World Champions... Bono flies flag at Grammys

U2 FRONTMAN Bono yesterday compared the band winning five Grammy Awards to winning the World Cup for Ireland.

Fri, 10 Feb, 2006 - 00:00
Ian Kilroy, Arts Editor

“We are the football team and tonight we have won the World Cup,” Bono told 2FM’s Gerry Ryan show.

He was speaking live from an after-Grammy party in Santa Monica, California, where the band was celebrating scooping five awards, emerging as the big winners in the 2006 Grammys.

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