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May 21^st, 2010 at 11:04am

May 21, 2010: From U2.com

Bono has today undergone emergency back surgery for an injury sustained during tour preparation training. He was admitted to a specialist neuro surgery unit in a Munich hospital, and is under the care of neuro surgeon Prof. Dr. Jorg Tonn and Dr Muller Wohlfahrt. Bono will spend the next few days there, before returning home to recuperate.

Once his condition has been assessed further, a statement will be made regarding the impact on forthcoming tour dates.

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Reply #1 - May 21^st, 2010 at 11:08am

" Bono has today undergone emergency back surgery for an injury sustained during tour preparation training. He was admitted to a specialist neuro surgery unit in a Munich hospital, and is under the care of neuro surgeon Prof. Dr. Jorg Tonn and Dr Muller Wohlfahrt. Bono will spend the next few days there, before returning home to recuperate.

Once his condition has been assessed further, a statement will be made regarding the impact on forthcoming tour dates. "

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Reply #6 - May 21^st, 2010 at 1:23pm

y'all may not like his politics, but the SOB can sing!

and his band used to be pretty good too....

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Re: Bono has back surgery NSC
Reply #10 - May 21^st, 2010 at 4:47pm

Gazza wrote on May 21^st, 2010 at 11:32am:

Awaits the inevitable "if he had a pain in the ass/neck, it would have been very ironic" or "it must be a strain on his back carrying that halo around 24/7" type jokes....

hard to do otherwise...my first thought was, well it's no wonder - it's been suppporting that giant ego for all these years

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Reply #12 - May 21^st, 2010 at 9:07pm

I always heard about Jagger's pre-tour training...including jogging about 5 miles a day with 2 miles BACKWARDS...because thats what he would clock in a nite during the 1981 and earlier stadium shows...

Speedy recovery to Bono...I have tickets for the
New Meadowlands Staduim...great show in Raleigh last October!!!

I hope The Stones, if they do stadiums again use the U2 stage...
It was AMAZING!!! Not a bad seat in the house!!!

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Reply #15 - May 21^st, 2010 at 11:05pm

Kilroy wrote on May 21^st, 2010 at 10:58pm:

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 21^st, 2010 at 1:27pm:

Makes you wonder why Iggy Pop never needed back surgery, I mean all Bono does is just stand on stage.

Ain't that the truth.............

Iggy is far from unharmed, you ever notice how one leg is shorter than the other?

"When I was thirteen, I was run over by a big guy playing junior high football, and the right leg ended up a quarter-inch shorter. By my midtwenties, it was a half-inch.

'Then in the Eighties, I had no money and was taking packed economy flights everywhere, night after night. The combination of that schedule and a fall I took dancing on an amplifier left me with my spine twisted and a slight limp."

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Reply #18 - May 22^nd, 2010 at 4:56pm

" Back Surgery is a bitch to recover from.

My wife has had 2.

We are looking at 4 months at least depending on what procedure he had done. "

About a year ago this very well proportioned & EXTREMELY hot looking MILF was out - of- the - office for six friggin months whilst recuperating from back surgery .

Safe to say , that back of hers is now ROCK SOLID ..... if you catch me drift

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Reply #19 - May 23^rd, 2010 at 11:44pm

Starbuck wrote on May 21^st, 2010 at 1:23pm:

y'all may not like his politics, but the SOB can sing!

and his band used to be pretty good too....

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I understand where your coming from Starbuck ....and your absolutely right mate. Bono CAN sing. He has a good voice and his own style (although I really don't particularly care for it). I'll admit that.

His band IS good...at what they do (...although they are for the most part pretty one dimensional and over blown .....and I don't really care for it a whole lot).

However, why do we have to listen to his politics? He really needs to choose between being a Rock Star, or a Politician, or a Humanitarian....

But you just can't be all three. As well ....if you choose choice one (Rock Star) the other choices are now pretty much exempt.

Wish the guy (and a handful of his fans) would realize this.

*Now for the record .... I do hope his back surgery is a success. Wouldn't want to see anyone sick or debilitated.

