Bono

===Health and safety===
Bono is almost never seen in public without sunglasses, as he has [[glaucoma]] since the 1990s; this also makes him sensitive to flash photography.<ref name="bono_glaucoma">{{cite news|last1=Ellis-Petersen|first1=Hannah|date=17 October 2014|title=Bono: I've had glaucoma for past 20 years|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/17/bono-glaucoma-20-years-u2-dark-glasses|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> During a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview, he stated:
{{blockquote|[I have] very sensitive eyes to light. If somebody takes my photograph, I will see the flash for the rest of the day. My right eye swells up. I've a blockage there, so that my eyes go red a lot. So it's part vanity, it's part privacy and part sensitivity.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bono&nbsp;– The Rolling Stone Interview|first=Jann|last=Wenner|author-link=Jann Wenner|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=3 November 2005|issue=986}}</ref>}}

In January 1996, Bono was aboard a [[Grumman HU-16]] airplane flown by musician [[Jimmy Buffett]] named ''[[Hemisphere Dancer]]'' that was shot at by [[Jamaica]]n police, who believed the craft to be smuggling marijuana. The aircraft, which sustained minimal damage, was also carrying Ali Hewson, her and Bono's two daughters, Chris Blackwell, and co-pilot Bill Dindy. The Jamaican government acknowledged the mistake and apologized.<ref name=sprayed>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/arts/music/jimmy-buffett-bono-plane-jamaica-mistaica.html|title='Jamaica Mistaica': Jimmy Buffett Song Inspired After Plane Sprayed by Gunfire|first=Orlando|last=Mayorquin|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 September 2023|url-access=limited|access-date=23 September 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In May 2010, while rehearsing for a North American leg of the U2 360° Tour, Bono suffered a [[Spinal disc herniation|herniated disk]] and severe compression of the [[sciatic nerve]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-25/entertainment/chi-100521-bono-u2-emergency-surgery_1_u2-com-u2-s-north-american-live-nation|title=U2's North American tour, including Chicago date, postponed while Bono recovers from surgery|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=25 May 2010|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520192604/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-25/entertainment/chi-100521-bono-u2-emergency-surgery_1_u2-com-u2-s-north-american-live-nation|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he was taken to a clinic in [[Munich]] for emergency [[neurosurgery]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10139846.stm|title=Bono's back surgery puts U2 dates in jeopardy|publisher=The BBC|date=21 May 2010|access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="postp-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/bono-discharged-from-hospital|title=Bono Discharged From Hospital|publisher=U2.com|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> The North American tour was postponed and rescheduled for 2011.<ref name="postp-2">{{cite web |url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/north-american-leg-postponed |title=North American Leg Postponed |publisher=U2.com |date=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.u2.com/news/title/north-american-dates-will-be-rescheduled-in-2011 |title=North American Dates Will Be Rescheduled in 2011 |publisher=U2.com |date=25 May 2010}}</ref>

On 16 November 2014, Bono was involved in a "high energy bicycle accident" when he attempted to avoid another rider in [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Central Park]]. Bono was rushed to [[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]/[[Weill Cornell Medicine|Weill Cornell Medical Center]]'s Emergency Department and underwent "multiple X-rays and CAT scans" followed by five hours of surgery. Bono sustained fractures of the shoulder blade, humerus, orbit and pinky finger. Orthopedic trauma surgeon Dean Lorich, MD, stated that "[Bono] was taken urgently to the operating room... where the elbow was washed out and debrided, a nerve trapped in the break was moved and the bone was repaired with three metal plates and 18 screws."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bono-intensive-therapy-bike-injury-20141119|title=Bono Treated With Metal Plates, 'Intensive Therapy' After Bike Injury|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Jason|last=Newman|date=19 November 2014|access-date=29 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128183014/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bono-intensive-therapy-bike-injury-20141119|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/injured-bono-keeps-his-head-down-as-hes-seen-for-the-first-time-since-emergency-surgery-after-bike-crash/| work= evoke.ie| title= Injured Bono keeps his head down as he's seen for the first time since emergency surgery after bike crash| date= 24 December 2014| access-date= 6 May 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091753/http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/injured-bono-keeps-his-head-down-as-hes-seen-for-the-first-time-since-emergency-surgery-after-bike-crash/| archive-date= 18 May 2015| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}</ref> Bono posted to U2's official website, "As I write this, it is not clear that I will ever play guitar again," as reported in ''[[Cycling Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Clarke|first1=Stuart|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-injuries-mean-bono-may-never-play-guitar-150598|title=Cycling Injuries mean Bono May Never Play Guitar Again|magazine=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102184317/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-injuries-mean-bono-may-never-play-guitar-150598|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2016, during the recording sessions for U2's album ''[[Songs of Experience (U2 album)|Songs of Experience]]'', Bono had what the Edge called a "brush with mortality"; as a result of the episode, he decided to rework the album's lyrics.<ref name="edge-rs-mortality">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-edge-on-u2s-songs-of-experience-bonos-brush-with-mortality-253290/|title=The Edge on U2's 'Songs of Experience,' Bono's 'Brush With Mortality'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=18 September 2017|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Irish Times]]'' reported that sometime in late 2016 between Christmas and New Year's Day, Bono had a near-death experience.<ref name="it-albumrelease">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/u2-s-new-album-songs-of-experience-the-most-tortuous-journey-1.3312029|title=U2's new album Songs of Experience: the most tortuous journey|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|first=Brian|last=Boyd|date=1 December 2017|access-date=2 December 2017}}</ref> At the time, he did not specify what had happened,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bono-the-rolling-stone-interview-3-203774/|title=Bono: The Rolling Stone Interview|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Jann S.|last=Wenner|author-link=Jann Wenner|date=11–25 January 2018|access-date=13 July 2018|issue=1304/1305|pages=32–41}}</ref> but in his 2022 memoir ''Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story'', he revealed that he had undergone [[open-heart surgery]] due to a [[aortic aneurysm|"blister"]] that formed over time in his [[aorta]] as a result of having a [[bicuspid aortic valve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/u2-frontman-bono-reveals-he-had-heart-surgery-in-2016-in-new-memoir-surrender-3342136|title=Bono had heart surgery in 2016 to repair 'blister' on his aorta|website=[[NME]]|first=Tom|last=Skinner|date=3 November 2022|access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref> The eight-hour operation was performed by [[David H. Adams]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]], and Bono made a full recovery.<ref>{{cite book |author=Bono |date=2022 |title=Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story |chapter=Lights of Home |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0593663691}}</ref>
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