Yes, THAT Bono—U2 frontman, activist, humanitarian, and occasional hitchhiker.
Brule, a center for the Edmonton Oilers, and his girlfriend were heading to a park to walk their German Shepherd when they passed a pair of men thumbing for a ride near the West Vancouver Yacht club. Brule’s girlfriend, Kelsey Nichols, was the one driving at the time, and being the sensible person she is, didn’t want to pick up the hitchhikers.
But her boyfriend was sure one of them was U2′s Bono, and made her stop and pick them up. Turns out Brule has a keen eye for wandering Irish frontmen.
From the Edmonton Journal…
Brule and girlfriend Kelsey Nichols were driving to a park to walk Bella, their German shepherd, on Tuesday afternoon near the West Vancouver Yacht club when they spotted a couple of hitchhikers on the side of the road.
“I didn’t want to stop, but they waved and G yelled ‘that’s Bono’,” Nichols said Wednesday night at Commonwealth Stadium. “I didn’t belie...
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