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19th January 2022
02:24pm GMT

Credit: Getty - Band members L-R: Adam Clayton (bass), Bono (lead vocals, Edge (guitar and keys), Larry Mullen Jr. (drums)[/caption]
As if taking a dig at his own band's songwriting wasn't enough, he even revealed that he wasn't a big fan of the name U2. Rumoured to be named after a 1960 spy plane incident, it was original manager, Paul McGuinness, who apparently pushed for it after saying it would “look good on a T-shirt". Hands up, how many people own a U2 band tee?
Bono went on to say, “I do think U2 pushes out the boat on embarrassment quite a lot, and maybe that’s the place to be as an artist — you know, right at the edge of your level of embarrassment”.
They've certainly dished out some contact embarrassment over the years. After all, if you've been made the butt of an entire South Park episode, it's usually a safe bet you've done something that is at least somewhat cringeworthy and or humourous.
While we don't hold anything against U2 ourselves - we think it's more just a case of another Coldplay or Nickelback: people love to hate them - you've got to admire this level of brutal, self-flagellating honesty.
Nevertheless, we're still not over having that album foisted onto our iTunes under cover of darkness.
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