‘Still a sore subject' – U2's Bono opens up about wife Ali and bandmate's close friendship ahead of documentary release
The singer has been married to Ali Hewson since 1982 and the couple share four children together - Jordan, 36, Eve, 33, Elijah, 25 and John, 22.
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Bono has opened up about the long-term friendship between his wife and band mate
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The U2 frontman admitted it's "still a sore subject"
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The deeply personal film, directed by Andrew Dominik, pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him.
He also shares personal stories from his journey as a son, father, husband, activist and rock star.
Ahead of the documentary's release, the 65-year-old told of his history with his wife Ali and close pal David Howell Evans, also known as The Edge.
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During an interview with The Project on Sunday, Bono admitted it's "still a sore subject" as he spoke about their close friendship through the years.
He revealed that both Ali and David were in the year below him in school and described them as "the two cleverest in their year".
Bono then said: "She [Ali] did seem to be taking an interest in his guitar playing and, as hard as I might practise, I just knew I couldn't touch this guy.
"So I had to become, you know, the class clown."
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He then joked that the pair are still close and continue to speak about him "behind his back".
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He went on to say there are only a few people in his life who he doesn't need to worry about as they're "so consistent" and "there" for him.
Bono added: "Edge is one, Ali is another."
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While the singer made his acceptance speech, The Edge began to strum the chords of their war song Sunday Bloody Sunday.
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The song references the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry, where members of the British army's Parachute Regiment opened fire at civil rights demonstrators.
Bono said: "I used to introduce this next song by explaining that it wasn't a rebel song.
"It was because believing in the possibilities of peace was, then and is now a rebellious act, and some would say a ridiculous one, to believe peace was attainable between your country and ours, between our country and itself was a ridiculous idea that we're pleased we hold on to very tightly right now.
"Peace creates possibilities in the most intractable situations. Lord knows, there's a few of them out there right now.
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"Hamas release the hostages. Stop war. Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu.
"All of you protect our aid workers, they are the best of us."
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