U2 and Woody Guthrie: This Land is Their Land
By John W. Barry
Irish rock band U2 will receive the Woody Guthrie Prize, awarded by the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Oct. 21.
U2/Photo by Helena Christensen
U2 lead singer Bono and guitarist The Edge will accept the award on behalf of the band at Tulsa’s famed Cain’s Ballroom.
According to an announcement from the Woody Guthrie Center, which is located a half-mile from Cain’s, “Bono and The Edge will return to Cain’s Ballroom, for the first time since U2’s 1981 show on the U.S. leg of the “Boy” tour, “To accept the award and participate in an onstage conversation about the band’s music. They look forward to legally buying their own pints this time around.”
U2 formed in 1976 in Dublin, Ireland, gained traction and never looked back. The...