BONO is meditating on death and concentrating on slowing down his life since he suffered horrific injuries in a bike accident.
The newly-ginger U2 frontman revealed he has taken advice to take it easy since he sustained multiple fractures to his arm, hand, face and shoulder when he crashed his bicycle in New York’s Central Park last November.
Bono, 55, says he has since been warned by wife Ali Hewson he had to change his lifestyle.
He said: “Ali said to me, ‘Can you take a hint? You drive through life like a tank’.
"And it’s true. The Edge says I look upon my body like an inconvenience. "I guess that’s going to have to stop.”
Bono added he still fears he’ll never be able to play guitar again as a result of the crash injuries, as he’s still unable to extend two fingers on his left hand.
He added: “It’s not looking good. I’m embarrassed talking about it. "It’s just a bummer if you like playing guitar.”
But despite his newfound caution Bono said he refuses to be superstitious.
He shrugged: “I don’t believe in luck. I walk under ladders and I’d have 13 tattooed on my arse, no problem. "But I do think the universe can turn cold and nasty.
"I’m never surprised when the world gets a bit ugly and I’m never surprised when U2 meet resistance.”
Bono's wife Ali Hewson and the cover of September's Q Magazine. Picture: Getty/Q MagazineThe band most recently faced death when drummer Larry Mullen Jr’s father, Larry Mullen Sr, died four days before U2’s world tour began in Canada in May.
Mullen flew back to Dublin for his father’s funeral, before returning to Canada for the first show the following day.
The drummer told the new issue of Q magazine: “I promised my father years ago that I’d bury him.
"I was so relieved to have fulfilled my promise, but also so relieved to be coming back to the place that I always turn to, which is the band.”
U2 play shows in London and Glasgow in October and November, but have yet to announce any shows in Ireland for their tour, which the band have dubbed Innocence + Experience.
The band’s full interview can be read in Q’s September edition.
