Irish superstar Bono has to undergo surgery after injuring his arm in Central Park accident. In a statement released on the band's official website, Bono is said to be on the mend.
"It looks like we will have to do our Tonight Show residency another time - we're one man down. Bono has injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park and requires some surgery to repair it," wrote U2 bandmates Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and The Edge.
Indicating that they are calling off their scheduled week-long residency on "The Tonight Show," notes
The three fellows added: "We're sure he'll make a full recovery soon, so we'll be back! Much thanks to Jimmy Fallon and everyone at the show for their understanding."
The NYC incident capped off a particularly eventful week for the U2 frontman following Wednesday's aircraft mishap. CBC recalled the separate yet recent incident earlier this week involving the rock star.
While the star was traveling in his private jet, a door came off while they were 15,000 feet in the air heading to Berlin from Dublin. Airport authorities in Berlin reported that the plane had lost its rear hatch along with two pieces of luggage as the plane was coming in to land. While there was no threat or imminent danger for the music icon as well as the other passengers, the site noted that Bono described everything that happened as "a bit scary."
"You know, there may be a few cows or sheep in the German countryside with a very sore head," quoted NBC News of the 54-year-old on Thursday. "We trust that nobody was hurt, because we would have heard by now, and that was actually our first concern, 'cause we were fine."
Prior to the incident, Bono had just arrived in the United States after appearing in the Band Aid 30 charity single recording held in London on Saturday, reported CBC. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and serves to raise money to combat the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa.
For U2 fans, while the rocker may be taking it easy for a while, there's no word on whether this will affect any tour plans. The Guardian reported a few weeks ago that U2 may be gearing up for a massive tour.
"There is talk of doing two different kinds of shows," said bassist Adam Clayton to the Rolling Stone. "One night would be a kind of loud, explosive rock'n'roll kind of event and then the other night's show take the acoustic arrangements of some of the songs, and kind of present those songs in a much more intimate way. But we don't really know how that's going to sound and look."
