Latest about The Edge
Simple Minds’ Charlie Burchill: “Edge had his AC30, his delays and his black Strat. I picked up his Strat – and I sounded like Edge! I thought, ‘Jesus, it’s in the gear as well…’”
The Glasgow guitar legend talks vintage Gretsch, the rise of Simple Minds as a pop behemoth, eschewing powerchords, and what happens when you play through the Edge's epic rig
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U2’s Bono and the Edge perform at Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine
The pair – invited by president Volodymyr Zelensky – performed songs including With or Without You and Ben E. King's Stand By Me to a 100-strong crowd
Learn the essential techniques of ‘80s guitar
It was the decade of big shoulder pads and formidable guitar playing, and here we have four lessons – all stylistically different – to roll back the clock...
How the Edge changed the sound of guitar playing forever: 17 guitarists share their favorite U2 moments
The likes of Tom Morello, Joe Bonamassa and Satchel still can’t find what they're looking for, but they know why the Edge rules, and just how he's shaped the sound of modern guitar
Paul McCartney’s bass and Eddie Vedder’s Telecaster break world records in Music Rising charity auction
The event, organized by the Edge and producer Bob Ezrin, raised over $2 million in total, and saw the sale of guitars played by Rush, Radiohead, Lzzy Hale and Slash
The Edge: “Digital delay was a way for me to add coloration, dimension, additional rhythm and a certain machine-age quality”
In this exclusive interview, U2's trailblazing sonic architect recalls how 1981’s October and 1991’s Achtung Baby helped the band forge and refine their identity
Radiohead, Rush, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney and U2 auctioning off guitars for charity
The Music Rising auction, which includes memorabilia from Slash, Lzzy Hale, Eddie Vedder and Ed O'Brien, will support musicians in the Gulf South who have been impacted by Hurricane Ida and the pandemic
Guitars played by David Gilmour, the Edge, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and more rake in huge figures in all-star auction
Clapton's $625,000 Martin D-45 was the highest-selling instrument at Julien’s Auctions mammoth Icons & Idols event, closely followed by The Edge's Gibson Explorer, which went for $437,500
