a better and fairer one.
PS Can we have a new album soon please? x
Wishing you a year filled with blessings as you continue to bless our earth with your love, caring & music.
Our planet needs many more souls like yours.
Much love & light
Les
Happy birthday, Bono! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you’ve done for those around the world who only know you through your music. But you’ve ventured beyond that to care about even those who have no access to such luxuries. Wishing you all the health and happiness, and God bless you. And a happy birthday to Jordan as well!
Happy birthday to my favourite “pusher” of good emotions! I’m looking forward to our next meeting, hoping it will be soon! God bless you
Antonella
Bono, in my darkest moments you restore my faith in humanity.
For all you do and all you are, may you be blessed with many, many more years of health and happiness.
Happy Birthday Bono!
With love,
Patricia – NYC
4/17/12
Dear Bono,
I hope you have an awesome 52nd birthday. I just turned 13 so I know how it feels to be older. It seems like for you, the older you get the better you get when it comes to your helping with charity and songwriting. Even though you will be 52, you sure don’t seem or act that old. I asked some kids in my school and showed them a picture of you now, they thought that you were in your 30s. When I told them that you are 51, there mouths dropped. Don’t think the older you get the worse you get because for you that saying is WRONG. Keep on making good music and saving millions of children. I will love to do business with you when I am a rock star. I am a guitarist and everyone that I know say that I am an extraordinary guitarist.
I hope you get this letter.
Sincerely Amanda Taylor.
Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do for our world. Wishing you a joyful birthday and many blessings for the coming year.
Peace,
Abbey
Hello again, my dearest Bono! I had the greatest time last July 2,Nashville,Tennessee!! It was so darn hot and you were so darn HOT!! Johnny and Elvis were in the house that night! I signed your birthday card that was given to you there! I can,t wait for the next album and the next tour and I hope to meet you someday! I,ve been close enough to you a couple of times and we,ve met eyes at the concerts. You have the best BIRTHDAY ever!!! LOVE YOU,SUGAR Mary Clinard
A wish for a most Blessed B-day Bono with your family and friends!.. and thank you for, not only all the great tunes, but especially for helping us to keep our eyes focused on the prize.. reaching out to help those in need in this world. God bless you.
Sean.
Have a happy happy birthday, Bono!
Dear Bono,
Have a wonderful birthday and wishing you all the very best,
Love,
Elliarna – Melbourne, Australia
Thank you for the music and the inspiration over the past 20+ years. Happy birthday Bono. Love, Colleen – Omaha
Thanks for inspiration!
It’s always a joy to donate to this project in your honor each year – Happy Birthday, Bono!
Thanks for changing the world. And changing the world in me. Happy Birthday Bono!
Thank you for all that you do. Happy Birthday Bono!
Hey. I miss my dance partner. You need to be up on stage. Make an album. Come back. And have a happy birthday!
Bono, you’ve been my inspiration for years. Thank you so much for all you have done — I hope you have a very happy birthday and a wonderful year!
bono … you continue to light my way … thank you.
xoxo
Another year and another chance to celebrate your giving spirit, the African Well Fund, and the beautiful people of Africa…may this year bring you much joy, Bono. Happy Birthday!
~Tillie
WISHING YOU WELL==AFRICAN WELL THAT IS==LETS GROW OLD TOGETHER==THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION SO THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE THE JOY==#ENJOYTHEPSALMOFDAVID
Dear Bono,
Your inspiring music has accompanied me through the highs and lows of my life for a long time. Writing and singing your very special songs you found such a beautiful way to share the unique language of your heart with the world. Over the years your voice enriched the musical landscape with a bright spectrum of colours shining in so many shades. Your wonderful voice is also a wake-up call teaching me so much about universal laws like love and humanity. With your consistent activism for Africa you achieved groundbreaking results such as the cancellation of debt and reduction of HIV. The possibility to donate here inspires many fans, including myself, to contribute a littlebit to a better future.
Happy birthday to you and your daughter Jordan! I wish you much, much luck and success for your future work. May all your great humanitarian activities turn an arid desert into a flourishing continent.
Much love,
Pamela, Austria
Happy Birthday Bono – I have donated to your birthday gift every year since the well fund was established, so that’s a decade of birthday greetings! I hope all that clean water flowing on your behalf will make getting older a little sweeter. Thanks for all the love you’ve given us and inspired us to give….katie
Happy Day to Bono–a poet named HOPE. Thanks for a decade of your best inspiring our best. K&H
Thank you for your heart, your music, and your service. Thank you for giving back and inspiring all of us to give back to God what He has graciously given to us.
