U2 Receive 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize, Bono & The Edge Play Acoustic “Pride” & Guthrie Covers

Every year, Oklahoma’s Woody Guthrie Center honors a different artist for contributions to activism through music with the Woody Guthrie Prize. Bruce Springsteen, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, and John Mellencamp all have Woody Guthrie Prizes. Tom Morello got it last year, and Pussy Riot got it two years ago. This year’s Woody Guthrie Prize recipient is U2, a band that has long made a point out of commitment to justice, though their recent efforts in that arena have been a bit sad. On Tuesday night, U2’s Bono and the Edge, representing the rest of the band, came to Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa to accept the prize and to play a special acoustic set.

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