Bono has revealed he met the robbers who burgled his dad’s home – while drinking in a pub.
The Dublin rocker has revealed how he came face-to-face with the burglars who robbed his dad’s house.
The U2 legend also told how he was approached recently in a Dublin bar by two men.
Confronted: The burglers approached Bono in a Dublin bar | VIPIRELAND.COM
They confessed they were responsible for a string of break-ins at the Glasnevin home of his father Bob, who died of cancer in 2001.
Bono recounted: “They said, ‘All right, Paul. Cedarwood, yeah? The house opposite the Grove, yeah? Your dad lived there on his own? The telly went a few times, the stereo?’
“‘But you know we never made a mess, right? I was banging up a bit of the old gear and we figured you could afford it’.”
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The singer recalled the impact of growing up on such a tough street in song Cedarwood Road on the new U2 album.
The frontman told Mojo magazine things got so bad in the area, his opera-loving dad used to go to bed with an iron bar under his pillow.
Bono said: “Some of the strongest memories I have of my teenage life are the hidings I received and the hidings I gave out.
“The sense of civil war was imminent. Sometimes I feel like I’m still on that street.”
