Bono and The Edge tell Elvis Costello he was the reason they started U2

By Lee Brown,

U2's Bono and The Edge have told Elvis Costello that he was a key reason for them forming a band.

The Irish rock stars were the first guests on the new season of Costello's music chatshow Spectacle.

Bono told Costello: 'We did go, at the age of 17 or 18, to see you - and you blew our minds. And everybody who was there formed a band. It's true.

'The two seminal concerts for us were the Clash and Elvis Costello and the Attractions,' he said, adding 'what a great honour' it was to be with him.

Costello, however, admitted that his first experience of U2, seeing them in the early days playing a gig in Gateshead, England, was not quite as good.

'I have to be honest, I didn't know what the hell you were doing,' he laughed, to which The Edge quipped: 'We didn't either!'

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