God bless!
–Austin
You continue to be such an inspiration to so many people.
We love you and miss you. Please come back soon!!!
The Happiest of Birthdays to you. I hope you spend the day well with the ones you love.
All the best,
Silvia
Happy Birthday Bono!
HOWDY BONO!
HAPPY 52nd BIRTHDAY 2 U!!!
The number “10” is very special to me because not only am I ten years younger than you, but I saw U2 live for the very first time ten years ago, I’ve seen a total of ten live U2 shows, and this is now my tenth donation to the African Well Fund! YEEEEEE HAAAAAAW!
You, sir, are a huge inspiration and a big part of my life. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have given all this money to the African Well Fund for all these years! Not only do you touch us with your music, but you touch us with your heart. KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!!
By the way…can’t wait for the next album and tour! I dearly miss you guys and The CLAW! That last leg of the tour [Denver and Anaheim 1 and 2] was the shiznit! One of the best legs EVER!!!
May God continue to be with you, your family, and the band.
Love,
Allegra – Dallas, Texas
Happy Birthday Bono! Have a blast and thanks for all the great work that you keep doing.
All the best,
Julia
Happy Day, Happy Heart, Happy Birthday Bono
Love, Carrie
Happy Birthday Bono! Don’t ever stop doing what you do!
xox Sherri
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays!
xoxo Devlin
Happy Birthday Bono and many happy returns!! Thanks for all, and for showing us what ONE person can do. Blessings to you!
Happy Birthday, Bono! Hope it’s the best ONE ever!!! You have inspired thousands or probably even millions of people…God Bless you and thank you for your music and your faith in mankind! Wherever you go, we WILL FOLLOW! xo
Sending birthday wishes your way, Bono.
Thank you for being such an inspiration.
10 years of donations to the African Well Fund – brilliant!
Love & Peace
You’ve reached the age where it’s not the number of candles on the cake, but the number of wishes you get to make. Keep on inspiring, motiviating, and being that loveable pain the arse we all count on you to be. Happy 52nd Birthday to you!! God Bless! ~The Lawrence Family
Dear Bono:
You are my favorite singer and activist and I love what you do for the world. I wish you a beautiful Birthday with many many many more to come. You are truly one of Gods angles he as put on earth to do his work. I am sure Ali and your kids are very proud of you in every way. I love to listen to you sing. Your voice is very special and your music also soothes my soul and lifts me up on days I am down. I listen to U2 music every day. Before I became a fan of U2 I never knew any one out side of the United States and now you have given me a wonderful friend from Austria we met on U2.com in summer of 2010 and now we are going to meet in Ireland in this coming July. You also have inspired my 8 year old son and I to want to see the world. So are first stop is Ireland to meet my dear friend and see all the U2 sites and the Beautiful sits of Ireland. So I want to tell you thank you Bono for inspiring me in so many ways and giving me a very special friend. You help the world in so many ways not only through your activist work but also in peoples lives that you don’t even know you help them. You are truly an amazing special person that God has created. Keep on doing what your doing Bono, because you are making a different. Keep on inspiring and motivating people. Love and peace to you and your family and please pass on birthday wishes to Jordan too. I wish you a HAPPY 52nd BIRTHDAY! LISA DERESKI
Happy Birthday, Bono! So nice that your birthday has become a vehicle to implement change and save lives. A testament to your life here on this earth. Thank you and God Bless!
Diane F. – Clearwater, FL
Happy Birthday Mr. B! God Bless. All the Best! Cheers!
Happy birthday, Bono: a little help for a big challenge.
God bless you for all you gave us!
Mario.
Bono,
Have a Happy Birthday and enjoy your day!
Love Your Biggest Fan,
Linda
PS The people in America need your help!
Hi Bono have a FAB 52nd Birthday and happy birthday to Jordan also. love from Heather from beautiful Dorset, UK
Happy birthday Bono! You continue to inspire me and make me smile. You and your music have given so much to me, to my family and to my friends. I hope to pass that love you’ve shared along to others. I wish you a magnificent day and a beautiful year!
Happy 52nd Birthday Bono. Thank you for inspiring me the first time, and every day thereafter. Love to you always! <3
God gave a gift to the world when you were bornβ
a person who loves, who cares,
who sees a personβs need and fills it,
who encourages and lifts people up,
who spends energy on others
rather than himself,
someone who touches each life he enters,
and makes a difference in the world,
because ripples of kindness flow outward
as each person you have touched, touches others.
