If U2 is accepting an award named for folksinger Woody Guthrie , it’s a safe bet that Bono is going to use the opportunity to say a little something about music, protest, and the changing political climate. That happened Tuesday night in Tulsa when the U2 frontman and The Edge accepted the Woody Guthrie Prize at Cain’s Ballroom.

“We have to consciously work against history,” Bono said onstage, “lest it repeat itself.”

U2, long ago established as one of the most important sociopolitical voices in all of music, received the honor from Anna Canoni, Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter. Bono and The Edge — two of U2’s four members, along with Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. — were on hand not just to accept but to sing for the crowd of 800 seated inside Cain’s.

After an introduction fr

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