Bono regrets his mullet from 1985 Live Aid charity…
The mullet’s not for everybody.
In the new documentary “Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World” documentary, Bono admitted that he regrets his hair selection during U2’s efficiency at Live Aid in 1985.
“I can’t look back at this moment with two eyes because it was such a bad hair day,” Bono mentioned.
Bono performs at Live Aid 1985. Redferns
“Honestly, it’s one of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet,” the Irish rocker added.
The charity live performance was held concurrently at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985 to raise money for famine aid in Ethiopia.
Adam Clayton and Bono carry out reside onstage at Live Aid in July 1985. Redferns
Bono performs with different musical acts during the finale of Live Aid. Getty Images
Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof onstage with Bono. Redferns
Around 1.9 billion people from 150 nations — almost 40 p.c of the world population — tuned into the worldwide occasion.
Performers included U2, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, The Who, David Bowie, Paul Young, Sting, Phil Collins, Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Madonna, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and more.
During their set, U2 carried out “Sunday visible injuryy Sunday” and “Bad.” Bono also sang in a group rendition of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Bono poses during a photocall for the movie “Bono: Stories of Surrender” at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. AFP via Getty Images
Bono beforehand mirrored on his Eighties mullet in his 2022 memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono.”
“As for the show itself, influential though it was in the arc of our band, I confess that I find it excruciating to watch,” he wrote, per The Guardian. “It’s a little humbling that during one of the greatest moments of your life, you’re having a bad hair day.”
Bono performing at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in London. Mirrorpix via Getty Images
“Now, some people would say that I’ve had a bad hair life, but when I am forced to look at footage of U2 playing Live Aid, there is only one thing that I can see. The mullet,” the “With Or Without You” singer mentioned. “All thoughts of altruism and of righteous anger, all the right reasons that we were there, all these flee my mind, and all I see is the ultimate bad hair day.”
Bono performing during Live Aid in July 1985. Redferns
In a 2012 interview, Bono mentioned: “I have an erase button on the mullet hairdo.”
“Many lay claim to the mullet. I’m trying to think of the guy who invented it,” he jokingly added.
Bono performs during the U2 live performance in Nashville in May 2018. Getty Images
“Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World” is a four-part documentary that “tells the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.”
The doc options interviews with different musical acts including Sting, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins and Lionel Richie.
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