Your birthday deserves to be an international holiday,
because you are a special treasure
for all that youβve done.
May the love you have shown to others
return to you, multiplied.
I wish you the happiest of birthdays B-Man
and many, many more.
Love, Beate
Berlin-Zoostation
Happy Birthday, Bono and to your lovely daughter! I hope you have a day off to enjoy with your family and friends. Thank you for all the inspiration, from both your music and your actions away from the stage and studio.
A thousand happy thoughts on your birthday. Wishing you all the best. Thank you for all that you do.
Happy Birthday, Bono! Thank you for lighting candles instead of cursing the darkness. The older you get, the more candles you get to light! Enjoy your cake (with candles) and your day!
Tina in Durham
09/05/2012
Dearest Bono,
I can’t belive it’s your 52nd birthday tomorrow! I’m still thinking you’re so young. Hope you feel that way…
Seriously, I really want to wish you all the best not just for your birthday, but for every day of your life.You deserve it.
All that you do for other people is absolutely fantastic.
I can’t imagine world without your exist. It could be more grey and unfriendly than today. Your music is with me on every day of my life. It makes me feel better. It opens my mind on the world. It is describing my every mood. I just feel like I can have a conversation with you. This is amazing…
Your charity work really impress me. I wish I could do the same for other people. You give them all of you. It must be incredible feeling to help others.
I’m really proud of being your fan. Because you’re the kind of person we need more. Hope a lot of people will see your deeds and it will crush their hearts.
Hope to meet you. Maybe in Poland on your next tour. If not here, perhaps in another world.
May God be always with you.
Happy Birthday and many greetings from Poland.
Dominika – ToruΕ, Poland.
Happy Birthday, may your dreams come true… God Bless xx
Happy 52nd Birthday Bono!! Thank you for being a huge inspiration in my life! Have a great day with family and friends!
love
Karla
Happy birthday, Dear Bono! You are a talisman of true faith and hope for humanity. My deepest gratitude to you for your inspiration. May your light shine even brighter over your next 52 years!
Peace to you, your family, and all your friends around the world,
Carole @ u2bahai.com
Wishing you peace, love, and joy on your birthday. Leslie, Madison Wisconsin.
Bono,
Thank You! You continue to challenge me with your actions, elevate me with your talent, and inspire me with your heart. I will continue to do as much as I can to pay forward this gift you’ve given me in the hopes of creating a better world for now and future generations.
Happy Birthday and many more to come.
All the best always,
Tara O’Donnell
North Hollywood, California
Happy birthday Bono ! thanks for entering in my life and being such a great inspiration! wish you all the best, with great love, from Georgia π
Dearest Bono,
Happy birthday to you, and to Jordan. Thank you for making the world a much better place! You are an exquisite blessing. Thank you for all you have done for me, as well….you and your magnificent bandmates saved my life.
I love you so very much!
E. Bear Mateja
Denver, Colorado, USA
Happy Birthday Bono!
A small token of my love and gratitude for all you do.
You are an inspiration.
Love Always,
Cstar
Happy birthday Bonoβ₯!
Happy Birthday Bono!!
I Love You
Dearest Bono,
My 6-year-old daughter knows you through my regard, your recordings, and her two live concert experiences in utero. She’s already a passionate fan. In Kaylee’s words: “I want to marry Bono’s voice–seriously!” =) *Thank you* for sharing your voice at high volume with the world, especially those of us who listen with our hearts abloom.
Wishing a beautiful day to you with love, love, love,
BJ & K in the USofA
Happy Birthday dear
May your beautiful dreams be realised !
We miss you.
Nuno Tiago Damasceno
Happy birthday master, for whom his close to the gods.
Happy birthday Bono! With many thanks for reminding me Africa.
Happy birthday Bono. May the voice be with you.
Happy happy birthday wishes from Newfoundland, Canada!
Happy Birthday Bono!
We are so thankful for your leadership and for your music.
2 Corinthians 9:13-14
Blessings,
Rob & Lynelle Trigalet
Lancaster, PA
I saw you when I was 15 and quickly fell in love with the music and the man. Happy birthday to an inspiring, generous, talented human being! Playing U2 all day in your honor! All the best from Rhode Island. xo
Happy Birthday Bono
Happy Birthday Bono. Many blessings and good wishes.
Happy Birthday to a beautiful, generous man!
Happy 52nd. Here’s to many more.
Happy Birthday Bono π
Thanks for providing the soundtrack to my life….. I have plenty of time left for more:))
Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!!
