Bono has undergone five hours of surgery following a bike accident in New York, but is expected to make a full recovery.
As previously reported the band had to cancel their week long residency on Jimmy Fallon after Bono was involved in what the band described as a "cycling spill in Central Park". Although the initial report suggested that the frontman merely "injured his arm", Rolling Stone reports Bono suffered several serious injuries. There include a "facial fracture involving the orbit of his eye", shoulder blade and damage to both his elbow and left hand.
"[Bono] was taken emergently to the operating room...where the elbow was washed out and debrided, a nerve trapped in the break was moved and the bone was repaired with three metal plates and 18 screws," orthopedic trauma surgeon Dean Lorich, MD explained. "Intensive therapy" is required, although Lorich reveals that a "full recovery is expected".
The latest incident continues a run of bad luck for the U2 front man. Last week, the 'Vertigo' singer cheated death after the door came off his private jet.
U2 released their new album, Songs Of Innocence, earlier this year, and are said to be gearing up for a tour of indoor arenas. Meanwhile, Bono once again features on the new Band Aid single.
