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Bono and his wife Ali head for the 'The Rising Son' yacht.

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By Ken Sweeney

Tuesday July 13 2010

U2 singer Bono and his wife Ali took to the high seas yesterday for lunch with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

The meeting with the Chelsea owner took place on 'The Rising Son' yacht moored in the Mediterranean off the French coast which is owned by billionaire Larry Ellison, CEO of the software company Oracle.

Bono (50), who has a holiday home in the south of France, is recovering from surgery he underwent last May for a compressed sciatic nerve in his back.

It was during preparations for the next leg of U2's 360 tour that the frontman injured himself, an incident which resulted in U2 having to cancel their headline performance at the Glastonbury Festival.

- Ken Sweeney

Irish Independent

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