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Bono Aims To Be 'Fighting Fit' For Tour

Admitting that he still has a way to go before his band resumes the tour delayed when the singer underwent emergency back surgery (story), Bono vowed in a video on the band web site to be 'fighting fit' when U2 returns to the concert stage in three weeks.  16 North American concerts were postponed in the aftermath of the operation to remedy what doctors in Germany described as 'sudden partial paralysis'.  The Edge and Larry Mullen joke that they came close to recruiting a replacement for Bono and keeping the dates, drummer Mullen saying 'no one's indespensable' while the camera shifts to Bono.  The silver lining to the episode is that Bono discovered he can write good songs while flat on his back, something he did a lot during what he called his period of 'forced indolence', some of which the band has already been developing early takes on in a studio.  The group's first post-surgery date will be August 6 in Turin, Italy.  US and Canadian dates have been rescheduled for next summer.
Guardian.co.uk   U2.com

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