Happy 65 BONO
10 May 2025
U2’s charismatic frontman was born named
Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland on
10 May 1960. Happy 65.
(Image on top: cover of his book ‘Surrender. 40 songs and one story)
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AMERICA!
4 July 2024
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Happy 4th July, America!
U2 Change Lyrics Of ‘PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)’ On Stage In Las Vegas For The Victims Of The Devastating ISRAEL/PALESTINA War
In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence…
But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed. So sing with us… and those… pic.twitter.com/S1zfCMNtzz
— U2 (@U2) October 9, 2023
Happy 62 To Masterly Guitar Hero THE EDGE
8 August 2023
I guess U2‘s masterly guitarist THE EDGE doesn’t need an introduction.
One story tells that members of the Dublin’s Lypton Village surrealist street gang
to which Bono belonged gave him his nickname The Edge. However, the origin of
the name is disputed and other theories include a description of his guitar playing
and his preference for not becoming fully involved and therefore remaining on the
edge of things.
He was born named Dave Evans in Dublin (Ireland) on 8 August 1961.
Happy 62 to an extraordinary musician who’s six-string play was/is
fabulous and fundamental to the band’s sound and success.
Two examples of his brilliance.
– PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) –
Live in Denver, US in 1987
– OUT OF CONTROL –
Live at Red Rocks in Denver in 1983
THE EDGE: Story
(Photo on top: from cover of U2’s ‘Rattle And Hum’ LP)
U2 – New Album With Reworked Versions Of 40 Tracks Of Their Glorious Carreer Coming In March
Coming Up
12 January 2023
Mega stars U2 release a new album, named SONGS OF SURRENDER
on 17 March. An album with 40 reworked/reimagining tracks of their
glorious past.
Here’s a taster with one of their best songs ever.
The Edge about the project: “Music allows you to time travel, and we became curious to find out what it would be like to bring our early songs back with us to the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st-century reimagining.”
Trailer for the album.
Waking Up… In The Name Of Love
Works faster than caffeine
Every time I saw/see this live version of U2‘s PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
filmed in Denver, Colorado in 1987 when the Irish heroes were busy conquering
America, shivers roll down my spine
The elated crowd, The Edge‘s riffs, Bono‘s entertaining tricks, the ode to MLK,
the black and white footage, it all turns this performance into a truly
epic happening.
Early morning, April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love?
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh
All together now…
U2: Facebook
U2 Scored Their 2nd No 1 LP In The UK 35 Years Ago With ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’…
13 October 2019
35 years ago today, on 13 October 1984, Irish mega rockers U2 scored their second
No 1 album in the UK with their fourth studio album ‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’.
The band hired two musical experts, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, to help them with
their experimentation with a more ambient and abstract sound. The album’s title is
a reference to ‘The Unforgettable Fire‘, an art exhibit about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 by the USA. The longplayer also topped the charts in
New-Zealand and Australia and peaked at #12 in America.
The two singles…
– PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) –
‘THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE’
