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Gary Bryan’s “Rewind”: Top 5 Songs Which Saved Bono’s Life

Tune in to 96.3 KKLZ every Sunday evening, 7pm-Midnight, as Gary “Rewinds” to your favorite years for the movies, TV Shows, and the music you love! Sunday 04/03/22:  Gary counts…

Bono - U2 lead singer

Front man Bono and band U2, rehearses during Grammy Week 2001 at The Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA., Feb. 20, 2001. (photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Tune in to 96.3 KKLZ every Sunday evening, 7pm-Midnight, as Gary "Rewinds" to your favorite years for the movies, TV Shows, and the music you love!

Sunday 04/03/22:  Gary counts down the Top 5 songs that "saved the life" of U2 lead singer, Bono.

The U2 frontman has had quite a few "brushes with death."  In 2010, he was laid up with a spinal injury he suffered while preparing for the band's concert tour.  In 2014 he was involved in a high-speed bicycle accident.  His injuries required five hours of surgery to repair.  Then, in late 2016, it was reported that he had a physical health scare, on which he declined to elaborate.  His bandmate, The Edge, was quoted as saying that Bono had a "brush with mortality."

U2 has maintained a long relationship with Apple long before that time they made a majority of people mad by putting their new album on everyone's iPhone. 

Fourteen years ago today (October 26), Bono and The Edge joined Steve Jobs for the unveiling of the U2 Special Edition iPod, which held up to 5,000 songs, was black with a red click wheel (to go with the color scheme of their latest album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) and featured the band's signatures engraved on the back of the device.

Just seeing how quaint that iPod is now is just a reminder of how far we've come with our technology!

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Larry Martino has been the afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ since 2007. He is also Music Director and Assistant Program Director. He’s been a professional radio broadcaster since 1980, serving as on-air talent, Program Director, and Music Director during his career. As a content creator for 96.3 KKLZ, Larry specializes in writing articles about music, recording artists, movies, food/restaurants, and hockey.