U2 has spent the past few weeks focusing on the launch of their SiriusXM U2 X-Radio channel, but Bono and The Edge took a break to honor their former road team with an acoustic performance of “Stairway to Heaven,” which they released. in Youtube.
“There is an annoying aspect of an Irish crew that needs to be said,” says Bono. “Wherever you go in the world, wherever you are playing, be it Olympia or 3 Arena or Madison Square Garden, you come in there and it’s a great time, and you will hear a song we said. ‘Never, never We’ll play this. And that’s right, ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ These professionals think they play better than the band. And you know, it may be true.
The video features a truncated version of the song, the first time they performed it out of small bits during their live shows. Robert Plant hasn’t played the song since Led Zeppelin’s 2007 reunion gig. He played numerous Zeppelin classics when he toured with Jimmy Page in the 1990s, but “Stairway to Heaven” never entered the set outside of a shortened version on Japanese television in 1994.
For its part, U2 is in the early stages of creating its follow-up to 2018. Songs of experience. “There is an album ready to complete,” said Adam Clayton. Rolling Stone earlier this month. “It is very, very fresh. We’ve cut everything pretty fast. We are getting to things in a nutshell. The response we get from that is pretty good. We want to be quick, depressed and dirty with the next one. “
