U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.’s family guide: Meet his partner and children

the drummer of U2 Larry Mullen Jr. praised his family for years.

“I’m totally crap at being a rock star,” Mullen Jr. said. in 2013. Irish Daily Mail. “I’m one of the worst rock stars I know. I love being at home with my children. There are no drugs. There’s not even much rock ‘n’ roll going on there.’

Mullen Jr. co-founded U2 with Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton when they were at school in Dublin. In December 2024, Mullen Jr. revealed his struggle with dyscalculia, which makes it difficult for him to count the bars of music.

“I’ve always known that there wasn’t anything particularly right about the way I handled numbers. I’m numerically challenged,” Mullen said Sunday Times Radio. “I recently realized that I have dyscalculia, which is a subversion of dyslexia. So I can’t count, I can’t add up.’

Mullen Jr. — who shares three children with his partner Ann Acheson — plans to tackle his journey with dyscalculia in the coming season Back left documentary.

“I brought the documentary to my son, who is dyslexic, and he watched the movie with me,” Mullen said. Period. “I saw how he reacted to it and I came away with an idea of ​​his intensity and how he felt. I just literally took the idea and went into the studio and recorded what I thought he was feeling right now.”

Mullen Jr. he did not say which son struggles with a learning disability. “Oh, he laughs at me and says, ‘Oh, you think you understand how I feel,'” he recalled. “And I’m like, ‘Well, I imagine what it’s like.’ I was inspired by him and the idea for the music came from that.”

Scroll down to meet the Mullen Jr. family:

Ann Acheson

Mullen Jr. and Acheson both attended Dublin’s Mount Temple Comprehensive School Irish Daily Mail.

Aaron Elvis Mullen

Aaron is Mullen Jr. and Acheson’s eldest son. He was born in 1995.

Ava Mullen

Mullen Jr. and Acheson’s daughter Ava arrived in 1998.

Ezra Mullen

The drummer and Acheson welcomed their youngest child, son Ezra, in 2001.