David Howell Evans, better known as The Edge, lives in Ireland since the age of a year. But only now did I officially obtain Irish citizenship during a ceremony held in Killarney, in the County of Kerry.
Born 63 years ago in the Essex to Welsh parents, the U2 guitarist is one of the approximately 7,500 new Irish citizens welcomed between yesterday and today.
“It is an incredibly joyful event. For all of us, one monumental day – said the musician to the microphones of the Irish broadcaster RTE – I am a little late with the bureaucracy – he admitted – I live in Ireland since I was a year, but now it is the right time. And I could not be more proud of my country, for what it represents and for what he is doing. on my birthplace “.
U2 are currently working on a new record project. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, on the occasion of the new documentary “Stories of Surrender”, Bono provided new details on the gestation of the disc, after last month, guest at Jimmy Kimmel Live, he had told how the writing process led them to overcome the past to create “the sound of the future”. During the Cannes Film Festival, the frontman He had confirmed that the band was now being recorded: “And it sounds like the future to me,” he said. “We had to cross some things, but now we are on the other side.”
In the interview with Lowe, Bono then revealed that Edge composed an avalanche of songs, 25 of which considers “excellent”. Now the band is working to select those who really deserve to enter the project. “I was in the studio, I listened to these men,” he said. “They are extraordinary musicians … Larry worked late. Edge says there are 300 songs, and I answer him 'they are not songs, edge'. But he told me 'I have 25 big songs' … I don't like the albums too long, so we will have to reduce them to 15”.
Look below Bono's interview for Apple Music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaym_dj0mhu
Bono has also recently published “Stories of Surrender”, a new project with 3 live songs, printed in limited edition, to accompany the original homonymous documentary available on Apple TV+.
The film “Bono: Stories of Surrender” was recently presented in a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival; The EP is now digitally available, while the physical version is already in pre -order on the Universal Music Italia shop and will be published on June 13th.
“Stories of Surrender Ep” is a 7 “Limited Edition vinyl that presents live recordings of 3 songs by U2 -” Desire “,” The Showman “and” Sunday Bloody Sunday ” – taken from the Bono theatrical show inspired by his bestseller” Surrentnder: 40 songs, One Story “.
The EP “Stories of Surrender” sees Bono again supported by the musicians Gemma Doherty (harp, keyboard, voice) and Kate Ellis (cello, keyboard, voice), in addition to the musical director Jacknife Lee.
After the preview at the Cannes Film Festival, “Bono: Stories of Surrender” is available on Apple TV+. The film documents the homonymous theatrical tour that the frontman Irish kept between 2022 and 2023 to accompany his autobiography “Surrender: 40 songs, a story”. A narrative and musical journey that brought Bono also to Italy, with a single and memorable stage at the San Carlo Theater in Naples, where some scenes from the film were shot.
Directed by Andrew Dominik, former director of “The assassination of Jesse James” and “Blonde”, “Bono: Stories of Surrender” brings the most intimate and theatrical side of the Dubline singer to the screen. The film is based on the solo show “Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Miscief …” and offers a profound and personal gaze on Bono's life: from family to faith, from friendships to music that marked an era. Among the sequences of the documentary, also unpublished images from the show to the Beacon Theater in New York, with new versions of the most famous songs of U2.
The documentary is produced by Jon Kamen and Dave Sirulnick of RadicalMedia (“Summer of Soul”, “Hamilton”, “David Byrne's American Utopia”) together with Plan Benteinment by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (“F1”, “Moonlight”, “12 years old slave”). Among the executive producers there are Bono himself, Jennifer Pitcher (“Kiss the Future”) and Kelly McNamara (“V-U2 an immersive concert Film At Sphere Las Vegas”).
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