This is terrible news.
Bono took a very serious fall off his bike a few weeks back which left him with a broken eye socket and his arm broken in six places. Six.
The Dubliner has spoken about the incident in his A to Z of 2014, published on the band’s website.
“(I) blanked out on impact and have no memory of how I ended up in New York Presbyterian with my humerus bone sticking through my leather jacket. Very punk rock as injuries go.”
That sounds absolute awful, the U2 frontman went on the explain the severity of the injuries he’s picked up.
“Recovery has been more difficult than I thought. As I write this, it is not clear that I will ever play guitar again.
“The band have reminded me that neither they nor western civilization are depending on this.
“I personally would very much miss fingering the frets of my green Irish falcon or my (red) Gretsch. Just for the pleasure, aside from writing tunes.
“But then does the Edge, or Jimmy Page, or any guitarist you know have a titanium elbow, as I do now? I’m all elbows, I am.”
Bono also confirmed that we’ll be seeing and hearing very little of him in the foreseeable future.
“The consequences of this freak accident are significant enough that I will have to concentrate hard to be ready for the U2 tour in fitness terms.
“As a result I have cancelled every public appearance and decided this missive is all the communication I can manage for the first half of 2015, beyond muttering and singing to myself of course.”
Get well soon.
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