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The Edge
Born 1961-08-08 · Barking, London, England, UK
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is an Irish musician and songwriter 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 14 studio albums with the band and one solo record. As a guitarist, the Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural style of playing. His use of a rhythmic delay effect yields a distinctive sound that has become a signature of U2's music. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Edge licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
7.6Filmmaker Morgan Neville captures Dave Letterman on his first visit to Dublin to hang out with Bono and The Edge in their hometown, experience Dublin, and join the two U2 musicians for a concert performance unlike any they’ve done before.
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman
2023
5.9Entropy is a semi-autobiographical film which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.
Entropy
1999
6.0Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown.
Eno
2024
8.2The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. This year’s Performer Inductees are Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis will receive the Musical Excellence Award, Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten the Early Influence Award, and Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine, and Sylvia Robinson the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
7.9Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Live Aid
1985
6.4An exploration of the perils of nationalism and art’s role as a weapon of resistance and activism throughout the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. Explore how art and music sustained hope, thanks in part to humanitarians and the band U2.
Kiss the Future
2024
1.0A mind-blowing music documentary about the first immersive TV show on MTV when MTV was cool.
This Is Buzz
2026
9.0Ghost Blues follows the life and career of Rory Gallagher from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a showband, the brief success of Taste and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life and tragic death at the age of just 47. There are archive interviews, both audio and visual, with Rory and contributions from many of his friends and admirers including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge, Cameron Crowe, Slash, Johnny Marr, James Dean Bradfield, Ronnie Drew, Bill Wyman, Martin Carthy, band members Ted McKenna and Gerry McAvoy and many more.
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
2010
NRThe film is based on a story by Corbijn and Bono, and includes several of the characters Bono created for the album. The plot focuses on a Parisian motorcycle officer, played by Saïd Taghmaoui; the character has become disillusioned with his life and the conflict between immigrants and the police in the city, causing him to leave to see his girlfriend in Tripoli.
Linear
2009
7.4On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians from across the globe - asked people not for their money, but for their voice.
Live 8
2005
7.0Two-time Golden Globe and 22-time Grammy Award-winning U2 perform some of their biggest hits, alongside brand new tracks from their forthcoming album, Songs of Experience, as well as chatting about their lives to date at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Presented by Cat Deeley.
U2 - Live from Abbey Road
2017
7.2A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
It Might Get Loud
2008
6.4Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarvis Cocker, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, ANOHNI, The Handsome Family and U2's Bono and The Edge.
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2006
NRThis music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of today's most celebrated recording artists performing their interpretations of the classic songs of Cole Porter.
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
7.4There just seems to be no stopping U2, whose Best of 1990-2000 demonstrates exactly why they are still one of the world's greatest groups. For a band who reached their peak with Achtung Baby (10 years after catapulting themselves into the music industry), the 1990's offered U2 the chance to reinvent and reform their ideas and these videos showcase their range of influences and achievements during the decade.
U2: The Best of 1990-2000
2002
7.6A documentary film detailing Glen Campbell's final tour and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
2014
NRThe Obama Presidential Center's star-studded grand opening ceremony brings a slew of celebrities and dignitaries to Chicago for the big event. The festivities feature what organizers said would be "legendary performances by global icons and powerful remarks from today's most prominent voices." Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, John Legend and Bono are just some of the many big names slated to perform.
From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center
2026
8.0U2 perform in Dortmund at 'Rock Pop In Concert' on November, 21st 1984. The concert is broadcast - unfortunately incomplete - for the first time on German television on January 12, 1985.
U2: A Fire in Dortmund
1984
9.7The tribute concert in memory of Chester Bennington at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
2017
On February 10, 1981, U2 is in concert in Brussels at Beursschouwburg. At the time they just released their first album, 'Boy'. Filmed for Belgian TV.
U2: Follies
1981
10.0Documentary of U2's 1989 tour of Australia.
U2: Lovetown
1989
8.0U2 bring their stadium-filling rock to Abbey Road Studios to perform exclusive versions of classics like With or Without You, Beautiful Day and One, alongside new music from their latest album Songs of Experience, accompanied by a live orchestra and choir.
U2 at The BBC
2017
8.0U2: Achtung Baby offers a previously unobtainable level of insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic and well respected album. Via the use of live footage, long forgotten videos.
U2: Achtung Baby, the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV
1992
7.2With 1984's The Unforgettable Fire, U2 were catapulted from cult status in the United States to full-blown superstardom, giving America a chance to discover what the United Kingdom and Europe already knew -- that U2 were a gifted, powerful, and uncommonly passionate rock band.
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Collection
1984
