Sneak Peek - U2 to Visit CBS SUNDAY MORNING, 5/24

Members of the critically acclaimed rock band U2 feared their new tour might end on the first night when guitarist The Edge fell off the stage, they tell Anthony Mason in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast May 24 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.

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The Edge was unhurt in the fall, which happened on the tour's opening night, though he scared everyone in the arena and the band.

"It was a moment of reverie where I just completely lost track of where I was on the stage," says The Edge. "Out of the corner of my eye I could see the curve of the round and I thought I was already there. I stepped off on what I thought was the stage and I had basically cut the corner. It was one of those things you do only once."

Bassist Adam Clayton says he was "sick in the pit of my stomach" after watching the fall, "because I knew what was down there."

"Start and end in the same evening," added drummer Larry Mullen.

"It would have been the shortest tour in history," The Edge says.

Mason caught up with the band in Vancouver and then again in San Jose, Calif. to talk about the current tour, the band's latest album, the craft of making music, and how they've managed to stay together so long as they face their 40th anniversary together. Mason also takes viewers backstage at the tour and gets a look at the massive video screen that projects the band to the audience.

Lead singer Bono also talks with Mason about being seriously injured after falling from his bike in New York's Central park. In addition to facial injuries, Bono also damaged his hand and may never play guitar again.

Bono tells Mason he doesn't remember the accident. "Nothing," he says.

The singer also tells Mason he's got a new outlook on life.

"Edge says that I look at my body like it's an inconvenience," Bono says. "And that I need to be more mindful. And you know I've been disagreeing with Edge all my life on musical matters, but I'm starting to pay much more attention to him on philosophical ones."
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