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The Edge of sanity
EILEEN MURPHY
If you thought you heard some unusually good karaoke singing from the back of a pub last week, you weren't imagining things. The whole U2 crew was in New York City last weekend for a bachelor party in honor of The Edge. The superstar guitarist celebrated his last few moments of unmarried bliss with his bandmates, assorted pals and a gaggle (or is that a pride?) of supermodels. On hand to help him bid adieu to the single life were Helena Christiansen and Christy Turlington, who must be feeling a little fragile since her split with fiance Edward Burns.
The bunch then jetted to The Edge's villa in the south of France, where he tied the knot with his longtime partner, former dancer Morleigh Steinberg. Among those in attendance at the wedding were the couple's two children, Sian and Levi, pals Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Dennis Hopper and Lenny Kravitz, according to http://showbizireland.com.
As someone who follows wedding trends like other people follow Wimbledon, we have to say that The Edge deserves some sort of award for sartorial trendsetting. The guitar god wore his trademark black wool skullcap during the ceremony. To paraphrase a line from the song that made bellydancer Morleigh famous -- he dresses in "Mysterious Ways."
Larry: The keeper of the flame
Every family has one. We refer, of course, to the collector: the person who keeps every scrap of paper, every bit of ephemera associated with a particular subject, be it a favorite sports team, old family recipes, and so on. In U2, which seems to us to be something of a family, the collector is Larry Mullen Jr.
We hear that the drummer has probably the most comprehensive set of U2 paraphernalia on the planet. This seems appropriate since it was Mullen who posted the famous note looking for band members on the notice board of Dublin's Mount Temple School almost 25 years ago. (Can it really be 25 years?) The guy's got the kind of collection that makes us drool with envy: at least one of every piece of merchandise associated with the band, plus rarities like the first specially designed band T-shirt -- which Mullen created in his high school art class. And there we were feeling smug about holding on to an increasingly threadbare "U2: War" shirt.
Anyway, mindful of the band's place in rock and roll history, Mullen donated two letters to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Both letters are from record companies, and both were in response to demo tapes that the band -- then called The Hype -- had sent in. We're sure that Arista Records and RSO Records don't need to be reminded of the ones (or is that 2s) who got away.
(c) 2002 Irish Echo Newspaper Corp.
(thank you Julie for the article contribution)
The Edge of sanity
EILEEN MURPHY
If you thought you heard some unusually good karaoke singing from the back of a pub last week, you weren't imagining things. The whole U2 crew was in New York City last weekend for a bachelor party in honor of The Edge. The superstar guitarist celebrated his last few moments of unmarried bliss with his bandmates, assorted pals and a gaggle (or is that a pride?) of supermodels. On hand to help him bid adieu to the single life were Helena Christiansen and Christy Turlington, who must be feeling a little fragile since her split with fiance Edward Burns.
The bunch then jetted to The Edge's villa in the south of France, where he tied the knot with his longtime partner, former dancer Morleigh Steinberg. Among those in attendance at the wedding were the couple's two children, Sian and Levi, pals Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Dennis Hopper and Lenny Kravitz, according to http://showbizireland.com.
As someone who follows wedding trends like other people follow Wimbledon, we have to say that The Edge deserves some sort of award for sartorial trendsetting. The guitar god wore his trademark black wool skullcap during the ceremony. To paraphrase a line from the song that made bellydancer Morleigh famous -- he dresses in "Mysterious Ways."
Larry: The keeper of the flame
Every family has one. We refer, of course, to the collector: the person who keeps every scrap of paper, every bit of ephemera associated with a particular subject, be it a favorite sports team, old family recipes, and so on. In U2, which seems to us to be something of a family, the collector is Larry Mullen Jr.
We hear that the drummer has probably the most comprehensive set of U2 paraphernalia on the planet. This seems appropriate since it was Mullen who posted the famous note looking for band members on the notice board of Dublin's Mount Temple School almost 25 years ago. (Can it really be 25 years?) The guy's got the kind of collection that makes us drool with envy: at least one of every piece of merchandise associated with the band, plus rarities like the first specially designed band T-shirt -- which Mullen created in his high school art class. And there we were feeling smug about holding on to an increasingly threadbare "U2: War" shirt.
Anyway, mindful of the band's place in rock and roll history, Mullen donated two letters to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Both letters are from record companies, and both were in response to demo tapes that the band -- then called The Hype -- had sent in. We're sure that Arista Records and RSO Records don't need to be reminded of the ones (or is that 2s) who got away.
(c) 2002 Irish Echo Newspaper Corp.
(thank you Julie for the article contribution)
