U2 bassist Adam Clayton and Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho are separating after a 10-year marriage.

U2’s Adam Clayton and Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho are separating, the couple’s spokesperson says.

Monday 29 April at 07:47

After being married for more than a decade, musician Adam Clayton and lawyer Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho have chosen to go their separate ways.

The Sunday World is informed by a spokesperson for the former married couple.

In a joint statement, the former couple emphasize that they are separating as friends and that they will both be involved in the life of their common daughter Alba.

– Both will continue to be involved in the care of their daughter, and they ask that the family’s privacy be respected.

Having first met in Brazil, the Irish bass player and the Brazilian lawyer married in Ireland’s capital Dublin back in 2013.

Cult band

Since the mid-70s, Clayton has been part of the cult band U2 along with Bono, Larry Mullen and David Evans, better known as The Edge.

All four have been members since the beginning, and have since released 15 albums and sold several million copies.

For several decades, the rock band has engaged in political activism through songs such as “Sunday, Bloody Sunday”. In 2018, frontman Bono also criticized the Swedish politician Jimmie Åkesson.

During a concert in Paris, Bono showed the Nazi salute and used a devil filter to criticize the leader of the Sweden Democrats.