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U2 postpones Fallon appearances after Bono injury

Bono, singer of the Irish band U2, performs during the awarding event for the Bambi 2014 media award in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/DPA Wolfgang Kumm) Bono performed in Berlin on Nov. 13. Photo: AP

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Bono, singer of the Irish band U2, performs during the awarding event for the Bambi 2014 media award in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/DPA Wolfgang Kumm) Bono performed in Berlin on Nov. 13. Photo: AP
By Melissa Ruggieri
Nov 17, 2014

So much for the thought that U2 might announce its 2015 tour plans during its residency with Jimmy Fallon this week.

The band has postponed its planned week of appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" following a cycling accident by Bono in Central Park. The injury is apparently severe enough that it will require surgery, according to a posting signed by band members the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. on U2.com .

There is no word yet when the band might reschedule.

This would have been a momentous reunion for Fallon and U2; the Irish rockers were his first musical guest when Fallon’s late-night talker launched in February.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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