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U2 live onstage in 2019; the Edge says that the band has been working lots of new material following the release of Songs of Surrender

The Edge says U2 could have spared Bono “a certain amount of embarrassment” by writing in lower keys to suit his vocal range

By Jonathan Horsley published

“You can hear the strain in his voice,” says the guitarist, who says reworking 40 tracks for the Songs Of Surrender album taught him to “serve the song by serving the singer”

Singers & Songwriters
U2

The Edge: "I'd like to be the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars!"

By Rob Laing published

"We are turning the amps on," he says of next U2 album

Guitarists
Bono and the Edge perform four acoustic tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series

Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp

By Jonathan Horsley published

U2 might have redefined the spectacle of a live rock show but the Edge and Bono were in their element playing stripped back acoustic tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series

Artists
The Edge and Bono of U2 perform at Suncorp Stadium on November 12, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia

“Of course Bono gets too much for me sometimes!” – The Edge explains why he's never quit U2

By Rob Laing published

But drummer Larry Mullen Jr will not be joining them for their 2023 Las Vegas residency

Guitarists
U2

Bono says he wants U2 to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” like AC/DC

By Jonathan Horsley published

And he wants Mutt Lange to produce it? “The approach. The discipline. The songwriting discipline. That’s what we want,” says the U2 frontman

Singles And Albums
U2

Bono remembers U2's first rehearsal in Larry Mullen Jr's kitchen with 'weirdo' the Edge… and takes the blame for their iTunes album misstep

By Rob Laing published

"David Evans, whom no one had yet named the Edge, had the coolest aura of anybody"

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