Bono to publish memoir documenting his life and career in U2

The announcement of the memoir, to be published on November 1 by Penguin Random House, comes on the rock star’s 62nd birthday

The memoir’s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, references that the book’s forty chapters are each named after a U2 song. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA

U2 frontman Bono is to publish a memoir documenting the “people, places, and possibilities” which have featured in his life and career.

Surrender will explore the Irish singer’s childhood in Dublin, including the death of his mother when he was 14, U2’s rise to global success and his work in the fight against Aids and poverty.