They lost Adam in Amsterdam :unsure: and Larry nearly to the Corrs :unsure:

 

Ronnie Wood also nearly ran off with the Corrs one time.... :P Andrea is a big attraction I guess...

Ronnie Wood seems keen to run off with anyone! :lol:

http://www.hotpress.com/news/4668775.html

 

 

U2 Red Rocks re-release plus album rumours

 

23 Jul 2008

 

The U2 reissue onslaught continues with a digitally overhauled version of their 1983 live album, Under A Blood Red Sky, out here on September 20.

 

It’ll be available in three different formats – DVD + CD Deluxe, single CD and single vinyl – which will all have expanded artwork and sleeve notes.

 

Meanwhile, the word from Cadiz in Spain is that part of the city centre will be shutting down on July 23 and 24 to facilitate the shooting of a U2 single video.

 

London’s NLTH Ltd. have been issued with a permit that allows a 19-person crew to do their do between 9pm and 4am. The band themselves are not expected to be present.

 

While there’s been no official confirmation, industry sources suggest that the new U2 album will be released in Ireland on November 14, with ‘The Cedars Of Lebanon’, ‘Moment Of Surrender’, ‘For Your Love’, ‘One Bird’, ‘If I Could Live My Life Again’, ‘Love Is All We Have Left’ and ‘No Line On The Horizon’ among the songs that are expected to feature.

 

The excellent U2tour.de and atu2.com websites have also drawn attention to the fact that Universal Music has registered the domain name nolineonthehorizon.com – suggesting that it’s either the title-track or the lead single.

 

 

:o

 

:w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

 

 

 

:w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/20...s_latest_album_

 

 

Jay-Z Previews U2's Latest Album

 

 

Jay-Z received a special treat from his pal Bono when he visited Ireland last month - the rocker gave the rap superstar a special preview of U2's new album.

 

The 99 Problems hit-maker played a gig in Dublin at the end of June, and he took some time out of his busy schedule to pay a visit to Bono, who is currently working on the band's forthcoming LP. And Jay-Z was flattered when the singer decided to bounce ideas off him.

 

He says, "I heard about four tracks. And the thing about Bono is, he's in the studio like a kid, excited and singing the lyrics back, asking what I think. That's passion, only passion. Trust me. He doesn't have to do it. Music is a challenge. Music's like, 'What have you done for me lately?' Don't matter if you make seven, eight great albums. U2 are arguably one of the greatest bands ever. (But) if their next album is not great, people are going to say they're finished! U2!"

 

 

http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=5054

 

U2 Set Sale For a New Horizon

 

Exclusive: New Studio Album & Tracklist Revealed

 

Sunday Mirror, July 29, 2008

 

Stephen Maguire and Seamus Ross

 

 

 

It's the beautiful day millions of U2 fans around the globe have waited patiently to see for the past four years.

 

Now we can reveal details of the supergroup's long-awaited new album.

 

It is believed to be titled No Line On The Horizon and will be on sale in music stores on November 14.

 

The band's record company Universal has already registered the internet domain name nolineonthehorizon.com -- prompting speculation this will be the new record.

 

And among the songs to be released on what many music insiders are calling the band's best work to date are "Moment of Surrender," "For Your Love," "Love Is All We Have Left" and "One Bird."

 

Others include "If I Could Live My Life Again," "The Cedars of Lebanon" and "No Line On The Horizon."

 

Earlier this week a 19-strong film crew headed to the Spanish city of Cadiz to shoot a video for the band's first single from the new album although the band were not believed to be present.

 

Last night an insider said the U2 machine is gearing up for the release of one of the most keenly-awaited albums in recent years.

 

"The album is more or less all in the bag except for a few minor details," the source revealed. A lot of people have been waiting a long time for this album as they do with every U2 album.

 

"But the word coming out is that the band is very, very happy with the end product and when U2 are happy it should be quite a piece of work. They're not easy to please."

 

Legendary producer Steve Lillywhite, who has worked with U2 for more than two decades, said the new album had blown him away.

 

It is the first original work since the band released the smash-hit How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb in November 2004. It sold an incredible 10 million copies and picked up eight Grammy Awards.

 

But music commentators think the new record could be even bigger for Bono, the Edge, Larry and Adam.

 

U2 are also expected to announce details of a huge worldwide tour, which would almost certainly include a number of nights at the new O2 Arena in the Dublin Docklands -- formerly known as the Point Theatre. :yahoo:

In a flurry of activity, the group have just re-released their first three albums -- Boy, October and War -- in extended formats and with previously unreleased tracks.

It has led to that rare thing -- U2 making a mistake.

 

A quantity of the re-released War albums have been printed with incorrect track listings inside a booklet.

 

But ironically, it won't hit sales, as the botched items are likely to become collector's pieces.

