<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in The-edge ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/the-edge Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:53:42 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy we Europeans now find ourselves in are not sleeping easily on this, the third anniversary of the invasion”: U2 send message of support and music to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/all-who-believe-in-freedom-and-sense-the-jeopardy-we-europeans-now-find-ourselves-in-are-not-sleeping-easily-on-this-the-third-anniversary-of-the-invasion-u2-send-message-of-support-and-music-to-president-zelenskyy-and-ukraine TDUxdK68vFrfHppAh7DA4k Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:53:42 +0000 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:21:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There might be a new song happening very soon... We’re in a great place creatively”: The Edge suggests new U2 single might be imminent ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/there-might-be-a-new-song-happening-very-soon-were-in-a-great-place-creatively-the-edge-suggests-new-u2-single-might-be-imminent rzEfhAKW8VsD6cUDr9SaPg Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:07:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/hes-not-a-great-keyboard-player-he-doesnt-write-great-songs-his-engineering-and-technical-abilities-are-limited-too-in-fact-he-knows-very-little-about-an-awful-lot-the-edge-on-brian-eno 5mw8xidBscXbyC2nYc2o9U Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music”: The Edge confirms new U2 activity, with Larry Mullen Jr back and Brian Eno "involved", is afoot ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bono-and-i-are-working-on-some-crazy-kind-of-sci-fi-irish-folk-music-the-edge-confirms-new-u2-activity-with-larry-mullen-jr-back-and-brian-eno-involved-is-afoot bQQx3SCpWdTeVdw9m2fdY Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:58:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The bass solo in My Generation is one of the classic bass things of all time. And John Entwistle said it was the bane of his life”: Rick Wakeman explains the problem with recording a classic solo, and how he experienced it with Yes’s Close To The Edge ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/keyboards-pianos/the-bass-solo-in-my-generation-is-one-of-the-classic-bass-things-of-all-time-and-john-entwistle-said-it-was-the-bane-of-his-life-rick-wakeman-explains-the-problem-with-recording-a-classic-solo-and-how-he-experienced-it-with-yess-close-to-the-edge vTZhd3A5GTQgzFdYmkCBbb Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:46:43 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You guys definitely have to be the first band into the Sphere, because this is the future": U2's live sound engineer on how he persuaded Bono and The Edge to be the Las Vegas Sphere's first resident band ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/speakers/you-guys-definitely-have-to-be-the-first-band-into-the-sphere-because-this-is-the-future-u2-s-live-sound-engineer-on-how-he-persuaded-bono-and-the-edge-to-be-the-las-vegas-sphere-s-first-resident-band wFUQBMFv2Y6RG2hyqcLf4T Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:59:17 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot": U2 announces a new 'shadow album' ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/i-went-into-my-personal-archive-to-see-if-there-were-any-unreleased-gems-and-i-hit-the-jackpot-u2-announces-a-new-shadow-album 6mUHDr5mkzVoeDDujGs7X Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:02:23 +0000 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:06:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After all these years, I get to see a U2 show”: The Edge in the director’s chair for new U2 concert film ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/after-all-these-years-i-get-to-see-a-u2-show-the-edge-in-the-directors-chair-for-new-u2-concert-film FuGvyt4NSuumtC3NJMZjBb Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:50:29 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was totally, totally nuts": The Edge was so impressed with Universal Audio's Lion '68 amp pedal, he didn't just add it to his rig – it changed the tone for his intro to U2's Las Vegas Sphere gigs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/it-was-totally-totally-nuts-the-edge-was-so-impressed-with-universal-audios-lion-68-amp-pedal-he-didnt-just-add-it-to-his-rig-it-changed-the-tone-for-his-intro-to-u2s-las-vegas-sphere-gigs kAyLMePQWmFmN2ziXtTAk4 Thu, 16 May 2024 15:06:25 +0000 Thu, 16 May 2024 19:22:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I wish everyone could sit in a room with vintage AC30s or Plexi Marshalls and have that experience, and a lot of people won't – I'm happy we're trying to do that": How Universal Audio rewired the modelling amp pedal concept, and won the Edge over ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/how-universal-audio-rewired-the-modelling-amp-pedal-concept-and-won-the-edge-over TB7wXvmzTyNigagD7MGAZQ Thu, 16 May 2024 14:37:38 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ A signature Strat from the Edge’s personal collection is heading to auction, expected to fetch upwards of $75,000 for charity ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-edge-u2-signature-strat-charity-auction Dhnj7gVFbYsZT5NwgZP7p Fri, 10 May 2024 15:58:30 +0000 Mon, 13 May 2024 14:25:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ How to play Edge-style rhythm guitar with four unusual chords from U2 songs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/how-to-play-edge-style-rhythm-guitar-with-four-unusual-chords-from-u2-songs HEAPmi3P4mdSKxD9RubGpM Sat, 04 May 2024 13:56:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ U2's Even Better Better Than The Real Thing live video showcases The Edge's UAFX amp pedals in full Vegas mode ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2s-new-even-better-better-than-the-real-thing-live-video-showcases-the-edges-uafx-amp-pedals-in-full-vegas-mode GqdUNnrksoTxdFSEreuNSf Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:31:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Edge confirms his switch from amps to Universal Audio's UAFX pedals for U2's Las Vegas Sphere shows: "It's a case of high-level complexity to make it sound simple" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/uafx-amp-pedals-the-edge-u2-Las-vegas-sphere hFcaVd5QWW5aekuEPmSfQR Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:44:21 +0000 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:10:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Edge says U2 could have spared Bono “a certain amount of embarrassment” by writing in lower keys to suit his vocal range ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-the-edge-bono-vocals wwH5pudJx5WxRsYb2yXbt9 Tue, 02 May 2023 13:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Edge: "I'd like to be the vanguard of this resurgence of guitars!" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-edge-id-like-to-be-the-vanguard-of-this-resurgence-of-guitars WF3ZsPpQEYZYiu2L2q769 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:29:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Bono and the Edge perform reworked U2 classics using just an acoustic guitar and an Orange practice amp ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bono-the-edge-u2-tiny-desk-concert 9E8fBc688UsjfAT3qGjmSa Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:36:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Of course Bono gets too much for me sometimes!” – The Edge explains why he's never quit U2 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/of-course-bono-gets-too-much-for-me-sometimes-the-edge-explains-why-hes-never-quit-u2 c7sMZsSXcAGwA3Xmp5CxZi Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:01:04 +0000 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:13:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bono says he wants U2 to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album” like AC/DC ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-bono-acdc-mutt-lange-rock-guitar-album aHKeUoWYX28AJJDhYxrAAU Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:44:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ 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 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/bono-u2-itunes-first-rehearsal-edge dKjWp4zPyy9meUacv4TzJh Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:21:31 +0000 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:25:36 +0000