Bono was awarded the highest honor in the arts in France.
The Irish rocker is a French commander after culture minister Aurelie Filippetti made him a Commander of Arts and Letters. The award notices his work in the arts and his humanitarian activism NME reports.
“Beyond notes and beyond words, you committed yourself and dedicated your fame and career to wage some of the greatest wars of our time. Not for charity’s sake but in the name of justice,” Filippetti said, regarding Bono’s charity in Africa.
Bono is the most recent recipient of the award according to Billboard. Past winners include Sean Connery, Bob Dylan, Michael Caine, David Bowie, and Bruce Willis.
“This is a huge honor for me, but really it belongs to the band. I’ve go the biggest mouth and the loudest voice, but the music we make comes from each other,” Bono said when accepting the award.
Bono also took part in a ceremony honoring James Joyce, an Irish writer. The ceremony took place at the same hotel where Joyce wrote Finnegans Wake in 1922.
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