Dierks Bentley‘s ‘Home’ has given people hope and inspiration when it comes to bringing people closer. In fact, the song brought him to a charitable dinner and put him in contact with one of rock music’s biggest bands. ” I was having dinner; U2 came through town. They played a show here, and the night before that, there was a [benefit] dinner at Senator Bill Frist’s house,” recalls Dierks. “So, I got a chance to sit in on this dinner and hang out. But I was talking to him, and I hummed him the melody of this song, you know, and he goes, ‘Man, that’s not a song, that’s a hymn.’”

Dierks is beginning to hit the airwaves with his latest single, ‘5-1-5-0.’ 

AUDIO: Dierks Bentley recalls being at a charity dinner in which he got to hang with U2’s Bono. He was able to give him a preview of his ACM-nominated song, “Home,” and Bono gave Dierks a very cool compliment. 

Dierks (Home-U2) OC: …pretty cool. :18

“I actually sang the melody to Bono. I was having dinner; U2 came through town. They played a show here, and the night before that, there was a [benefit] dinner at Senator Bill Frist’s house. So, I got a chance to sit in on this dinner and hang out. But I was talking to him and I hummed him the melody of this song, you know, and he goes, ‘Man, that’s not a song, that’s a hymn.’ And I was like, ‘Whoa! That’s pretty cool.’”