accdg to this article, Bono wasn't the best man
http://www.irelandonsunday.com
June 24, 2002
From Ireland on Sunday:
Edge wedding is a French connection
HE MIGHT be one of the biggest rock stars in the world but the Edge's wedding in the South
of France yesterday was more reminiscent of the glory days of 1960s flower power than of
more recent celebrity-studded pop weddings.
There was no deal with Hello! magazine, no castle sealed off to the outside world, no giant
marquee and the security, although strict, was subtle. The 40-year-old U2 guitarist and his
American-born girlfriend of nine years, Morleigh Steinberg, eschewed a traditional wedding
and instead, in a colourful ritual, tied the knot in an exotic garden on the top of a cliff
overlooking the Mediterranean. They had already been through a civil ceremony in a registry
office in Ireland last week but invited close friends and family to witness their blessing in a
spiritual ceremony that took place at 5.30 yesterday evening in the tiny French Riviera village
of Eze-sur-Mer.
Invited guests included Bob Geldof, Mick Jagger, movie director Neil Jordan and the Gallagher
brothers. But many of the famous invitees were unable to attend and the wedding was
principally a family affair with band members, their families and close friends such as supermodel
Christy Turlington looking on. Befitting the ceremony's unique theme, the Edge chose a woman
to be his best man. His close friend, Chantal O'Sullivan, a successful art dealer, had the honour
of holding the rings while the couple exchanged vows.
The fragrant gardens which were the setting for the ceremony boast 400 different species of
flowers, including the largest collection of South American cacti in Europe - appropriately phallic
symbols for such a romantic event. The gardens are a major tourist attraction, normally receiving
1,000 visitors a day, but were closed to the public at 12 noon yesterday. Some tourists became
irate at the closure but the U2 boys seem to have won the friendship and loyalty of the 400-strong
population of Eze-sur-Mer.
'Many people come to this village. It is good to have U2 here. I hope they give the villagers a
glass of champagne,' a local told Ireland on Sunday. When the ceremony ended, the guests
desended a series of stone steps towards 'La Chevre D'Or' (The Golden Goat) restaurant where
a champagne reception awaited them. But the peaceful atmosphere was broken by village
shopkeeper Corinne Villina, an obsessed U2 fan who decided to play a selection of the band's
greatest hits from the loudspeakers outside her shop as the wedding party passed by.
'I went to see U2 when they last played in Marseille. I love the whole group,' an enthusiastic
Corinne said. After the champagne reception, the guests gathered in the nearby holiday home
which the Edge and Bono jointly own. The 30-roomed mansion is called Villa Eze Les Roses
and is situated on one of the narrow hill-clinging roads that wind down to the sea. The two
originally acquired the six-bedroomed villa three years ago and recently bought the house next
door to accomodate their growing families. There are three smaller houses on the grounds and
a swimming pool in the garden.
Many of the wedding revellers have holiday homes of their own nearby. Movie director Jim
Sheridan and Point Depot owner Harry Crosbie both own villas within a few miles, while U2
manager Paul McGuinness has rented a house in the area for six weeks. The exotic theme for
the ceremony was fitting. American Morleigh first met the Edge when she worked as a belly
dancer in their video, She Moves in Mysterious Ways. She then toured with the band as a dancer
on their Zooropa tour, where their relationship deepened. They now have two children, aged four
and one. But while the Edge was fortunate to find love a second time around, his first wife, Aislinn
Evans, is currently coping with the traumatic break-up of her second relationship.
The star, whose real name is David Evans, married childhood sweetheart Aislinn in 1980. Their
10-year marriage ended in tears in 1990, after the Edge admitted the pressure of touring with U2
turned him into a 'monster'. They have three children , Holly, 18, Aaron, 16 and Blue, 14. They
split in 1990 and officially divorced two years later. Aislinn then found love again with John Hegarty,
who works in the fashion business.
She and Hegarty lived in her former married home in Monkstown, Dublin. They had a baby boy in
2000, the same year Morleigh gave birth to her and the Edge's second baby. But Aislinn's
relationship began to founder in recent months and she has now split up with John Hegarty.
Aislinn is currently single and John Hegarty is dating separated mother-of- two, Cha Cha Assaf.
and a pic-don't know when it was taken, but it's lovely
Sorrry I'm too cool for that!
their friends
to their families 
