The Edge knows how to keep your relationship strong!
On Saturday, May 11, the singer-songwriter, 62, and his wife of 22 years his junior, Morleigh Steinberg, spoke with PEOPLE and revealed the secret of their marriage of more than two decades as he was honored at the inaugural HEART ceremony at the Venice Family Clinic Gala.
“I think compatibility and friendship is a big thing for us,” said The Edge, whose real name is David Evans. “We fell in love, but we knew each other well, and I’d say let’s keep falling in love. It doesn’t just happen once. It happens all the time.”
Steinberg — a choreographer, dancer and director — agreed with that sentiment. – It’s true – she said.
The Edge and Morleigh Steinberg speak during Venice Family Clinic’s inaugural HEART Gala on May 11, 2024.
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Bono says his family ‘didn’t talk’ about his mother Iris after she died when he was 14: ‘Very Irish male situation’
The couple was presented with the first HEART Award during Saturday’s event, a result of their contributions to the Venice Family Clinic — which provides “comprehensive, high-quality health care, free food, health insurance enrollment assistance and harm reduction services” to more than 45,000 people, according to its website .
“It’s so amazing to be here and such an amazing thing to be honored in this way,” The Edge said. “I mean, it’s humbling, and we’re so thrilled to help in any way we can. We’re a huge supporter of the clinic. It’s so important.”
Steinberg, who grew up in Venice, added that the honor was a “dream” and that she and her husband were “so happy to be able to help.”
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U2 perform at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 1, 2018.
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Bono pays tribute to Alexei Navalny with a song during the U2 Sphere Residency Show in Las Vegas
Other members of U2 have been open about their family lives in recent months, including Bono. During the performance at Kelly Corrigan wonders podcast earlier this week, the musician revealed that his family didn’t talk about his mother after she died when he was 14.
As Bono said, he got “very few details about my mother” Iris and wrote his memoirs in 2022. Presentation: 40 songs, one story to “get some of those memories out of that river.”
“And I thought, I don’t want the memories of my mother to go away completely. And there were fewer and fewer of them,” said Bono, whose real name is Paul David Hewson, adding that his brother Norman I don’t have many memories either , despite being 7 years older than him.
“It’s because I was 14 when she died and my father just didn’t talk about her,” Bono continued. “We didn’t talk about her. Very Irish male situation. So I can’t remember what she said. I do remember the feeling though.”
In April, bandmate Adam Clayton and his wife of 10 years, Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho, announced they had “amicably separated,” a U2 spokesperson told PEOPLE at the time.
“Both will continue to be fully involved in the care of their daughter and ask that the family’s privacy be respected,” the statement said, referring to their daughter Alba, 6½.
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