 

 

:unsure: I thought the O2 arena was in the London Docklands, guess there must be two then :blink:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle1560603.ece

 

 

Bungling Bono blamed for leaked U2 tracks

Published: Today

 

BONO should be more careful about where and when he decides to blare out tracks from his band’s new album.

The U2 rock lord has been stung by a cheeky holidaymaker who overheard the singer indulging his own ego last week.

 

Most families have a bit of Club Tropicana by WHAM! rattling out of a tinpot stereo on their hols.

 

But the music idol is quite rightly proud of his abilities and was playing tracks from the Oirish band’s eagerly awaited new release.

 

The fan couldn’t believe it as he strolled along the beach by Bono’s palatial villa in the South of France when he heard that famous voice thundering out the windows.

 

And the savvy passerby was sharp enough to record what he heard then race home to stick the clips on YouTube.

 

The band have recently put the finishing touches to their first studio album in four years.

 

Universal Music Group, which owns the band’s Interscope label, have registered the domain name No Line On The Horizon — suggesting that will be the CD title.

 

It sounds like a self-help book BRITNEY SPEARS might read.

 

Four songs have been posted including the title track and Sexy Boots, which will be the first single.

 

The other two leaked tracks are thought to be called Moment Of Surrender and For Your Love.

 

Super producer and long-time U2 collaborator DANIEL LANOIS, who has produced the album with BRIAN ENO, reckons it’s the best he has ever recorded with the band.

 

He said: “I think we can safely say it’s one of the great, innovative records from U2. Bono’s in great form, singing fantastic.”

 

I’ve heard the leaked tracks and it definitely sounds like a return to form.

 

Their last album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, was great — as was the Vertigo Tour — so they have a lot to live up to.

 

The album is pencilled in for release in November with Sexy Boots strutting its stuff a couple of weeks before.

 

The names of several other tracks on the album have also been leaked and include Love Is All We Have Left, One Bird, If I Could Live My Life Again and The Cedars of Lebanon.

 

Bono is notoriously secretive about new material.

 

You’d think one of the richest men in rock would have a pair of decent headphones.

 

 

( I went on to YouTube. I found the 4 snippets but the U2 'people' have obviously threatened legal action as the audio has been disabled <_< )

 

 

 

damm, too late then to go and have a listen

 

 

http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=5054

 

U2 Set Sale For a New Horizon

 

Exclusive: New Studio Album & Tracklist Revealed

 

Sunday Mirror, July 29, 2008

 

Stephen Maguire and Seamus Ross

It's the beautiful day millions of U2 fans around the globe have waited patiently to see for the past four years.

 

Now we can reveal details of the supergroup's long-awaited new album.

 

It is believed to be titled No Line On The Horizon and will be on sale in music stores on November 14.

 

The band's record company Universal has already registered the internet domain name nolineonthehorizon.com -- prompting speculation this will be the new record.

 

And among the songs to be released on what many music insiders are calling the band's best work to date are "Moment of Surrender," "For Your Love," "Love Is All We Have Left" and "One Bird."

 

Others include "If I Could Live My Life Again," "The Cedars of Lebanon" and "No Line On The Horizon."

 

Earlier this week a 19-strong film crew headed to the Spanish city of Cadiz to shoot a video for the band's first single from the new album although the band were not believed to be present.

 

Last night an insider said the U2 machine is gearing up for the release of one of the most keenly-awaited albums in recent years.

 

"The album is more or less all in the bag except for a few minor details," the source revealed. A lot of people have been waiting a long time for this album as they do with every U2 album.

 

"But the word coming out is that the band is very, very happy with the end product and when U2 are happy it should be quite a piece of work. They're not easy to please."

 

Legendary producer Steve Lillywhite, who has worked with U2 for more than two decades, said the new album had blown him away.

 

It is the first original work since the band released the smash-hit How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb in November 2004. It sold an incredible 10 million copies and picked up eight Grammy Awards.

 

But music commentators think the new record could be even bigger for Bono, the Edge, Larry and Adam.

 

U2 are also expected to announce details of a huge worldwide tour, which would almost certainly include a number of nights at the new O2 Arena in the Dublin Docklands -- formerly known as the Point Theatre. :yahoo:

In a flurry of activity, the group have just re-released their first three albums -- Boy, October and War -- in extended formats and with previously unreleased tracks.

It has led to that rare thing -- U2 making a mistake.

 

A quantity of the re-released War albums have been printed with incorrect track listings inside a booklet.

 

But ironically, it won't hit sales, as the botched items are likely to become collector's pieces.

:unsure: I thought the O2 arena was in the London Docklands, guess there must be two then :blink:

 

OMG !!!!! :cheer: ..Yeah Spark....the old Point Theatre in Dublin is now called the O2 arena.... :P

These appeared on YT...it seems that they were taken on the beach outside Bono's holiday pad in France :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bono always find an unique way of leaking the albums.......

