U2 FRONTMAN Bono is to celebrate his 60th birthday tomorrow with a long walk and a "bit of a pilgrimage with the family".
The Dublin rocker said he had planned a "quiet birthday anyway" before the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were put in place in March.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1's Ryan Tubridy Show Bono also thanked the people of Ireland for "putting up" with him.
The singer spoke about celebrating his milestone birthday at his home in Dalkey this weekend and said he was aware of people missing out on more him due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I was going to have a quiet birthday anyway...just go for a long walk, that was the plan, a bit of a pilgrimage with the family," he said.
"There are people giving up a lot more than their birthdays, think of people cancelling their weddings, funerals, think about that.
"I am grateful to just have got here, I am really grateful to the people who got me to where I am, to the band, my mates and the country who gave U2 a great life who allowed us to be useful in this time."
He added: "I'd like to thank the country for putting up with my sometimes avuncular self. I'm feeling pretty meditative and thankful with life,"
Asked about what he had been spending his time doing lockdown, the rocker said: "I should say, I am not doing enough hoovering at home, I am quite good at hoovering, I thought.
"Beds are not made well enough, I have been told.
"I am enjoying, reading, writing and making lists, of people to call, of songs, a top 40 of favourite Irish songs everything from Fontaines D.C., Shane McGowan, Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, Damien Rice, Glen Hansard."
He added thanks to the frontline workers for their contribution during this Covid-19 time.
"It’s a different level of courage," he said.
"When we surface from this, the world will have changed."
