So in honor of hitting the official 50 day mark. Here are 50 things you did not know. (well maybe)
BONO, 44
1. Dropped out of school at 16
2. Sleeps four hours a night
3. Is a fan of George Bush (and finds him very funny); also likes Condoleezza Rice and is pro-Tony Blair
4. Wears a replica of a rosary given to him by the pope, who he calls "the funky pontiff"
5. Regrets having a mullet in the '80s
6. Gets in shape by boxing
7. Drives a beat-up Volvo
8. Keeps his beloved trademark bug-eyed "Fly" sunglasses he wore on the 1993 Zoo TV tour in safe storage in Dublin
9. Years before he was born, a psychic told his mother she would have a son who would be famous in whatever profession he chose
10. Got into so much trouble in high school that he was called "the Antichrist"
11. Gets late-night "firing squad" phone calls from the band after jumping into the audience or climbing scaffolding onstage
12. Is working with Brooklyn-based designer Rogan on a new line of blue jeans
13. Says he needs to be told he's loved 12 times a day
14. Has been married to his high school sweetheart Alison Stewart for 22 years, though she once threw him out of the house during a rocky stretch in their marriage
15. Was a character witness for R.E.M.'s Peter Buck when Buck was on trial for an air rage incident
16. Keeps an apartment on Central Park West
17. Has four children, ranging in age from 2 to 13
18. Gave Christy Turlington away at her wedding to Ed Burns
19. Is allergic to red wine
20. Quit dying his hair jet black because he was "starting to look like Roy Orbison"
ADAM CLAYTON, 44
21. Doesn't drive at night since he had Lasik surgery
22. Though he's not married, he was once engaged to Naomi Campbell
23. Served as best man at Bono's wedding
24. As a teenager, was kicked out of two schools for smoking, drinking and streaking
25. Kept the band together in the early '80s, when the three other members wanted to quit and devote their lives to God
26. Was charged with drunk driving in 1984 and marijuana possession in 1993
27. Says he is now completely sober
28. Admits that he hates responsibility
29. Was so wasted on the Zoo TV tour that the band's bass technician was forced to take his place for a whole show
THE EDGE, 43
30. Was the first member of the band to get married, to high school sweetheart Aislinn O'Sullivan, in 1985 (they're now divorced)
31. Now lives in Europe and in L.A., because his current wife, a belly dancer, is an American
32. Doesn't think Bono should allow himself to be photographed with the pope and George Bush, "and he knows it"
33. Wanted to be a doctor or an engineer growing up
34. U2 lore has it that he actually left the band in the early '80s for religious reasons
35. For years was teased about his record collection, which included nothing recorded before 1976
36. Is so proper that he calls Larry Mullen "Lawrence"
LARRY MULLEN, 43
37. He hates cats (he had a bad experience with one as a child)
38. Is called Dorian Gray by Bono because he has yet to age
39. Loves Echo & the Bunnymen
40. Like the Edge, has a son named Aaron
41. Considers Bono his best friend
42. Is teased for being cheap; U2's manager says Mullen "still has his First Communion money"
43. Worships Elvis Presley
44. Loves to hang out in secondhand record shops
45. Like Bono, he's been with his high school sweetheart since they were 13, although they're not married
46. Is a huge Irish football fan
47. Was painfully shy and still is the quietest member of the band
48. Suffers chronic back pain because he was never taught how to sit correctly at the drums
49. He "cannot tell a lie," according to Bono
50. Has been known to shun the tour bus in favor of traveling alone, on his motorcycle
