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Will U2's Bono Ever Play Guitar Again?!

The 54-year-old has shocked fans with the news that his future may not include a guitar...

Bono has revealed that his guitar playing days may be over, after being involved in a 'high energy bicycle accident'.

The U2 frontman was riding through Central Park, New York, in November, when he suffered injuries to his eye, left shoulder and upper arm.

As a result of the accident, Bono had to have five hours of surgery resulting in a titanium elbow.

In a blog on the band's website, he wrote: "For the last few weeks I haven't been able to move around physically so I have more than made up for it by leaving my mind to wanderlust, untethered except electronically...

"I have written words for new songs, but I have also had an opportunity to look back and review the year in a way I've never had time to do before... there have been more highs than lows, but perhaps the reason for this A TO Z endeavour is an attempt to learn from mistakes - the first of which is the discovery that I am not an armoured vehicle.

"Edge says I look at my body as an inconvenience... The problem, as I see it, is that I think my head is harder than any other surface. On the day of my 50th birthday I received an injury because I was over indulging in exercise boxing and cycling, which was itself an overcompensation for overindulging on alcohol coming up to the big birthday.

"I promised myself I would be more mindful of my limits, but just four years on, it happened again - a massive injury I can't blame on anyone but myself, mainly because I blanked out on impact and have no memory of how I ended up in New York Presbyterian with my humerus bone sticking through my leather jacket. Very punk rock as injuries go.

"The consequences of this freak accident are significant enough that I will have to concentrate hard to be ready for the U2 tour in fitness terms... as a result I have cancelled every public appearance and decided this missive is all the communication I can manage for the first half of 2015, beyond muttering and singing to myself of course."

He added that his recovery has been 'more difficult' than he anticipated, writing: "It is not clear that I will ever play guitar again. The band have reminded me that neither they nor Western civilisation are depending on this.

"I personally would very much miss fingering the frets of my green Irish falcon or my (RED) Gretsch. Just for the pleasure, aside from writing tunes. But then does The Edge, or Jimmy Page, or any guitarist you know have a titanium elbow, as I do now? I'm all elbows, I am.

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