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• Moved to Dublin with his family at the age of 1.
• Originally planned to become a doctor or engineer.
• Was given his first guitar at 7 by his mother.
• Responded, along with his older brother, Richard, to classmate Larry Mullen's school bulletin-board posting for band auditions; they both joined the group---originally called Feedback---which also included Paul Hewson (Bono) and Adam Clayton.
• Nicknamed "The Edge" by Bono.
• While vacationing with his family in New York in 1978, bought a used Gibson Explorer, which would become his signature guitar.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of U2, in 2005.
• Cofounded Music Rising in 2005 to provide replacement instruments to musicians who lost theirs during Hurricane Katrina; later expanded the charity's mission to replace instruments lost by churches and schools.
• Cowrote songs for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark with Bono.