Bono admits guilt at missing school runs

BONO has revealed that he struggled with the same parental guilt as any other working father when away from home.

The singer has four children, Jordan, 28, Eve, 26, Elijah, 18, and John, 16, with his wife Ali.

On an American radio interview, he spoke about the guilt of being away from his children while touring. He told Boston’s Karson and Kennedy Show of his worry over missing childhood milestones like the first day of school, but his youngest son helped him to get over that guilt.

‘I used to feel really sh*** and it really hurt, and then I got over it when I was actually dropping my youngest son on his first day of school and he said: “Would you mind parking around the corner?”’

Bono said he has realised that his children really appreciated having a parent who was doing something they love every day.

‘The thing about your kids, if you are doing what you want to do, if you are doing what you love, they feel that. It’s much harder if you are pushing a rock up the hill and it’s a rock someone else owns, and you don’t feel the same connection, which is how most of us go through our life.

‘We are so blessed to do what we love. I think the kids feel that.’

The singer also revealed that the Edge is to deploy his Music Rising initiative in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Music Rising was set up after Hurricane Katrina and places instruments back into the hands of displaced musicians.