U2 frontman Bono broke some shocking news on New Years when he revealed he may never be able to play guitar again. The 54-year-old singer took to his blog on U2 to discuss his recovery from a bike accident in New York’s Central Park last year.
In his 6,000-word A to Z summation of 2014, Bono wrote:
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.
The singer then posted an x-ray of his new titanium elbow.
“For the last few weeks I haven’t been able to move around physically so I have more than made up for it by leaving my mind to wanderlust, untethered except electronically,” Bono started out, adding that the post is an “attempt to learn from mistakes – the first of which is the discovery that I am not an armored vehicle.”
“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,” he added. “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.”
U2 is currently preparing for their upcoming iNNOCENCE + ePERIENCE Tour that launches in May and will take the group across North America and Europe.
