Bono has “quite” considered leaving U2.
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On March 17th, on the same release date as the Songs of Surrender remake album, the documentary Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman will be released on Disney+. Described as “part concert film, part travel adventure plus a whole lot of Bono and The Edge, with Dave’s humor throughout,” the film explores the origins and band history of U2. According to a report by the Daily Mail Bono also reveals in the documentary that every U2 member has “thought about leaving the band” at some point in their career.
He says: “I’ve definitely thought about leaving U2, every member has. We’ve all thought about it.” Nevertheless, he described the thought of an exit as “the right instinct” “to question whether all this should go on and what it requires of all four members.” The “Daily Mail” also writes that the 62-year-old musician reflects on how he has “tested” the patience of his bandmates: “Friendship is an important part of who we are, but you can lose it along the way,” says Bono. Only shortly before that, guitarist The Edge admitted in an interview with ROLLING STONE that he too occasionally struggles with thoughts of leaving the band.
Bono: “We had to work to keep going. When you’re in a rock ‘n’ roll band, you don’t want to be in the picture with people who might have divisive, opposite values that you hold dear, but that’s exactly what I did to them.” The musician who Real name Paul David Hewson concludes by saying, “I’m turning what we’ve created as a band into currency that I want to spend in those areas. On the whole they support me, but I know I’m trying their patience.”
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