U2’s Bono Says Doctors Ruled Out “Anything Serious” After Loss of Voice

Every singer has nightmares about what just happened to U2 frontman Bono during an arena concert Saturday in Berlin.

The iconic Irish rock band was forced to cut short its show after Bono suffered "complete loss of voice" on stage. But the singer says he'll be healthy again soon.

"I've seen a great doctor," he said in a statement Sunday. 

The singer says he and the band are "happy and relieved that anything serious has been ruled out," but still frustrated that "the Berlin audience were so inconvenienced."

U2 will return to the Mercedes-Benz Arena November 13 to make up the lost gig.

Sometime Saturday night between the band's rendition of "Red Flag Day" from the 2017 Songs of Experience album and its classic "Beautiful Day," Bono's pipes betrayed him, reports The Daily Mail. 

Bono first asked for a 15-minute break and then for the smoke machine to be turned off and the venue's air conditioning to be turned up. He said the smoke machine was likely what got to him.

"I can promise you I have not been smoking," he told the audience. "But this is like a giant cigar. I've lost my voice and I don't know what to do...it was singing like a bird about 10 minutes ago."

He continued, expressing confusion and frustration.

"I was ready to sing for you. Something's happened and I think we cannot go on. It's not right for you...I'm sure this is not a big, big, problem but I'm gonna have to do something."

After several minutes Bono and his bandmates returned to the stage to give the bad news; they could not continue and the singer would be seeking "medical advice."

U2 is in the middle of the European leg of its Experience + Innocence Tour. Get all the U2 tour dates here. 

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