U2's last DVD - the 3D one - was 18 months late and £1m over budget because Bono insisted on getting a shit hot pop promo director instead of someone who knew what they were doing. 

 

Hot Director insisted on shooting everything, instead of editing it as live (ie editing the gig as they were playing it - meaning it's all finished on the night), and said he would fix it all in the edit. 

 

The vastly increased amount of useless footage meant months and months of fixing at ruinous cost. 

 

The rest of the band blew their nut at Bono because "U2 can't afford massive overspends like they used to". 

This article originally featured in mailout 1401 on Thu, 13/01/2011 - 17:37