Adam Clayton

Adam has identified his drinking habit as the main cause of
‘suicidal thoughts’ which he battled during his early years with the
band. Adam has pleaded directly with young people not to ignore depression, and to seek out help if they are feeling down. He
has revealed that despite his comfortable upbringing and years of
superstardom with U2, he was prone to suicidal thoughts and depression. “I
am an ex-drinker and I am a very happy ex-drinker but before I got to
that point I had been through the whole process of suicidal thoughts,”
Clayton confessed. Clayton made the comments as part of the
National Walk in My Shoes day – a fundraising and awareness event for St
Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin. The money raised will go towards
providing mental health services to vulnerable young adults.

Text ‘shoes’ to 57802 to donate €2 or go to www.walkinmyshoes.ie to donate or seek help with depression.

U2 are raising funds for Amnesty International with a new range of T-shirts. The
group, fronted by Bono, has teamed up with Hard Rock International to
produce the U2 Signature Series: Edition 30 T-shirt line in the name of
charity. They have pledged 15 per cent of the item’s $32 (£20)
retail price to the human rights charity, and are hopeful the extra
money will help boost the organisation’s work. The Edge
says, “I hope this T-shirt generates loads of cash for Amnesty
International and their tireless work towards the release of prisoners
of conscience all around the world. Plus there’s a guitar on it – so
it’s a win-win as far as I’m concerned.” The T-shirt will be available online or at Hard Rock venues around the globe.

Adam and Ali have given us some insight to the future of U2
and its “sounding great” Adam stated in Spinner that the boys are in fact
working with Danger Mouse. “It’s a great team and feels very liberating at
the moment — anything goes. We have an abundance of riches, we could make
three or four different records and justify that to ourselves, but to make the
best record you can, you have to steer away from the ones you can make easily. We
are really trying to get into territory that we are not comfortable in. If that
makes sense…” Ali Hewson also shared some information on the record in an
interview with The Guardian. “They’re well down the road on the new album and it
sounds good,” Hewson said. “That’s all I’m saying.

And that’s all we are saying too…..