
Bono
Stories of Surrender Tour 2022
Initially framed as a ‘book tour’ to promote his autobiography Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, Bono’s first solo live appearances grew into a concept-performance within a multimedia environment.
The show incorporated songs, with live musicians reimagining U2 classics, along with a kind of ‘performed storytelling’ amid animations of his own drawings. The setting was extremely simple but conjured a huge range of emotions that never failed to connect with the audience.
Written by
Bono & Bill Flanagan
Director
Willie Williams
Musical Director
Jacknife Lee
Drawings
Bono
Animation
Smasher Desmedt
Sam Brickman
Rosewood Creative
Audio Director
Joe O’Herlihy
Set Design
Ric Lipson & Willie Williams
Lighting Design
Willie Williams
Lighting Director
Alex Murphy
Photography
Ross Stewart & Ric Lipson






