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“He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different

Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened

Guitar World

PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own

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“Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music”: The Edge confirms new U2 activity, with Larry Mullen Jr back and Brian Eno "involved", is afoot

Band haven’t released a new album for seven years

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The Edge recalls performing at Las Vegas karaoke bar

The Edge has revealed that he recently performed at a karaoke bar in Las Vegas.

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The Edge says that U2 are wading through material for new album

U2 guitarist The Edge has revealed that the 'Desire' band have an "awful lot of material" to condense into a new album.

BANG Premier

The Sega Saturn at 30: a pioneering games console ripe for rediscovery

A commercial failure by comparison with its rival the PlayStation, the Saturn nevertheless boasted stylish, genre-defining titles that are still played and beloved by retro games enthusiasts today

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Why was the 2024 Bathurst 1000 so boring, and how can it be fixed?

The current Supercars season has failed to spark the imagination, with the thoroughly lacklustre Bathurst 1000 the cherry on top of a forgettable season. So bad were things during Sunday’s race that Tickford Racing and Supercars itself both posted on social media conceding that things hadn’t gone as hoped.

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“Precise, immersive sound in any setting”: Positive Grid’s new AI-equipped Spark EDGE might be the ultimate PA for busking guitarists

Positive Grid has turned its attention to musicians on the move with an app-compatible, amp modeling PA that can create AI guitar tones from user prompts

Guitar World

"I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot": U2 announces a new 'shadow album'

The Edge reveals he found unreleased tracks from the How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb sessions

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Options for the Lions to replace injured EDGE Marcus Davenport

Exploring the different options the Detroit Lions have to replace injured EDGE Marcus Davenport

USA Today Sports Media Group

This multitool looks so cool you can wear it as a pendant

The X-Edge Flounder 2.0 packs several handy functions into a diamond-shaped hub that you can wear round your neck or hang from a keychain

Advnture

“After all these years, I get to see a U2 show”: The Edge in the director’s chair for new U2 concert film

The Edge directs new U2 concert film

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Courtney: Supercars retirement announcement "accidental"

Supercars racer James Courtney has revealed he did not mean to announce his impending retirement from motor racing in the manner that he did.

Autosport

‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Most Ambitious Ideas May Keep You From Chilling With Your Favorite Companion

'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' is making some big changes to companion characters, but after a decade of waiting, breaking with tradition could risk losing the series' heart.

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“There were only two or three of those guitars created. Edge brought back what he had been working on and they smushed it all together”: How The Edge's guitar parts – and an ultra-rare modded Fender – helped save one of U2’s biggest hits

The Edge crafted his now-iconic lead lines on a uniquely modded Fender, and helped resurrect a song that was destined for the scrap heap

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "expansive" major city is bigger than anything else in the RPG series, but it only got that way because of a single line from Inquisition

Thank you, Dorian Pavus

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard director says the RPG won't repeat Inquisition's most infamous mistake: "You spent ten hours in the Hinterlands"

On The Veilguard, BioWare says "pacing is important to us"

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't let you control your companions because you can't handle it: "This is a much higher actions-per-minute game"

"It wasn't actually adding to the experience"

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“No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world

In order to play the Sphere, The Edge ditched tube amps for amp sim pedals, and John Mayer has hidden his own amps away in wooden shipping creates. The Phish maestro explains why such workarounds are necessary for the state-of-the-art stage

PC Gamer

Ken Levine says Bioshock was 'almost cancelled' after going over time and over budget, while all publishers cared about was that these games 'don't make any money'

Says it was still "extremely cheap" next to the competition.

GamesRadar

As it teases Destiny 2 Year 11 with the codename Frontiers, Bungie talks what's next for its MMO: "We want to get back to expanding our worlds and world-building"

In what sounds like a big way, Bungie returns to "expanding the universe of Destiny in general"

Evening Standard

El Fuerte, Marbella: chic, old-world glamour offering a classier side to the Costa del Sol

The five-star hotel is the latest in a string of elegant new properties helping to redefine the Golden Mile’s Brits-abroad stereotype thanks to a £30m makeover. Katie Strick checks in

GamesRadar

Destiny 2 is getting a new Exotic mission in a few months, and Bungie says "it is one of the biggest we've ever built"

Act 3 of Episode One: Echoes is bringing a big surprise

PC Gamer

Animal Well's solo dev casually reveals that the breakout metroidvania left 'at least twice as many rooms that are in the game' on the cutting room floor

Iterate, then obliterate.

MusicRadar

A signature Strat from the Edge’s personal collection is heading to auction, expected to fetch upwards of $75,000 for charity

Based on the U2 guitarist’s 1973 black Strat, it has been played and signed by the man himself, and it comes bundled with 3 UAFX amp emulator pedals

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