Bono Says He Almost Died While Making U2 Album

By Jenn Gidman

December 29, 2017

What you may know: U2's new album, Songs of Experience, came out in early December. What you may not know: Bono apparently almost died while making it. That's per a new interview with Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner in which the U2 frontman doesn't reveal exactly what happened, but notes he considers it an "extinction event." He explains that such a happening for people "could be psychological or it could be physical," and for him it was physical.

He explains that such a happening for people "could be psychological or it could be physical," and for him it was physical. He says it was in sync with the "political apocalypse" going on in the US and abroad and that "you get warning signs, and then you realize that you are not a tank." Bono also talks about how this near-death experience shaped the album. But what has raised more than a few eyebrows is his assessment in the interview of the current state of the industry for male musicians and the "rage" that should be at the center of rock music.

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