Springsteen described his refusal as \u2018a big mistake\u2019.<\/p>\n
Bruce Springsteen\u00a0has apologised to\u00a0Bono<\/a>\u00a0for refusing to license Girls In Their Summer Clothes for an advert for the clothing brand GAP in partnership with Bono\u2019s AIDS foundation, (RED).<\/a><\/p>\n He was presented with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award by the\u00a0U2<\/a>\u00a0frontman at the Tribeca Festival on June 13.<\/p>\n While handing over the award, Bono recalled asking him to license the 2007 track after he\u2019d joined forces with the clothing brand to raise money to fight\u00a0HIV\/AIDS\u00a0in Africa.<\/p>\n \u2018That was a big mistake,\u2019 Springsteen said.<\/p>\n \u2018That was just a song that I love,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n \u2018Damn it, I still think back:\u201dBono asked you to put this thing on a commercial on television.\u201d I should have f***ing done it! People would hear it like a hit, you know? So I have to apologise.\u2019 <\/p>\n Last year, Bono voiced his support for Springsteen amid an ongoing feud<\/a> between the musician and the\u00a0US President. Springsteen took to the stage in England and called Donald Trump an \u2018unfit President\u2019, accusing him of leading a \u2018corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.\u2019<\/p>\n