Why does Bono from U2 wear coloured glasses?
Bono has a condition called glaucoma, which he’s suffered from for decades.
In an appearance on BBC One’s Graham Norton Show, when asked by the titular host if he ever takes his shades off, the Elevation singer revealed: “This is a place to explain to people […] that I’ve had glaucoma for the last 20 years.”
The rocker added jokingly: “You’re not going to get this out of your head now and you will be saying, ‘Ah, poor old blind Bono.’”
Glaucoma is one of many conditions which causes photophobia or light sensitivity and tinted, lightweight, wrap around glasses like Bono wears are known to alleviate it.