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.

World Champions... Bono flies flag at Grammys
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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