U2 is gearing up for one of their most high-profile weeks in recent years — with their December 4th salute in Washington, D.C., when they'll receive the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. An edited version of the event will air later this month on CBS.
During a new chat with The Washington Post, Bono revealed some frank truths about the band, admitting, “We come close to breaking up much more often than you’d think. Usually after the really good albums, because they cost you in personal relationships because you’re pushing each other and get really at your elastic limit.”
Old friend, Boomtowm Rats founder and Live Aid organizer,m Bob Geldof explained how the Irish foursome has grown into their own skin over the past 45 years together: “It’s a band, so there have been arguments, hard arguments, not-talking-to-each-other arguments, of course there are. But for them, they realized that the band is worth more than any individual idea.”