U2 Are Taking A Well Deserved Break, Says Bono

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I suppose playing 110 concerts across the globe over two years is reason enough to take a little vacation. U2, whose massive, record-breaking 360° Tour wrapped up July 30 in Moncton, Canada, were on hand at Tuesday night’s GQ Men of the Year Awards, where Bono announced that the band will be going away “for a while”.

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“They say every tour is ten days too long. Not with this one,” said Bono, “We genuinely loved every single night and at the end we were so sad.” (via Metro)

The 51-year-old rocker and his band mates were on hand to collect an award for Best Band. “Growing up is not what is meant to happen to a rock band,” he said during the acceptance speech, “It has happened, we are now men.”

Very, very rich men, that is.

What will Bono do to keep himself busy? Walk the dog, apparently.

“I rang some pals and asked what they thought I should do to keep busy,” Bono told U.K. tabloid The Sun, “One said, ‘Just walk the dog.’ So I took the dog out with my wife. It’s a mongrel and a really strong animal… It dragged us through the streets and some little kid shouted, ‘Is that dog walking you, or are you walking the dog, Bono?’ I knew I was home. You can’t beat it.”

U2’s last album, 2009’s No Line On The Horizon, was supposed to be followed by a collection of unused material called Songs Of Ascent, but the word has been very mum about a new U2 release. If, in fact, the band is taking an extended break, I don’t suppose we should plan on hearing any new material in the foreseeable future.

Anybody going to feel sad having U2 out of the picture for a while? (I’m going to keep my grizzled, old school U2 fan opinion to myself on this one.) Hit up our comments section below.

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