Bono co-writes with Eurythmics, Dave Stewart! Hear it...

[Randy Steiner]

"American Prayer" - track 3

Dave Stewart Songbook - ReverbNation

 

[BVS]

The album is released tomorrow...

Perfect time to sign up and tell us about this song

 

[ACHTUNGTREE91]

its a nice track, maybe would've been nicer if it was a duet with bono like when performed the song at the 46664 concert with Beyonce

 

[Jamila]

Actually, "American Prayer" predates the 46664 concert performance by Bono, Edge, Dave Stewart and Beyonce.

I have never been privileged to stand on the beach at Eze or outside HQ to hear the snippets of a U2-related song in formation but I have a true story about "American Prayer" that can be verified by anybody else who witnessed what I did.



The first public performance of "American Prayer" was on 1 Dec. 2002, in Lincoln Nebraska, as Bono and DATA started their "Heart of America" Tour on World AIDS Day.

I was one of about 2,000 people in the audience that night to support Bono and DATA in their efforts for Africa.



Bono had a singing group of children from Ghana to perform for us and he recruited them as his "back up" singers for the first public performance of "American Prayer".

It was a bit of a "rough draft" performance of the song which would get better as the "Heart of America" tour progressed.


In true Bono fashion, he had to introduce the song to us with a joke. At the back of the stage was a boom box on a stand.

As Bono introduced himself & mentioned that he was in a group called U2 , he walked over to the boom box and pressed the play button while saying "And here's Larry, Adam and Edge"!



The audience exploded with laughter as the pre-recorded music started and Bono began singing his "American Prayer".



There are downloads of a famous version of "American Prayer" from the "Heart of America" tour on several websites.


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