The Edge

David Howell Evans (born August 8, 1961, Barking, Essex (now in Greater London, England), nickname the Edge, is the lead guitarist of the Irish rock band U2.

Biography

Dave Evans, who was known as a loner in high school, took piano and guitar lessons and often performed with his brother Dick Evans before they both answered an ad posted by Larry Mullen, Jr. seeking musicians to form a rock band. This band would go through several incarnations before emerging as U2 in March 1978 (Dick Evans left the band just before the name change).

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Piano - Guitar - Dick Evans - Larry Mullen, Jr. - March - 1978

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Evans married his high school girlfriend Aislinn O'Sullivan. The couple had three daughters together: Hollie, Arun and Blue Angel. Evans and O'Sullivan separated in 1991 but could not divorce because of Irish law. They were divorced in 1996, after divorce was legalized in 1995.

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Aislinn O'Sullivan - 1991 - Divorce - Divorce was legalized in 1995

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In October 1997, Evans had a fourth daughter, Sian, with Morleigh Steinberg, a dancer from U2's early 1990s Zoo TV Tour. Their son Levi was born in September 1999. The couple married in June 2002.

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October - 1997 - 1990s - Zoo TV Tour

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