Bono Apologises for Martin Insult

28 February 2009

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U2 frontman Bono has been forced to apologise after insulting Chris Martin during a live radio broadcast.

The Irish rocker called the Coldplay singer a "wanker" during an interview on British station Radio One on Friday (27Feb09).

The show's host, Jo Whiley, stopped the session and forced the star to apologise to listeners for the outburst.

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Bono retracted his previous comment, saying "Oops! Sorry, sorry, I'm a reformed character - I don't do that (swear) any more," before going on to label Martin "a completely dysfunctional character and a cretin" instead.

Bono insists that no matter what his opinion of Martin as a person, he is a big fan of Coldplay's music - calling the singer a "genius melodist up there with Ray Davies and Paul McCartney".

The two singers recently teamed up for a performance in London for the charity War Child, performing together alongside The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers and Take That's Gary Barlow.

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