Bono pays heartfelt tribute to ‘alchemist of the U2 sound’

U2 frontman Bono has paid a heartfelt tribute to their legendary soundman, Joe O’Herlihy, to mark his 40th year at the heart of one of the world’s biggest bands.

In a special segment during the band’s second gig in Copenhagen as part of their Experience and Innocence tour earlier this week, Bono described Joe O, who is originally from Cork and who first met the band in the city’s former Arcadia Ballroom in 1978, as “an alchemist of the U2 sound”.