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Bono may never play a guitar again, but he still has a sense of humor. Bono went through a recap 2014 on the U2 website and discussed his recent shoulder injury– a cycling accident in NYC. The rock singer divulged that his pride was crushed when he was taken to a hospital and realized he was wearing yellow lycra under his tracksuit. “I broke my hand, my shoulder, my elbow and my face but the real injury this year was to my Irish pride as it was discovered that under my tracksuit I was wearing yellow and black Lycra cycling shorts. Yes, LYCRA. This is not very rock ‘n’ roll.”
He added, “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 reveals he blanked during his accident, “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. ” And plans to scale back to get ready for the 2015 Us tour. We are hoping that Bono recovers well enough to play guitar. U2 will head on tour this year.
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