Kate x
Dear Bono – Happy Birthday and many more! Thank you for all you do and for all the incredible concerts! Please keep making beautiful music! I met you at Music Cares dinner in your honor – incredible! Your words are with me every day. Love, Debbie
Happy 52nd birthday, Bono! We’ve been fans for many years, and your lyrics and activism never cease to inspire us. Here’s wishing you a birthday that’s filled with beauty and happiness. We love you!
With admiration,
Erika and Daniel
Happy Birthday, Bono!! Thanks for raising us up with you passion and your voice. Have a Beautiful Day!
with love, Carolyn xo
Happy Birthday Bono! You inspire me every day and I love you!
Happy Birthday,Bono!!have a great day with loved ones!
and remember,we want you to stay around so much longer,
with love..Rahul
Happy Birthday, Bono! Thank you for everything. I hope you have a wonderful day. Best wishes from Ontario, Canada.
Bono,
Your passion, love for humanity, and raw courage are contagious. You are a burst of pure energy and I am grateful for your voice and for your unique contribution to this planet. Thank you for sharing your truth with the world.
Blessings to you on your birthday today and every day.
Love & Peace
More birthday wishes coming out of Newfoundland, Canada to my idol Bono! Keep fighting the fight for people without a voice and I hope to hear some new tunes from you and the band very soon!
Happy birthday, Bono! Thanks for helping me not fall asleep in the comfort of my freedom.
Thanks for all you do and all you inspire us to do. Happy birthday!
We are because YOU are.
We try because YOU make.
We believe because YOU achieve.
We love because YOU share.
We wish because YOU make our dreams come true.
We are one because YOU are the only ONE!
Wish you the best and for today…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONO!
ββ.β₯. ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Happy Birthday Bono!
Your words and actions have been an inspiration to me for almost 20 years. I wish could donate to build a million wells this day in your honor and in gratitude.
Hope you are enjoying your day!
xoxox
Happy Birthday!
Mary Ann and Greg
It’s All Because of You and U2 that your fans have experienced a little Elevation in our collective social conscience! Together we are indeed all One in spirit, even though we are not the same. Praying you raise lots of money this money towards your well and Don’t Give Up on Africa, as we won’t either. Saw you in Raleigh in 2009, Baltimore 2011, Philly 2011 and then met you in NYC outside Letterman July 2011. Can’t tell you the number of people I know who feel we are changed because of who you are and what you stand for. Hope your birthday rocks and may you receive happy memories with family and friends today!! The world is more beautiful because you’re in it. You sing our souls. Be blessed today and Rejoice!!! For today is indeed a Beautiful Day!!!! XOXOXO
I love you Bono, Happy Birthday
Happy birthday! HAve a blessed, beautful day. β₯
Hewson, Vox, The Fly, MacPhisto. Papa, lover, friend, brother, son. Singer, writer, artist, musician. Policy wonk, professional pest, cheerleader of a continent. Dubliner, New Yorker, Silicon Valley boy. Rockstar. Tireless fighter for justice. Badass in a bowler hat. To all the men who call themselves Bono, a very happy birthday, and many more.
Happy Birthday Bono, I’m sending you my best wishes for a wonderful day and year ahead and many,many more to come. I saw you for the first time on this day seven years ago in Chicago when I was fifty-two, and I can tell you my fifties turned out to be pretty fantastic! Who Knew? I will be sixty in four days and I am excited about the future, as I know you are, when everyone in Africa will have acess to clean, fresh drinking water. I know if we all work together we can accomplish this goal. You are our inspiration. I love you Bono
Happy Birthday Bono! I thank God for you and your band-brothers every day! You are so down to earth that I could just imagine you guys hanging out in an ordinary house like many of us, scrapping around for inspiration for your songs and performances. You are one of my heros, gifted and bold. Your music is medicine for my soul. I love you. May God bless you and keep you.
Happy 52nd Birthday Bono.
For everything just being you and doing what you do has done for me and for the world, thank you.
I love you.
Bono, I want to wish you a Blessed and Happy Birthday!! I have been your fan since the first song reached America and cannot get enough of you, your band and the beautiful music you all collaborate!! I am sure you celebrating in fashion. May the year ahead be filled with many beautiful blessings of happiness!
Love,
Camille
Happy (belated) Birthday and to another new well in the works in your honour. May you always prosper and prosperity be shared with others in need. All the best to you and many thanks to the organizers of this ongoing campaign… May there be many more wells created along with the wishes.
Love & Peace,
M
Canada
Happy b-day Mr Bono!!!!…and Jojo!!!!