All I Want Is A Guitar

The Sunday Mirror reports that Bono and The Edge agreed to perform as part of the Make A Wish Foundation auction in Dublin at the last minute. Unprepared to perform, The Edge sent someone to ask the jazz band that were performing during the dinner if he could borrow a guitar. Surprisingly, the guitarist with the jazz band declined to hand over his instrument.

“The guy said he had just put a new bridge into his instrument and didn’t want anyone else playing it — even if it was The Edge,” an insider told the Mirror.

Fortunately, the cabaret band The Camembert Quartet, which also performed that night, agreed to loan an instrument to the U2 guitarist.

The quartet were actually responsible for getting Bono and The Edge to perform “The Hands That Built America” that night. The quartet spent an hour before the dinner learning the song with the hope that they could convince Bono and The Edge to perform it with them.

“Word got round to Bono that the band were ready and willing, and the U2 guys were only too happy to oblige,” said the insider. “It was a special moment for the audience because it was U2 up close and personal — like a really intimate gig.”

24 thoughts on “All I Want Is A Guitar

  1. What an idiot; declining a guitar to Edge! He could have shown the guitar to his grandchildren later. He could have auctioned the guitar. He could have hung it over his bed. He could have bragged for the rest of his life about how he borrowed his guitar to ‘that bloke of that Irish foursome’.
    But no; HE DECLINES!

    Wish I was asked…

  2. What an idiot; declining a guitar to Edge! He could have shown the guitar to his grandchildren later. He could have auctioned the guitar. He could have hung it over his bed. He could have bragged for the rest of his life about how he borrowed his guitar to ‘that bloke of that Irish foursome’.
    But no; HE DECLINES!

    Wish I was asked…

  3. As he could break that bridge! What an idiot! I don’t think the Edge is known for smashing guitars, only once in Boston he lost his temper! Maybe that guy watched too much the Boston show. haha

  4. As he could break that bridge! What an idiot! I don’t think the Edge is known for smashing guitars, only once in Boston he lost his temper! Maybe that guy watched too much the Boston show. haha

  5. Glad to hear there was a happy ending. It’s nice to hear that U2 seems to be going out of their way to help others. Sounds like it was another “Beautiful Day”, for Bono and The Edge,…right on!

    -Matt

  6. Glad to hear there was a happy ending. It’s nice to hear that U2 seems to be going out of their way to help others. Sounds like it was another “Beautiful Day”, for Bono and The Edge,…right on!

    -Matt

  7. Ahem. This man is an idiot? It is HIS guitar! He can deny to let someone else use it if he wants to. I find this part of the story pretty interesting… “Unprepared to perform, The Edge sent someone to ask the jazz band that were performing during the dinner if he could borrow a guitar. ” The celebrity couldn’t bother to go ask, this guy saw no reason to bother loaning it out. Sounds fair to me.

  8. Ahem. This man is an idiot? It is HIS guitar! He can deny to let someone else use it if he wants to. I find this part of the story pretty interesting… “Unprepared to perform, The Edge sent someone to ask the jazz band that were performing during the dinner if he could borrow a guitar. ” The celebrity couldn’t bother to go ask, this guy saw no reason to bother loaning it out. Sounds fair to me.

  9. Yeah i agree with the ILiketheEdgesHats, the guy has a right to lend or not lend his guitar to whomever he wants (although I would hand over mine in a second for the edge). I think its funny and refreshing though when somebody isn’t impressed by celebrity status and refuses to do what’s expected of a normal person when dealing with someone who is famous!

  10. Yeah i agree with the ILiketheEdgesHats, the guy has a right to lend or not lend his guitar to whomever he wants (although I would hand over mine in a second for the edge). I think its funny and refreshing though when somebody isn’t impressed by celebrity status and refuses to do what’s expected of a normal person when dealing with someone who is famous!

  11. I can respect the choice of this Jazz-man to decline Edge’s offer… Of course I would have let Edge play one of my guitars, but I wouldn’t have let a member of SlipKnot play my axes… This Jazz-man probably doesn’t like U2 and therefor didn’t kneel down for Edge…

  12. I can respect the choice of this Jazz-man to decline Edge’s offer… Of course I would have let Edge play one of my guitars, but I wouldn’t have let a member of SlipKnot play my axes… This Jazz-man probably doesn’t like U2 and therefor didn’t kneel down for Edge…

  13. No, no, no! NO respect for this idiot who didn’t want to help out Edge. Not because it’s Edge, but because he declined to lend his guitar to somebody who was willing to play for charity. This foundation is very important for children with serious diseases, far more important than some idiot who is way to protective about his new bloody bridge. What a miserable git! He should have lent Edge his underwear if he had asked for it!

  14. No, no, no! NO respect for this idiot who didn’t want to help out Edge. Not because it’s Edge, but because he declined to lend his guitar to somebody who was willing to play for charity. This foundation is very important for children with serious diseases, far more important than some idiot who is way to protective about his new bloody bridge. What a miserable git! He should have lent Edge his underwear if he had asked for it!

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