Silverchair Star Retracts Statement About Bono Doing Drugs

Silverchair rocker Daniel Johns has been forced to retract claims he made in an interview that he smoked marijuana with his wife Natalie Imbruglia, Bono, and an Australian politician. Johns claimed the four had used the drug while listening to demos of his band's latest album Young Modern.

He said, "(Bono) invited me over to the house he was staying at in Sydney and asked if I'd play the demos and it was really one of the most surreal moments of my life.

"It was me and Natalie and Peter Garrett (Labour Party MP) and Bono laying on Bono's bed smoking joints listening to the Young Modern demo."

But Johns has performed a u-turn after his comments attracted criticism. He says, "At no time have I ever smoked a joint with Bono or Peter Garrett. They are both well known to be very anti-drugs so that's why I assumed everybody would know I was joking when I made that comment.

"Clearly that wasn't the case and I feel sick that I might have caused embarrassment to two people who I admire so much."