U2 Honored with Woody Guthrie Prize: Exclusive Acoustic Set & Insightful Discussion at Cain's Ballroom

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U2 has been in the spotlight over the past several days following their receipt of the prestigious 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize. The band, represented by Bono and The Edge, accepted the honor on October twenty-first at the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, marking their first return to the venue since nineteen eighty-one. This is a significant moment for the Irish rock legends, as the Woody Guthrie Prize recognizes artists who use their platform to address injustice and embody the spirit of Woody Guthrie's social conscience and musical legacy.

The ceremony featured an exclusive acoustic performance by Bono and The Edge, moderated by award-winning producer and musician T Bone Burnett. Their setlist included some of U2's most iconic tracks: Running to Stand Still, Sunday Bloody Sunday, One, and Pride In the Name of Love. They also performed extended pieces of This Train is Bound for Glory and Jesus Christ, the latter being a Woody Guthrie composition that U2 covered in nineteen eighty-nine for the Folkways A Vision Shared album.

The special broadcast premiered on U2's X-Radio channel on SiriusXM on Thursday, November twenty-seventh, with multiple airings throughout the week. The program runs sixty-five minutes in total, with the first forty minutes featuring the discussion between Bono, The Edge, and T Bone Burnett, followed by twenty-five minutes of the acoustic performance. Listeners can catch the broadcast through December seventh with numerous time slots available for North American audiences.

In related news, U2 band member Adam Clayton has been featured in a new Sky Arts series called Greatest Basslines, which premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November twenty-eighth. The three-part documentary series explores the world of bass through conversations with legendary bassists and their guest musicians, with Adam joining an impressive lineup that includes members from Joy Division, Foo Fighters, The Sex Pistols, and Black Sabbath.

Looking ahead, the band continues work on new material, with Longtime collaborator Gavin Friday confirming in recent statements that U2 is currently in the studio busy making a new album expected for release late next year. The band has also been mentioned in Rolling Stone's recent rankings, with Beautiful Day named the fifty-seventh greatest song of the twenty-first century so far.

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Episode Transcript

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several days, following their receipt of a prestigious twenty twenty
five Witty Guphrey Prize. The band, represented by Bono in
the Edge, accepted the honor on October twenty first at
the historic Cane's ball Room in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mocking their
first return to the venue since nineteen eighty one. This
is a significant moment for the Irish rock legends, as

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the Witty Guthrie Prize recognizes artists who used their platform
to address injustice and embody the spirit of Witty Guthrie's
social conscience and musical legacy. The ceremony featured an exclusive
acoustic performance by Bono in the Edge, moderated by award
winning producer and musician t Bone Burnett. Their set list
included some of U two's most iconic tracks, running to

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Stand Still, Sunday, Bloody Sunday One, and Pride in the
Name of Love. They also performed extended pieces of This
Train as Bound for Glory and Jesus Christ, the latter
being a Woody Guthrie composition that You Two covered in
nineteen eighty nine for the Folkways, a Vision shared album.
The special broadcast premiered on YouTube's x Radio channel on

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Serious ExM on Thursday, November twenty seven, with multiple airings
throughout the week. The program runs sixty five minutes in total,
with the first forty minutes featuring the discussion between Bono
the Edge and t Bone Burnett, followed by twenty five
minutes of the acoustic performance. Listeners can catch the broadcast

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through December seventh, with numerous time slots available for North
American audiences. In related news, U two band member Adam
Clayton has been featured in a new Sky Arts series
called Greatest Basslines, which premiered in the United Kingdom and
Island on November twenty eighth. The three part documentary series
explores the world of bass through conversations with legendary bassists

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and their guest musicians, with Adam joining an impressive line
up that includes members from Jovision, Foo Fighters, The Sex
Pistols and Black Sabbath. Looking Ahead, the band continues work
on new material, with longtime collaborator Gavin Friday confirming in
recent statements that You Too is currently in the studio
busy making a new album expected for release late next year.

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The band has also been mentioned in Ruling Stone's recent rankings,
with Beautiful Day named the fifty seventh greatest song of
the twenty first century so far. And that is it
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