“It couldn’t come at a better moment for me so I am just so happy to be at this point, to be in even deeper connection with my homeland.”
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The Edge
David Howell Evans, known by his stage name the Edge or simply Edge, is an Irish and British musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 15 studio albums with them as well as one solo record. His understated style of guitar playing, a signature of U2's mus…
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entertainment · Irish and Welsh rock musician, U2 guitarist (born 1961) · guitarist · singer · banjoist · pianist · film score composer · musician · songwriter · composer · also The Edge, Dave Evans, David Evans, Edge
Born 8 August 1961 · Q714845
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I’ve been living in Ireland now since I was one year old. But the time is right. And I couldn’t be more proud of my country for all that it represents and all that it is doing.
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2026· 8 entries
“I’ve been living in Ireland now since I was one year old. But the time is right. And I couldn’t be more proud of my country for all that it represents and all that it is doing.”
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The Guardian: Human creativity still has the edge – and this CEO says an MBA can help you use it
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Space Daily: On August 16, 1960, as Joe Kittinger's balloon carried him past 100,000 feet toward the edge of space, a seal in his right glove failed and his bare hand began to swell inside the near-vacuum — he told no one on the ground and jumped anyway
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Space Daily: Earth’s atmosphere does not end anywhere near the edge of space: a ghostly hydrogen cloud called the geocorona stretches 630,000 kilometres out — far enough to envelop the Moon and make every lunar mission, technically, a journey through the outermo
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Rams: Desjuan Johnson and Keir Thomas II shine against Chiefs, bringing experience and depth on the edge
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Embedded Computing Design: Basler and Syslogic Deliver Rugged AI Vision to the Edge
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Public attention spiked: 3,099 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 927, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
After living in Ireland for 62 years, the Edge became an Irish citizen in June 2025 at the age of 63.
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2024· 1 entry
The Edge co-directed V-U2 An Immersive Concert Film with his wife Morleigh Steinberg
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2023· 2 entries
The Edge reportedly had a net worth of £330 million (equivalent to $410 million) in 2023.
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The Edge was a guest musician on the songs "Train with No Station" and "Noche Oscura" for the album Los Angeles by Lol Tolhurst, Budgie, and Jacknife Lee
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2022).
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows a driver making a u-turn at the edge of a cliff” Misleading.
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2021· 2 entries
The Edge partnered with the charity Love Welcomes to sell a line of guitar straps that were handsewn by refugee women and featured a Morse code pattern; proceeds from sales of the strap benefitted employment and support
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In 2021, the Edge partnered with the charity Love Welcomes to sell a line of guitar straps that were handsewn by refugee women and featured a Morse code pattern; proceeds from sales of the strap benefitted employment and support of refugee women.
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2019· 1 entry
Sold the hotel leasehold, but they continue to own the building with Paddy McKillen Sr
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2016· 1 entry
Fender unveiled a signature model of guitar and amplifier designed in collaboration with the Edge: the Edge Signature Stratocaster and the Fender Edge Deluxe, respectively
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2015· 1 entry
Rolling Stone ranked Bono and the Edge at number 35 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time
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2012· 1 entry
Spin ranked him 13th on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists, saying that he "masked and flaunted his willful ignorance of how guitars are meant to be played with forgiving delay pedals, forging a sonic trademark so
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”.
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2010· 1 entry
Gibson ranked him the 23rd-best guitarist of all time, saying that he "created a sound that is distinctly his own – no small feat when you consider he's had to do it in the course of three decades while working shoulder-
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2008· 1 entry
The Edge participated in the Davis Guggenheim-directed documentary film It Might Get Loud
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2007· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Photographs show a truck that crashed through a highway barrier and skirted a culvert on the edge of a cliff.” True.
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Received an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music
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2005· 3 entries
A charity that helped provide replacement instruments for those that were lost in Hurricane Katrina
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of U2, in the group's first year of eligibility
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The Edge, Bob Ezrin and Henry Juszkiewicz co-founded Music Rising in 2005, a charity that helped provide replacement instruments for those that were lost in Hurricane Katrina.
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1997· 1 entry
And their son was born in 1999 in the same city
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1993· 1 entry
Began dating Morleigh Steinberg, an American professional dancer who was employed by U2 as a choreographer and dancer during the Zoo TV Tour
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1992· 2 entries
The Edge and Bono bought and refurbished Dublin's two-star 70-bedroom Clarence Hotel, and converted it into a five-star 49-bedroom hotel
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In 1992, the Edge and Bono bought and refurbished Dublin's two-star 70-bedroom Clarence Hotel, and converted it into a five-star 49-bedroom hotel.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Captive: Music From the Film”.
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1983· 2 entries
Evans married his secondary school girlfriend, Aislinn O'Sullivan, on 12 July 1983.
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Released ep “Snake Charmer”.
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1982· 2 entries
“Me and my elder brother Dik both played it, plonking away, all very rudimentary stuff, open chords and all that.”
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Of this early experimentation, "Me and my elder brother Dik both played it, plonking away, all very rudimentary stuff, open chords and all that
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1981· 1 entry
Leading up to the October Tour, the Edge came very close to leaving U2 for religious reasons, but he decided to stay
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1980· 1 entry
Began extensive touring across the British Isles, developing a following
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1977· 1 entry
Occasionally playing at other venues elsewhere in Ireland
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1976· 1 entry
Went along to a meeting in response to an advert posted by another pupil, Larry Mullen Jr
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-08-08.
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