Honours & Awards
May 13, 2007
caroline
Comments Off

The Edge receives honorary degree from Boston’s Berklee College

The Edge received an honorary doctor of music degree from Berklee College of Music at their 2007 Commencement in Boston on Saturday.

The Edge told Berklee’s graduating class:

“The thing I want to say is collaborate. Collaborating with talented people is not easy, but it’s the way to really shine – you shine brighter if you are working with really great people. The important thing in the end is not that you are proved right every time, the important thing is that the music is the best that it can be. I want to wish you all that you would find your own voice. But if you are so disposed that you would find collaborators to work with, that you would shine as you could never shine on your own.”

Berklee also awarded honorary degrees to Gloria and Emilio Estefan and the late Andrew Hill or their achievements in contemporary music, their enduring contributions to popular culture and for the influence their careers and music have had over Berklee’s student body. In previous years recipients included Duke Ellington, David Bowie, Count Basie, Billie Joel and Quincy Jones.

Comments are closed.

Permanent Hiatus

Thank you for visiting U2log.com today and your patronage over the last decade. The time has come for us to call it a day. So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye and thank you again.

Team U2log
PS, we may not be blogging here, but we're still somewhat active on Twitter and daily links should still appear on this page.

Gavin Friday - 'catholic'

Buy from iTunes (USA)

iTunes (USA)
iTunes (UK)
iTunes (Canada)

Archives

RSS U2 News Links

  • Column: off the record…, vol. 12-500 February 6, 2012
    If you missed it last week, please stop reading this OTR and check out Aaron Sams' overview of the 22 tracks that made the final cut for U22, the next U2.com members-only release. It's a super look into how the U2.com audience voted, […]
  • @U2 Question of the Month: February 2012 February 6, 2012
    Welcome to @U2's Question of the Month for February 2012: What are your favorite one or two lines from a U2 lyric? What personal meaning does it have for you? Please send your responses to atu2.com@gmail.com by February 18. We'll post your answers -- and a new question -- on March 7. Want to see what QOM is all about? Check out the responses to pre […]
  • @U2 QOM January 2012: Unexpected Meeting February 6, 2012
    You run into the band somewhere unexpected. Where are you and what happens? (Each month, @U2 puts a spotlight on U2 fans with our "Question of the Month." We pose a question to our readers and invite answers of 200 words or less. If you're interested in taking part, check our home page to see if the current question is still open. If not, chec […]
  • 'The Heart Is A Bloom...' February 5, 2012
    Beautiful Day is one of the tracks  you voted for on 'U22'. This is what it was like on U2360°. […]
  • U2 manager Paul McGuinness's firm files pretax losses of €1.8m February 4, 2012
    Pretax losses at the artist management company controlled by U2's manager Paul McGuinness last year increased seven-fold to €1.8 million, writes Gordon Deegan. Accounts filed by Principle Management Ltd show the firm's revenues decreased from €4.8 million to €3.1 million in the year to the end of March 2011. Mr. McGuinness, his long-time associate […]