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David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge, [1] is a British-Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2 .
[43] [48] Bono and the Edge considered quitting U2 due to their perceived spiritual conflicts before deciding to leave Shalom instead. [43] [49] U2 with radio host Dave Fanning (centre) in February 1982. October was released in October 1981 and contained overtly spiritual themes. [50] The album received mixed reviews and limited radio play. [51]
In March 1978, the group changed their name to "U2". [11] That same month, U2, as a four-piece without Dik, won a talent contest in Limerick sponsored by Harp Lager and the Evening Press . [ 12 ] The win was an important milestone and affirmation for the fledgling band. [ 10 ]
The performer, whose real name is David Evans, sang four songs on Saturday night for about 200 doctors, researchers and philanthropists. U2 guitarist The Edge makes history as he rocks Sistine ...
“V-U2” is a new concert movie that documents the group’s high-tech “U2:UV” show, in which singer Bono, guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Bram van den Berg (filling in ...
U2 live in Glasgow in 2015. L–R: The Edge, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. The band formed in 1976 and released their debut EP Three in 1979 exclusively in Ireland. [1]
The music for "Where the Streets Have No Name" originated from a demo that guitarist The Edge composed the night before U2 resumed The Joshua Tree sessions. In an upstairs room at Melbeach House—his newly purchased home—he used a four-track tape machine to record an arrangement of keyboards, bass, guitar, and a drum machine.
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. [1] Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was five years old.