Bono makes a surprise appearance at the Dalkey Book Festival with wife Ali Hewson... before joining guest speaker Stephen Fry for a fun selfie
Plans for another world tour were put to one side as U2 singer Bono attended the Dalkey Book Festival in Dublin on Saturday.
The legendary musician was joined by wife Ali Hewson at the event, which takes place in the small Irish suburb - the birthplace of celebrated author George Bernard Shaw - every year.
The couple, who married in 1982, posed for a photo as they joined a host of celebrity guests on the festival's penultimate day, among them guest speaker Stephen Fry.
![Main man: Plans for another world tour were put to one side as U2 singer Bono attended the Dalkey book festival with wife Ali Hewson in Dublin on Saturday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/16/11/14849252-7146773-image-m-27_1560680637496.jpg)
Main man: Plans for another world tour were put to one side as U2 singer Bono attended the Dalkey book festival with wife Ali Hewson in Dublin on Saturday
Fry later joined Bono, festival organisers Sian Smyth and David McWilliams, and Chief Design Officer of Apple Jony Ive for a fun selfie taken in front of the area's rugged coastline.
Bono's appearance at the event comes after Irish rock legends U2 confirmed dates for their upcoming stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand - and it's good news for their Sydney fans.
The band have now added a date at the Sydney Cricket Ground on November 23 in addition to their gig at the venue the day before.
![Here we go: Bono, guest speaker Stephen Fry, festival organisers Sian Smyth and David McWilliams, and Chief Design Officer of Apple Jony Ive later posed for a fun selfie](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/16/11/14849244-7146773-image-a-35_1560681072780.jpg)
Here we go: Bono, guest speaker Stephen Fry, festival organisers Sian Smyth and David McWilliams, and Chief Design Officer of Apple Jony Ive later posed for a fun selfie
![He's pleased: Bono was in high spirits as he arrived at the event alongside wife Ali](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/16/12/14849246-7146773-image-m-37_1560682881282.jpg)
He's pleased: Bono was in high spirits as he arrived at the event alongside wife Ali
Noel Gallagher's The High Flying Birds will open for the With Or Without You hit-makers - who are set to perform their iconic album The Joshua Tree in its entirety.
After kicking off their Australasian tour in Auckland on November 8 and 9, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr, The Edge and Adam Clayton will move onto Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium on November 12.
The group will then front Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on November 15 and the Adelaide Oval four days later.
![Yearly event: The three day event kicked off in Dalkey - the birthplace of celebrated author George Bernard Shaw - on Thursday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/16/12/14849250-7146773-image-a-38_1560682971898.jpg)
Yearly event: The three day event kicked off in Dalkey - the birthplace of celebrated author George Bernard Shaw - on Thursday
Their Down Under tour will end at Perth's Optus Stadium on November 27.
U2 will then thrill crowds in Japan and South Korea to conclude what is an addition to their blockbuster 2017 world tour.
The band first formed in 1976 as teenagers in high school and released their debut album, Boy, in 1980.
![Coming soon: Bono's appearance at the event comes after Irish rock legends U2 confirmed dates for their upcoming stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/06/16/12/14849248-7146773-image-m-40_1560683521978.jpg)
Coming soon: Bono's appearance at the event comes after Irish rock legends U2 confirmed dates for their upcoming stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand
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