“He is utterly not bothered that his father is perhaps well-known”

Bono has opened up about his relationship along with his son, Inhaler‘s Elijah Hewson, saying he’s “not bothered” about his father being a well-known rockstar.

Throughout a latest look on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!, the U2 frontman was requested concerning the time he came upon that one among his youngsters was tenting on the Joshua Tree Nationwide Park in California, and had failed to inform his dad.

“Our children, they’re extraordinary,” the singer responded. “That was the youngest, John – he’s most likely the wisest of all of them. However I used to be saying, ‘ we [have] an album known as ‘The Joshua Tree’? [1987]. [John said], ‘I’ll get there, I’ll get there’.”

Bono then went on to speak about his eldest son, Elijah. “He’s in a band known as Inhaler – unbelievable,” he continued. “And he’s simply utterly not bothered by the truth that his father is perhaps a bit well-known or no matter. I imply, actually not bothered.”

The frontman went on to agree that he and Elijah have a unique relationship from the one he shared along with his personal father. “He’s very cool with [me being a famous musician],” he instructed host Kimmel.

“On his final album [2025’s ‘Open Wide’] is a track known as ‘All I Received Is You’. I stated, ‘Elijah, you recognize U2 has fairly a widely known track known as ‘All I Need Is You’. When you’re anxious about any comparisons ’trigger you’re a highschool band [like U2] and also you’ve received this three-octave vary…’. He stated, ‘No’.”

Bono concluded, jokingly: “I did say to all our youngsters, ‘The wonderful thing about recommendation is you don’t should take it’. And so they haven’t.” You may watch the interview in full within the video beneath.

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Bono’s look on the US chat present got here in assist of his new movie, Bono: Tales Of Give up, which acquired a seven-minute standing ovation at its latest Cannes premiere.

Earlier this yr, his son Elijah talked concerning the recommendation he’d been given from his father, and addressed the “expectation” that Inhaler could be handed alternatives by having a well-known mum or dad.

“I’d like to get a bit extra recommendation, to be trustworthy,” he stated. “The most effective recommendation I’ve received from him has been the same old sort of recommendation you'll get from a mum or dad, which is, ‘Don’t let it cross you by. This can be a second, you’re in it, and you must throw your self at it’.”

He added: “There undoubtedly is an expectation of failure from folks and an expectation that we might be handed issues. Whereas there have been benefits for certain, what it’s made us do is figure actually laborious as a result of we didn’t need to be perceived as strolling into it.”

In 2023, Inhaler admitted that The Edge’s affect typically “seeps in” to their work, saying: “Now we have to watch out about that.” In addition they hailed the U2 guitarist as “such an necessary participant”.

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Again in 2019, Inhaler spoke to NME about what it was prefer to be constantly tied to the large rock band. “Folks all the time ask: do you get actually good recommendation out of your dad about music and songwriting, and the trustworthy fact is… no,” Elijah instructed us. “Yeah, they’re a extremely profitable band, however I've utterly completely different opinions on songwriting to him.

“It drives us to show ourselves. I believe it drives us to need to truly carry out higher, and show ourselves, taking part in within the bathrooms and doing all of those mad excursions. It drives us to be higher. If we have been shite, you wouldn’t hassle speaking to us.”

The next yr, the frontman recalled how his dad wasn’t as supportive as he had anticipated when Inhaler first fashioned. “They wished me to go to varsity, like all of our dad and mom. I believe they only sort of noticed that I liked it and that we have been good,” he instructed GQ.

“I believe that was the principle factor. I believe if we weren’t good, they'd have immediately instructed us to present it up and go to high school. They’ve been supportive now, they actually have.”

In different information, Bono has up to date followers on U2’s upcoming as-yet-untitled new album – the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Songs Of Expertise’. Inhaler, in the meantime, have introduced their largest UK headline reveals thus far in London and Liverpool.