Bono Takes Epic Selfie Where He’s Choking a Fan

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

November 7th, 2019 10:13 AM

Imagine you were just minding your own business after work at a nearby shopping/dining hub where you live, and then you look up and see one of the biggest rock stars in the world. That’s what happened to Chris Key at Auckland, New Zealand’s Britomart when he saw Bono leaving a bar.

Per The New Zealand Herald, Key said, “Suddenly he just walks out with the purple glasses on and I was like ‘No freaking way.'”

Key then approached the U2 frontman for a photo and put his arm around him for the selfie, but then Bono had an idea.

“…Then he was like, ‘Nah f— that,’ and put his arms around my neck, like he was about to bite my head off,” said Key.

Key was grateful for his moment with Bono and recognized that he didn’t have to stop for a photo saying, “You think people like that wouldn’t have time for people like me. I’d been working hard all day, plaster all over me and he took time out (for me.)”

U2 is currently in New Zealand for the latest leg of their Joshua Tree 2019 tour.

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  UNDATED: This image released by Apple on October 26, 2004 shows the new iPod U2 Special Edition. The new U2 iPod holds up to 5,000 songs and features a black enclosure with a red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. (Photo by Apple via Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono of U2 celebrates the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: A U2 poster is displayed at the celebration of the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: A U2 special edition Apple iPod is seen at its release at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: A U2 special edition Apple Ipod (L) and an iPod Photo sit on display at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (C) of Apple Computer with Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (C) of Apple Computer with Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (2nd-R) of Apple Computer poses with Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine (L) Bono (2nd-L) and The Edge (R) of U2 at a celebration of the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (2nd-R) of Apple Computer poses with Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine (L) Bono (2nd-L) and The Edge (R) of U2 at a celebration of the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (2nd-R) of Apple Computer poses with Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine (L) Bono (2nd-L) and The Edge (R) of U2 at a celebration of the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (C) of Apple Computer with Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono (R) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 celebrate the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Bono of U2 celebrates the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: The U2 special edition Apple iPod was released at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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  SAN JOSE, CA - OCTOBER 26: Steve Jobs (C) of Apple Computer poses with Bono (L) and The Edge of U2 at a celebration of the release of a new Apple iPod family of products at the California Theatre on October 26, 2004 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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