IRISH rock star Bono is getting a new accolade: Glamour magazine’s first Man of the Year.

    The U.S. women’s magazine announced Tuesday that the U2 frontman and humanitarian will be the first man in its 36-year history to be honored alongside its annual Women of the Year list.

    The magazine said on its website that for years it has eschewed including men in the honors because “the tribe we’re into celebrating is female.”

    However, “when a major male rock star who could do anything at all with his life decides to focus on the rights of women and girls worldwide — well, all that’s worth celebrating. We’re proud to name that rock star, Bono, our first Man of the Year,” it said.

    Bono, 56, in 2015 created the Poverty Is Sexist campaign that is aimed at helping the world’s poorest women through better access to education, health services and business opportunities.(SD-Agencies)