After their first raw performance of “All Along the Watchtower” captured in Rattle And Hum (1988), U2 added it as a staple during their Lovetown tour (1989).
The new version was faster, more pounding, with Edge’s solos more prominent and Bono remembering the final verse. No overdubs needed.
It’s as if they were seeking redemption from their original performance.
We are entering the final week of the 24th annual “Build a Well for Bono’s Birthday” fundraiser! This year’s project aims to raise $21,000 to fund a project that will rehabilitate thirty wells in Kenya.
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And if you haven't had a chance to donate yet, there's still time! All donations will go toward the cost of rehabilitating thirty wells in Kenya! You can help to bring clean, safe water to over 5,000 people with your gift.
Donate and sign the card here:
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We're halfway through this year's Build a Well for Bono's Birthday campaign, and we are almost halfway to our goal of raising $21,500 to rehabilitate thirty wells in Kenya!
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The rumors are flying that we can expect to see a lot more of the whole band in the coming year. What are you most looking forward to? Tour? A new album? An interview cycle with a slew of new and inventive Bonoisms?
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A prayer from Fr. Richard Rohr, shared in a conversation with Bono for Easter Lily Propaganda.
Read more in Propaganda. Easter Lily EP available now. https://t.co/LHNoj0jqAt
On this day 22 years ago, Bob Dylan performed Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” at the Apollo Theater in New York City during “Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem,” (March 28, 2004).
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Taras Topolia of Antytila was serving as a medic in Ukraine when he received an unexpected call from Bono…
Yours Eternally documentary short film now available on YouTube: https://t.co/mFsow968ZH
Days of Ash EP available now. Read Propaganda: https://t.co/LHNoj0jqAt
Melika Azizi is 18 years old. The regime wants her dead because she isn't afraid of them.
While the world slept, they raided her home. While they beat her in Lakan Prison, she held her head high. When the judge handed down a death sentence, she didn't beg for her life—she demanded justice for the fallen.
"How can I stay silent?" she asked.
We cannot be the ones who stay silent while they try to hang a teenager for her bravery. Silence is a death sentence. Noise is a lifeline.
ACT NOW: Save this post. Share it. Tag three friends who will help spread her name. We have to make the cost of executing her higher than the cost of letting her go.
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One Life At A Time is written for Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian father of three, nonviolent activist and English teacher, who was shot and killed in his village in the West Bank by Israeli settler Yinon Levi on July 28th, 2025. Awdah was a consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, made by Palestinians and Israelis. At the time of his death, one of the directors, Basel Adra, spoke of the slaughter of his friend and the experience of Palestinians being erased “one life at a time.” U2 took that line and turned it around to suggest that a peaceful resolution will be wrought, one life at a time.
Days of Ash EP available now. Read Propaganda here: https://t.co/OB3mVe69vu
On February 19, U2 hit #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Chart with the surprise release of Days of Ash. Contributions from the sales of this EP are designated to support several organizations, including Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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U2’s Bono has once again weighed in on the Israeli Palestinian conflict with an important, nuanced message.
The band’s newest EP, released this week, includes a reading of the poem “Wildpeace” by Yehudah Amichai, a giant of Israeli poetry.
It also features a song dedicated to the memory of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank last summer.
Bono once again called out antisemitism unequivocally in an interview as the EP was released.
Do I agree with Bono 100 percent? Probably not.
It’s not his exact position that feels so refreshing in this moment.
It’s his willingness to speak uncomfortable truths without shying away from nuance.
And it’s his refusal to participate in the dehumanization of either side to which so many “artists” have become prone.
I wish more artists shared that courage.