The mullet’s not for everybody.
Within the new documentary “Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World” documentary, Bono admitted that he regrets his hair selection throughout U2’s efficiency at Dwell Assist in 1985.
“I can’t look back at this moment with two eyes because it was such a bad hair day,” Bono stated.
“Honestly, it’s one of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet,” the Irish rocker added.
The charity live performance was held concurrently at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985 to boost cash for famine aid in Ethiopia.
Round 1.9 billion individuals from 150 international locations — practically 40 p.c of the world inhabitants — tuned into the worldwide occasion.
Performers included U2, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, The Who, David Bowie, Paul Younger, Sting, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, the Seaside Boys, Madonna, Neil Younger, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and extra.
Throughout their set, U2 carried out “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Bad.” Bono additionally sang in a bunch rendition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Bono beforehand mirrored on his Nineteen Eighties mullet in his 2022 memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono.”
“As for the show itself, influential though it was in the arc of our band, I confess that I find it excruciating to watch,” he wrote, per The Guardian. “It’s a little humbling that during one of the greatest moments of your life, you’re having a bad hair day.”
“Now, some people would say that I’ve had a bad hair life, but when I am forced to look at footage of U2 playing Live Aid, there is only one thing that I can see. The mullet,” the “With Or Without You” singer stated. “All thoughts of altruism and of righteous anger, all the right reasons that we were there, all these flee my mind, and all I see is the ultimate bad hair day.”
In a 2012 interview, Bono stated: “I have an erase button on the mullet hairdo.”
“Many lay claim to the mullet. I’m trying to think of the guy who invented it,” he jokingly added.
“Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World” is a four-part documentary that “tells the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.”
The doc options interviews with different musical acts together with Sting, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins and Lionel Richie.
