joining in on “very gentle bass” and a standup drum kit, respectively, on some tracks. The feature-length documentary - full title: “Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman” - is intended as a companion piece to the album U2 has coming out, also on March 17, “Songs of Surrender.” That collection has the band re-recording 40 previously released songs in more stripped-down format, mostly with Bono and the Edge, but with Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
Between songs, he takes time out between songs to ask if they know who’s headlining across town at Aviva Stadium. Maybe the best joke comes during an impromptu gig that Bono and the Edge do with some acoustic musicians to reinvent their songs in Dublin’s relatively tiny Ambassador Theatre. Rather than taking too much piss out, Letterman is quite reverent toward U2’s music and the band members throughout most of the special, which has him interviewing the singer and guitarist in Dublin, although he finds many occasions to crack wise. So here we have two great storytellers,” he noted, in the form of Letterman and Neville.
and Adam Clayton - “you bring in some really great storytellers. Also, if your two good-looking members have gone AWOL” - he was referring to the MIA Larry Mullen Jr. Asked why they got Letterman involved, the guitarist said, “Well, being honest, the first idea was Jay Leno.” As the laughter died down, the Edge offered further faux-explanation for why that wouldn’t have worked out: “He’s into cars, and I drive an Audi, so… Bono drives, believe it or not, a Tesla.”īono added that “we’ve known Dave for many years, and he was foolish enough once to invite us to play for an entire week on ‘The Late Show.’ And I don’t know if we outstayed our welcome, but it was very brave of him. The Edge tried to beat Letterman at his own game at the post-premiere Q&A.
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