Standing in the corner of the Chapel, with Michelangelo’s famed ceiling fresco above him, THE EDGE performed before roughly 200 members of Cellular Horizons, a conference on regenerative medicine that took place at the Vatican over the weekend. The guitarist took his history-making turn in stride, even throwing in a joke about Bono: “When they asked me if I wanted to become the first contemporary artist to play in the Sistene Chapel, I didn’t know what to say because usually there’s this other guy who sings.”

 

THE EDGE has long been known as a fan of reverb, so he was probably losing his mind from the moment he strummed the first chord of his all-acoustic set inside the expansive 15th-century chapel. The set included a cover of Leonard Cohen’s 'If It Be Your Will' as well as U2’s own 'Yahweh,' 'Ordinary Love," and 'Walk On.'

 

Check out some fan videos below, which are probably illegal because as anyone who’s ever been hassled by Vatican security knows, you can’t take photos inside the Sistine Chapel. 

One more video here.