In the words of the artist’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, “The Pogues first met U2 in the 80’s when they were invited to support them, and Shane and Victoria always enjoyed long, philosophical and theosophical discussions with Bono, who became a lifelong friend, and who performed at Shane’s legendary 60th birthday concert in Dublin. Bono can be a serious guy, and who likes to search for meaning. But he is also a great man for a party. Victoria and Shane moved into his Martello Tower in Dublin in the early 1990’s just after Shane had been sacked from The Pogues and spent many a night drinking Guinness with the Big B. Shane drew a series of portraits of Bono in various guises including ‘Bono as Ned Kelly’ and ‘Bono as Lord Edward Fitzgerald’. ‘Bono Drinking Guinness’ was created on the 200th anniversary of Guinness in 2017."