These are the kind of legendary stories that you pass on to your kids! U2 is playing a couple of concerts up in Canada this week and apparently the weather gets kinda tricky up there, eh? Someone who understands this better than anyone now is Bono who got stuck in a downpour along with his assistant while they were taking a walk in West Vancouver. They also, clearly, were lost because Bono went ahead and started hitchhiking on the side the road! One of the most famous musicians in the world and you probably passed him by!
NHL player Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend, Kelsey Nichols, became his rescuers as they just happened to be heading to a local dog park on that very road. The Edmonton Oilers player recognized Bono and stopped the car, and rescued the pack. Bono and his assistant ending up sharing the backseat with a German Shepherd, but that’s never a bad thing. And here’s the coolest part — Bono gave them both autographed passes as u2 was scheduled to play in Edmonton the next night! Fate! Serendipity! Kismet! Kelsey’s pass got, “Thanks for the ride” scrawled on while Brule got, “My hero Gilbert”. Bono told the Edmonton Journal the story the next day adding, “I like ice hockey because people who play ice hockey are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers.” Why can’t something this cool happen to us?
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