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U2 frontman Bono has revealed more about the life-changing “brush with mortality” he experienced back in 2016. “I nearly ceased to be,” the Irish rocker told The Sunday Times about his ...
Nov 3, 2022 · Bono has revealed that he underwent an eight-hour heart operation in 2016 to repair a “blister” on his aorta. The U2 frontman recalled the medical issue and the subsequent procedure in his new ...
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In their blue coach bus with “eight coffin-like rectangular pods,” the quartet of Bono, drummer Larry Mullen Jr., guitarist the Edge and bassist Adam Clayton hit the U.S. in 1981 for their first tour, a year after their debut album, “Boy.” Bono’s memories of that outing are rich: New Orleans was “overripe fruit just turning”; Texas a “flat continen...
The band’s thumping 1987 hit – U2’s first No. 1song in the U.S. written to express the “duality” between Bono and Ali – was influenced by the music of Roy Orbison and a bit of Harry Nilsson’s “Without You.” But while seeking a new sound, Bono felt the band “landed in a place called saccharine” and became “that dreadful thing that a real group of ar...
Bono’s love for his bandmates is sprinkled among remembrances in numerous chapters, but his recounting of a 1993 incident during the band’s Zoo TV tour in Sydney is as heart wrenching as it is detailed. Having “overshot the runway with drink and drugs,” Clayton missed the taping of a TV performance with U2. Band manager Paul McGuinness informed the...
With vivid recall of a night on the beach near the Mediterranean with Michael Hutchence, Bono shares their conversation about Kurt Cobain, who had just died by suicide. “If he’d just waited, mate, he’d have found a way out of whatever hole he was in. Didn’t need to be a grave,” Hutchence says. The words from the INXS frontmanare particularly eerie,...
After Bono filmed a video for “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” in the California desert with Sinatra – the song was recorded for Sinatra’s “Duets” album– the legend’s wife, Barbara, called Bono to invite him and the Edge over to their house for drinks. Feeling self-conscious about his appearance, particularly his two earrings, Bono “drank quickly to co...
Jun 26, 2022 · Fans have often wondered why U2 singer Bono wears coloured glasses, but it's due to a sometimes painful eye condition. Bono is sharing some of his secrets on Desert Island Discs. U2 frontman...
Oct 28, 2022 · His aorta has developed “a blister that’s about to burst”, requiring eight hours of surgery. “I know it’s not going to feel like a good day when I wake up,” Bono writes. “But I also ...
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Oct 2, 2018 · U2 frontman Bono has revealed that his recent health scare was a “brush with mortality” in which he “nearly ceased to be”. Bono’s health scare was said to be a large inspiration behind their...
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Jun 27, 2022 · Another mystery surrounding Bono is the reason why he wears coloured glasses. However, in a throwback interview the U2 frontman revealed it was due to an eye condition known as glaucoma.
