Bono has apologized for a dig he made about Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin on BBC Radio.
Bono was on BBC Radio 1 Friday morning promoting U2′s new album when he made the following statement:
“I think he’s that good a melodist, but he’s a wanker… He’s obviously a completely dysfunctional character and a cretin.”
Can you imagine? Oh my!
Bono then quickly backtracked by saying to the radio show host:
“I think they [Coldplay] are a great band and actually, it turns out he’s a great soul as well. Sorry about that. I was just joking entirely.”
I think he was just joking because the guys played together at the War Child Benefit Concert. Bono and The Killer’s Brandon Flowers joined Coldplay on stage to play The Killers’ All These Things That I’ve Done together. Here’s a twitpic from the grand finale:
The concert happened just after Wednesday night’s Brit Awards, Coldplay and The Killers performed a benefit concert for War Child at Shepherd’s Bush in London.
The NME reported:
Then, having only rehearsed minutes beforehand backstage, The Killers and Bono joined Coldplay onstage to perform ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ together.
Although the U2 man was a bit shaky on the lyrics to The Killers song, the three frontmen led the crowd through a rousing sing-a-long as they repeated the tracks “I’ve got soul/ but I’m not a soldier” refrain.
“This is going to be the best encore you’ll ever see!” declared Martin as the three acts wrapped up the night.