Gilbert Brule Gives Bono a Ride-Oiler Picks Up Bono Hitchhiking

by NowPublic Staff | June 2, 2011 at 08:51 am

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NHL Player Gilbert Brule Picked Up a Hitchhiker. The Name of the Hitcher? Bono of U2

NHL player Gilbert Brule made a new friend the other day: Bono. The Oilers forward reportedly picked up Bono, who was hitchhiking near West Vancouver.

According to a report in the Edmonton Journal, Brule and girlfriend Kelsey Nichols were driving in West Vancouver when they spotted two guys on the side of the road, one of whom looked a lot like Bono.

The couple pulled over and talked to the two gentleman. Sure enough, it was Bono and an assistant. The U2 frontman politely asked for a ride to Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. Brule and Nichols were happy to oblige.

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 invited Brule and Nichols to U2's show in Edmonton. The couple and Brule's mother flew out to Alberta where Bono arranged backstage passes for the three of them.

Bono made reference to the hitchhiking incident onstage: "I like ice hockey because people who play ice hockey are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers," said Bono