U2 guitarist buys Malibu pad

Updated 08.33 Mon Apr 23 2007
Keywords: Malibu, Bono, The Edge, U2

U2 guitarist The Edge has paid almost £7.5 million for a house on the Californian coast, according to a US newspaper.

The 120-acre property is in the upmarket beach resort of Malibu.

The Edge, whose real name is Dave Evans, already has homes in Ireland and France

The Irish rocker's new acquisition - based in a canyon rather than on prime oceanfront - boasts a cottage and a creek, the paper added.

The Edge, whose real name is Dave Evans, already has homes in Ireland and France.

Meanwhile, The Edge has auctioned off his beloved Gibson Les Paul guitar to benefit musicians who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

It fetched £120,000 and U2 frontman Bono's sunglasses pulled in a further £10,000.

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