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Reply #20 - May 24^th, 2010 at 12:55am

Ian Billen wrote on May 23^rd, 2010 at 11:44pm:

... He really needs to choose between being a Rock Star, or a Politician, or a Humanitarian....

But you just can't be all three. ....if you choose choice one (Rock Star) the other choices are now pretty much exempt.

Wish the guy (and a handful of his fans) would realize this.

does he ?? can't you?? are they?? -says who??

while I agree with you that listening to Bono or most other "entertainers" bang on about their political views is tiresome they are certainly within their rights to take advantage of the platform they have to air their views

it's up to them to assess whether or not it's a good thing for their careers and how their audience will take to it (or not)...and as far as Bono is concerned isn't the political posturing part of his shtik

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Reply #21 - May 24^th, 2010 at 2:14am

stonedinaustralia wrote on May 24^th, 2010 at 12:55am:

Ian Billen wrote on May 23^rd, 2010 at 11:44pm:

... He really needs to choose between being a Rock Star, or a Politician, or a Humanitarian....

But you just can't be all three. ....if you choose choice one (Rock Star) the other choices are now pretty much exempt.

Wish the guy (and a handful of his fans) would realize this.

does he ?? can't you?? are they?? -says who??

while I agree with you that listening to Bono or most other "entertainers" bang on about their political views is tiresome they are certainly within their rights to take advantage of the platform they have to air their views

it's up to them to assess whether or not it's a good thing for their careers and how their audience will take to it (or not)...and as far as Bono is concerned isn't the political posturing part of his shtik

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Sure they have the right. But I have the right to wear panties on the outside of my pants for the whole world to view but that doesn't do me any good or make me look very appealing. We have the right to do lots of things. Obama has the right to wear a head band at every presidential meeting but that wouldn't do him much good... see my point. We shouldn't exercise a right just simply because we are in position where we can.

I'd like to see a band with the focus on music ...not politics. Yeah you can have a political twist at times but not a 50/50 deal IMHO. Sure the political posturing is part of he and his bands shtik. But I think it's over done. I think in the profession of being a rock star you should stick to that aspect once you have made it to a certain level of popularity. Not doing the 1/3 rock star thing as he does. You know how he does it ....on Monday I'll go and host a rally on gay rights. On Wednesday I'll be lead speaker at a political convention with my backwards camo hat and on Friday I'll be a rock star and play in concert.... it just doesn't make any sense and the whole bit is tiring to me really. You made good points. I appreciate that.

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Reply #22 - May 24^th, 2010 at 2:44am

Ian Billen wrote on May 24^th, 2010 at 2:14am:

... see my point.

no, not entirely...seems to me you are suggesting that your tastes and your humble opinion somehow constitute a normative absolute

i.e. - i don't like it therefore "they" shouldn't do it - you'd be better off to say "I don't like it and i'd rather they didn't"

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Reply #24 - May 24^th, 2010 at 7:56am

Ian Billen wrote on May 23^rd, 2010 at 11:44pm:

However, why do we have to listen to his politics? He really needs to choose between being a Rock Star, or a Politician, or a Humanitarian....

But you just can't be all three. As well ....if you choose choice one (Rock Star) the other choices are now pretty much exempt.

Wish the guy (and a handful of his fans) would realize this.

He's never alluded to being a politician (some people cant seem to see the difference between having a humanitarian conscience and being a 'politician' - I dont recall him EVER nailing his colours to the mast with any politician) and managed to be pretty successful at the other two. So successful that he's probably one of the most high profile in the world in both fields.

Ian Billen wrote on May 23^rd, 2010 at 11:44pm:

I'd like to see a band with the focus on music ...not politics. Yeah you can have a political twist at times but not a 50/50 deal IMHO. Sure the political posturing is part of he and his bands shtik. But I think it's over done

Whera are all these overdone 'political' U2 songs of which you speak?

BTW, did you listen to the last Rolling Stones album?

As for this 'focus on music'. What would you like bands to write about? Do you prefer them to live in a bubble and ignore everything thats happening on the planet? What year is this - 1950?

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