Bono tells Donald Trump to 'make gender equality a priority' as he accepts Glamour Award

Bono urged Donald Trump to make gender equality “a priority” as the singer was honoured at Glamour’s Women of the Year awards.

The U2 star, who received the first ever man of the year prize at the event in Los Angeles, said:

“I say to the president-elect: look across to women, make equality a priority, it is the only way forward. The train is leaving the station, be on it or be under it.”

Addressing criticism of his prize, Bono, 56, said: “I know how ridiculous it is for me to be on this stage accepting this award.

"But if I didn’t know how ridiculous it was, I did have the blessed internet to remind me.”

Getting serious, the musician said he still felt honoured to be given the award for his campaign Poverty is Sexist.

He said: "I'll tell you the real reason that I'm here. It's one of the tiny, few awards that caused excitement in our house and stopped the usual dinner conversation and started a conversation that unless we address this problem, both women and men together, our world will continue down this misogynistic, violent and impoverished path.

"2016 might be the year I stop believing north stars are always visible, even through a layer of fog.

"This year, the north star looked like a neon sign, fizzing and crackling, 'hate for hire,' 'girls for rent,' 'women need not apply,'" he said.