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Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year. Bono—artist, activist, and lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir that is honest, irreverent, intimate, and profound. Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. Narrated by the author, Surrender offers an immersive listening experience, telling stories from Bono’s early days in Dublin to joining a band and playing sold-out stadiums around the world with U2, along with over two decades of activism. Music has always been a constant in Bono's life, and the audiobook weaves his distinctive voice with a personal soundtrack that adds atmosphere and emotion to each scene. It features moments from classic U2 hits, as well as snippets from The Clash, Patti Smith, Verdi, Johnny Cash, and Mozart. It also includes newly recorded reimagined versions of U2 songs like “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “With or Without You,” “One,” “Beautiful Day,” and more, introduced for the first time on Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.