Bono: U2 thought I would destroy them

Irish singer Bono has become so politically active that his band U2 were once afraid he would ruin them.

Bono has become so politically active that his band U2 were once afraid he would ruin them.

The Elevation hitmaker, who teamed up with Bob Geldof to organise the Live 8 concerts and is renowned for his outspoken views on poverty and Third World debt, claims his band members worried his antics would bore their audience.