U2 Postpones ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Residency After Bono Crashes Bike [UPDATE]

U2's Bono isn't having a good week. The door of his private jet fell off mid-flight on Wednesday. Then he crashed his bicycle in Central Park on Sunday.

The latter has caused U2 to postpone its week-long residency for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," according to the band's website. Fallon does have a special treat planned for Monday night's show to acknowledge the band's absence.

"[Viewers] will have to tune-in tonight to see how Jimmy pays homage to U2!" a rep for "The Tonight Show" told Headlines & Global News in an email.

Fallon also tweeted, "No @U2 this week. But we'll think of something and send vibes to Bono for a speedy recovery."

The late-night show had booked the band to play the entire week of Nov. 17.

"It looks like we will have to do our Tonight Show residency another time - we're one man down. Bono has injured his arm in a cycling spill in Central Park and requires some surgery to repair it. We're sure he'll make a full recovery soon, so we'll be back! Much thanks to Jimmy Fallon and everyone at the show for their understanding," U2 members The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. wrote on the website.

"The Tonight Show" announced U2's residency to support the band's 13th studio album "Songs of Innocence" earlier this month. In addition to the band's five nights of performances, Fallon planned to feature the guys in comedy sketches and online exclusives throughout the week.

U2 did not give any indication when it would reschedule. The band appeared as the first musical guest when Fallon took over the NBC late-night show in February.

Last week, Bono and his friends were traveling to Berlin from Dublin on the lead singer's Learjet 60 when the rear door of the private jet fell off and dropped 15,000 feet to the ground, according to NBC News. Pilots landed the plane safely and the passengers lost only two suitcases from the luggage compartment. The compartment is not connected to the pressurized cabin, so the passengers experienced no loss of pressure when the door came unhinged. The plane suffered no damage, and the door has not yet been recovered.

"The aircraft and its rear door are painted black, so the search in the wooded area will be difficult," said Germout Freitag, a spokesman for the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation, according to NBC News.

Bono flew to Berlin to accept the German BAMBI award for music international with U2. The band performed at the entertainment awards ceremony on Nov. 13.

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