The two musicians bonded over welcoming a child while in the peak of their music career.
Ed Sheeran told Zane Lowe on Apple Music that he “got in touch” with the Irish musician since Bono welcomed his first child when he was 28 in the middle of a tour.
“We had like a three-hour chat and he is the sweetest guy…He was telling me about how he navigated being a father, like where his kids went to school and how they did tours and stuff,” he said.
Ed went on to explain how having a daughter has changed his lifestyle, “I loved drinking everything in sight and all the other stuff…I found when Cherry was six months pregnant, I was like, right at this point, waters might break anytime and I’m just going to stop excess and just be available and be the husband that I’m meant to be.”
His daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran (L.A.S.S) was born in August 2020 and Ed has also recently opened up about her middle name.
“Me and Cherry always wanted to go to Antarctica, it was always on our list…So we went there and it’s just an amazing place, it’s really special to us, and obviously we got home and Cherry was pregnant,” he said on The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East.