The Edge is officially an Irish citizen. After living in Ireland for 62 years, the U2 guitarist, 63, became an Irish citizen Monday. “I guess, you know, I’m a little tardy with the paperwork ...

"Tearing up the rule book and saying, 'Okay, given that this is my instrument, what can I do with it that no one else has ...

"We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand," the band said in a ...

David Howell Evans, aka The Edge, the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the Dublin rock band U2 celebrates ...

U2 guitarist The Edge has become an Irish citizen. The 63-year-old guitarist was born in Essex, East England, but moved to Ireland as a young child and on Monday (23.06.25), he was officially ...

U2 have always been vocal about the developing political climate in Ireland, writing “Sunday Bloody Sunday” about the shooting of unarmed protesters at Londonderry in 1972 by British Soldiers.

Now, after 62 years living in Ireland, Evans has been granted Irish citizenship. ‘I’m a little tardy with the paperwork,’ he told reporters after a ceremony in Killarney, County Kerry on Monday.