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02nd Jan 2015

Bono Reveals Extent of His Injuries Following Bicycle Crash

“It is not clear that I will ever play guitar again”

Rebecca McKnight

Bono has revealed that he may never play guitar again as a result of the injuries he suffered in a bicycle crash.

The singer had to undergo surgery and cancel all of his public appearances for half of 2015 after crashing his bicycle in Central Park, New York, back in November.

Now he has revealed the extent of his injuries. He wrote on the official U2 website: “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… 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.”

As well as breaking his distal humerus in six places, Bono also fractured a bone around his eye socket as well as his left collar gone and his little finger on his left hand.