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U2 star Adam Clayton announces his divorce from wife Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho after 11 years of marriage


The guitarist, 64, and the lawyer, 45, said their split was amicable and that they will co-parent their six-year-old daughter Alba together.

The news was confirmed by a representative for the couple, who shared a statement to the Sunday World that read: 'After more than 10 years of marriage, musician Adam Clayton and lawyer Mariana Teixeira de Carvalho have amicably divorced. At the time it was reported Adam was swapping Dublin for London, where Mariana worked as an associate director of Hauser & Wirth art gallery, after a career as a human rights lawyer. He opened up about the start of their romance in June 2017, after receiving the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his support of the MusiCares MAP Fund, which gives musicians access to recovery treatment.

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