Oct 25, 2005 • 1 min read

Bono called Lennon's son by Yoko

Bono says Yoko Ono told him he was John Lennon's son, and that Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album helped him cope with his mother's death.

Not as confusing as the headline might imply. Bono has revealed that Yoko Ono told him he was John Lennon's son. She didn't mean it literally, obviously. The U2 frontman said: "Yoko came up to me when I was in my twenties, and she put her hand on me and she said, 'You are John's son.' What an amazing compliment!"

He also said Lennon's solo album with the Plastic Ono Band, which deals with the death of Lennon's mother, helped Bono cope with the death of his own mother when he was 14. He said: "For me it was like he, Lennon, was talking about the veil lifting off, the scales falling from the eyes. Seeing out the window with a new clarity that love brings you. I remember that feeling."

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