Bono makes a surprise appearance at the Dalkey Book Festival with wife Ali ...

Bono makes a surprise appearance at the Dalkey Book Festival with wife Ali Hewson... before joining guest speaker Stephen Fry for a fun selfie

By Jason Chester for MailOnline

Published: 11:52 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 12:44 BST, 16 June 2019

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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

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

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