Trip Through His Wires: Bono pens a fan letter to Billie Eilish

Music
11 May 20

"I think of Carole King, I think of Roy Orbison," he says in appreciation of 'everything i wanted'

A goodly part of Hot Press' Sunday was spent listening to the These Songs Changed My Life: 60 RPM playlist that Bono treated us to for his big birthday.
We also cracked open a beer or three in his honour and read the first batch of 'thank you' notes he's sending to the writers and performers of the tunes that have seen him through the good and the bad times. Here's the one addressed to Billie and Finneas...

These are some of the songs that saved my life…. the ones I couldn’t have lived without… the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60… through all the scrapes, all manner of nuisance, from the serious to the silly… and the joy, mostly joy… https://t.co/V7TKfStr6J pic.twitter.com/hiRednbxHf

— U2 (@U2) May 10, 2020