THE EDGE

JOSHUA TREE

The Edge (Music & Lyrics).  Guitarist with U2, The Edge was born David Howell Evans in east London.  A year later, he and his family moved to Dublin, where he attended Mount Temple School and met Larry Mullen Jr., Bono, and Adam Clayton.  In 1978 U2 was formed.  Described as one of the most influential guitar players of his generation, Edge's guitar playing is the hallmark of U2's music, and one of the most original and distinctive guitar styles in rock and roll history.  As the most successful live act in history, U2 have toured the globe countless times, have released 14 studio albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys®.  One of the principle songwriters of U2, The Edge has also written extensively for other projects, often in collaboration with Bono, including music for movies (Captive, Gangs of New York and Golden Eye); for animation (The “Batman” TV series); and for the stage (A Clockwork Orange by the Royal Shakespeare Company). In 2005, The Edge co-founded Music Rising, a charity initiative which provides musical instruments for the musicians, schools and churches of the Gulf Region.  The Edge lives in Dublin with his wife and children