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WATCH U2s Bono, The Edge Cover Stairway To Heaven

u2-1.13095087 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 08: (L-R) The Edge and Bono of U2 perform at the Gocheok Sky Dome on December 08, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (The Edge and Bono, pictured in 2019. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)

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U2’s Bono and the Edge covered Led Zeppelin’s 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven” in a video they shared on Facebook this week.

The acoustic performance was dedicated to U2’s road crew.

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“Wherever you go in the world, whatever venue you’re playing … you walk into the venue, it’s a big moment, and you’ll hear a song that we said ‘We’ll never, ever play this,’” explained Bono. “That’s right, ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ These professionals believe they play this better than the band – and you know, it might be true.”

Watch their rendition of “Stairway To Heaven” below: