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| U2 guitarist The Edge |
Sad news from U2 world. According to the Irish Independent
the mother of guitarist the Edge passed away on Monday at the age of 70. The
bereaved was joined by bandmate Bono and his wife Ali Hewson at Dylan’s hotel
in Dublin Wednesday where it is believed the musician was preparing for his
mother’s funeral. Gwenda Evans shared her son’s musical talent as a singer in
the Enchiriadis chamber choir in her
adopted town of Malahide. She migrated there with her family from London in the
1960s. The former primary school teacher also happened to be U2’s first roadie
and incredible supporter of her son in the band’s early days. In a candid
interview with the Fingal Independent in 2008 she was quoted as saying: “I was
his first roadie! No, I’m laughing. I had an old Beetle and we¹d be able to get
the equipment in it. He wasn’t driving at that stage, so we used to go and pick
him up and usually drop him off and then listen for a few and then go off and
do something and then come back. So, right from the start I enjoyed their music
and what they were doing, right from the beginning. I still do.” She is
survived by her husband Garvin, and children Dave (the Edge), Jill, and Richard
and grandchildren.
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