The Edge

Plus: Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee, Hotline TNT, The Embassy, Matmos and more from the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

Featuring: Willie Nelson, Peter Gabriel, U2, Terry Hall, The The, Shane MacGowan, and more.

Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee’s debut album also features Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), The Edge (U2), Mark Bowen (IDLES), Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Mary Lattimore, Lonnie Holley and more.

“There’s nothing else like it in the world and won’t be for many, many years“ – The Edge on U2‘s “U2:UV Achtung Baby“ residency at Sphere at The Venetian.

The stars were out in Brooklyn to pay tribute to the late Hal Willner on what would’ve been his 66th birthday, including Cat Power, David Johansen, Beth Orton, Steve Buscemi, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and so many more

‘What Drives Us‘ is about bands touring in vans and also features interviews with Lars Ulrich, Ringo Starr, The Edge, Steven Tyler, Mike Watt, Jennifer Finch (L7), Tony Kanal (No Doubt), Dave Lombardo, Slash & Duff McKagan, and more

Voters included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Nicks, John Cale, Wayne Coyne, Jimmy Cliff, Robert Smith, Waxahatchee, El-P, and over 300 others.

This unlikely duo went from playing the streets of Harlem to recording with U2 and back into obscurity, as shown in this new documentary.

U2 are currently on their 30th anniversary tour for The Joshua Tree, which has them playing the album in full. Having headlined Bonnaroo a few weeks ago, they brought their tour to the NYC-area for the first of two shows at East Rutherford, NJ’s MetLife Stadium last night…

Bonnaroo’s 2017 edition wrapped up with sets from The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Margo Price, Crystal Castles, BADBADNOTGOOD, Skepta, Umphrey’s McGee, Flatbush Zombies, White Reaper, Amine, and more.