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June 2nd, 2011

Bono found himself hitchhiking in Vancouver, Canada on Tuesday, and was picked up by none other than Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule.

The hockey pro was driving to a park with his girlfriend Kelsey Nichols when he spotted the U2 frontman on the side of the road, reports the Edmonton Journal.

“I didn’t want to stop, but they waved and [Gilbert] yelled ‘that’s Bono’,” Nichols says. “I didn’t believe him so I kept driving.” So, why was the music legend hitchhiking?

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