Edmonton Journal - Edmonton Oiler Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend picked up an unusual hitchhiker in West Vancouver on Tuesday — U2 frontman Bono.
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.
Brule, watching out the window, was sure one of them was Bono.
Nichols, who was driving, didn’t believe him, because, really, why would Bono be hitchhiking in West Van?
“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 believe
him so I kept driving.”
The couple went on, a short distance
anyway, all the while Brule trying to convince Nichols to turn around.
Eventually, she agreed.
The hitchhikers were still there when they drove up, so they yelled out: “Bono!”
He waved and walked over to their truck.
The
Irishman, who indeed was Bono, asked if they could give him and his
assistant a lift to Horseshoe Bay. Of course, Brule and Nichols obliged.
Turns
out, he and his assistant had gone out for a walk when it started to
rain, just before Brule and Nichols happened upon them.
On the
drive to Horseshoe Bay, Bono and his assistant sat in the back with the
couple’s dog. The four chatted about Brule’s hockey career, about Dublin
and Bono’s apparent love for Vancouver.
Bono mentioned that his band was playing a show in Edmonton on Wednesday and asked if they’d like to go.
So
Brule and Nichols sold their tickets for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup
finals, bought plane tickets (three, so Brule’s mom could come too) and
flew back to Edmonton, where Brule is a forward for the Oilers.
Bono got them backstage passes to say thanks for the ride.
We usually don't pick up hitchhikers...
buuuuut I'm gonna have to go with my instincts on this one. Saddle up, partner!
Check out this video of Bono giving some respect to the Oiler's and American hockey. Can't say that I respect him hating on American football though.
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