A bicycle accident in Central Park has left rocker Bono injured and facing surgery — and forced U2 to cancel a week-long appearance on “The Tonight Show,” the band revealed on its website Sunday night.
“It looks like we will have to do our ‘Tonight Show’ residency another time — we’re one man down,” read the statement.
“Bono has injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park and requires some surgery to repair it.
“We’re sure he’ll make a full recovery soon, so we’ll be back!
“Much thanks to [‘The Tonight Show’ host] Jimmy Fallon and everyone at the show for their understanding.”
The Web post provided no details on the crash.
The accident came on the heels of another frightening incident for the rock star, whose private plane lost a rear hatch on Wednesday as he traveled from Dublin to Berlin.
Besides Bono, whose real name is Paul David Hewson, there were four other passengers and two pilots on board.
The crew didn’t know the hatch was missing until after the aircraft had landed, about 11 minutes after it blew off.
Fallon had been promoting the band’s appearance all last week and was holding a YouTube “lip sync” contest for fans who wanted to sing the band’s new song, “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone),” live with U2.
U2 released its latest album, “Songs of Innocence,” for free on iTunes to all 500 million customers — much to the dismay of Apple users who are not fans.
Bono later apologized for the failed p.r. stunt in a mea culpa.
“I’m sorry about that,” he said on Facebook.
“I had this beautiful idea, but got carried away with ourselves. Artists are prone to that kind of thing. A drop of megalomania, a touch of generosity, a dash of self-promotion and deep fear that these songs, that we poured our life into over the last few years, mightn’t be heard.”
Apple reportedly spent up to $100 million on the campaign.
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