The mullet\u2019s not for everyone.<\/p>\n
In the new documentary \u201cLive Aid: When Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Took on the World\u201d<\/a>\u00a0documentary, Bono admitted that he regrets his hair choice during U2\u2019s performance at Live Aid in 1985.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t look back at this moment with two eyes because it was such a bad hair day,\u201d Bono said.<\/p>\n Bono performs at Live Aid 1985. Redferns<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, it\u2019s one of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you\u2019ve got a mullet,\u201d\u00a0the Irish rocker added.<\/p>\n The charity concert<\/a> was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n Adam Clayton and Bono perform live onstage at Live Aid in July 1985. Redferns<\/p>\n Bono performs with other musical acts during the finale of Live Aid. Getty Images<\/p>\n Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof onstage with Bono. Redferns<\/p>\n Around 1.9 billion people from 150 countries \u2014 nearly 40 percent of the world population \u2014 tuned into the global event.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n During their set, U2 performed \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday\u201d and \u201cBad.\u201d Bono also sang in a group rendition of \u201cDo They Know It\u2019s Christmas?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Bono poses during a photocall for the film \u201cBono: Stories of Surrender\u201d at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n Bono previously reflected on his 1980s mullet in his 2022 memoir \u201cSurrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAs for the show itself, influential though it was in the arc of our band, I confess that I find it excruciating to watch,\u201d he wrote, per The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a little humbling that during one of the greatest moments of your life, you\u2019re having a bad hair day.\u201d<\/p>\n Bono performing at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in London. Mirrorpix via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cNow, some people would say that I\u2019ve 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,\u201d the \u201cWith Or Without You\u201d singer said. \u201cAll 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Bono performing during Live Aid in July 1985. Redferns<\/p>\n