 

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Edited August 16, 200816 yr by Scorpio

I think those are the very clips I referred to above. Somebody has obviously re-uploaded them back onto You Tube. I can't say I can make out much of the songs though. All I can hear is the sea and somebody talking :lol:

A few people managed to rip it off youtube. On @U2.com, those who have heard the tracks say they are amazing and very different. Much rockier and less commercial than Atomic Bomb. One person even said it was a mix between Achung Baby and Atomic Bomb. I really cannot wait for this new album now. It really is going to be their best album since AB if you ask me :wub:

Yes. I'm so excited. What with the U2 album and the new Daniel O'Donnell Christmas Album I can hardly contain myself :w00t:

Yes. I'm so excited. What with the U2 album and the new Daniel O'Donnell Christmas Album I can hardly contain myself :w00t:

 

 

Are you having a laugh Jup.... :unsure: I thought Daniel O'D was in a home for the bewildered..... :wacko:

No. But 99% of his fanbase is in one. :lol:

No. But 99% of his fanbase is in one. :lol:

 

 

 

True... :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://www.hotpress.com/news/4704330.html

 

 

U2 unconcerned about YouTube furore

 

19 Aug 2008

 

Hot Press understands that there’s absolutely no concern in the U2 camp over four tracks from the band’s new album which leaked onto YouTube over the weekend.

 

Indeed, there is some surprise that the story has been afforded such a high level of exposure, given that the ‘recordings’ were of such poor – or rather non-existent – quality.

 

The culprit is believed to be a Dutch fan, who heard the songs – supposedly titled ‘Moment Of Surrender’, ‘For Your Love’, ‘Sexy Boots’ and ‘No Line On The Horizon’ – blaring out of Bono’s French Riviera retreat in Eze-sur-Mere and recorded them with his mobile phone.

 

“Even by bootleg standards, the audio quality is really, really bad,” an insider tells Hot Press. “You really couldn’t hear anything – it was like something that was playing four or five rooms away being recorded. It really is a bit of a non-event.”

 

Following copyright violation complaints from U2’s record company, Universal, the tracks were taken down by YouTube who’ve subsequently launched an investigation into the matter.

 

Universal’s prompt response is, however, an indication of just how jealously any information on the album is being guarded. With Radiohead’s In Rainbows album – which was officially available to download for however little fans wanted to pay – having suffered 2.3 million illegal downloads, there is clearly a lot at stake for both the band and the record company.

 

As for the song titles, Edge has already spoken about a track ‘Get On Your Boots’, not ‘Sexy Boots’ – though the title might have changed in the meantime. Similarly, Bono has played ‘No Line On The Horizon’ a few months ago – but whether or not that will be the title of the album remains uncertain.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.hotpress.com/news/4704330.html

U2 unconcerned about YouTube furore

 

19 Aug 2008

 

Hot Press understands that there’s absolutely no concern in the U2 camp over four tracks from the band’s new album which leaked onto YouTube over the weekend.

 

Indeed, there is some surprise that the story has been afforded such a high level of exposure, given that the ‘recordings’ were of such poor – or rather non-existent – quality.

 

The culprit is believed to be a Dutch fan, who heard the songs – supposedly titled ‘Moment Of Surrender’, ‘For Your Love’, ‘Sexy Boots’ and ‘No Line On The Horizon’ – blaring out of Bono’s French Riviera retreat in Eze-sur-Mere and recorded them with his mobile phone.

 

“Even by bootleg standards, the audio quality is really, really bad,” an insider tells Hot Press. “You really couldn’t hear anything – it was like something that was playing four or five rooms away being recorded. It really is a bit of a non-event.”

 

Following copyright violation complaints from U2’s record company, Universal, the tracks were taken down by YouTube who’ve subsequently launched an investigation into the matter.

 

Universal’s prompt response is, however, an indication of just how jealously any information on the album is being guarded. With Radiohead’s In Rainbows album – which was officially available to download for however little fans wanted to pay – having suffered 2.3 million illegal downloads, there is clearly a lot at stake for both the band and the record company.

 

As for the song titles, Edge has already spoken about a track ‘Get On Your Boots’, not ‘Sexy Boots’ – though the title might have changed in the meantime. Similarly, Bono has played ‘No Line On The Horizon’ a few months ago – but whether or not that will be the title of the album remains uncertain.

 

I personally believe the 'culprit' to be Bono...it is not his first time using peculiar leaks.... :P

 

With thanks to:

http://www.u2france.com/article13038.html

 

 

In the Studio: U2

Tuesday 2 September 2008, by Dom

by Tom Doyle

 

As if to spotlight the pace with which U2 are close to completing their as-yet-untitled 12th album, Q’s phone call to Edge is delayed by half an hour while he lays down an acoustic guitar overdub at the quartet’s Dublin studio on a new song called "Get On Your Boots."

 

"Then we can put the mix to bed," the guitarist sighs with satisfaction. So this album is being completed as we speak? "Yeah. It’s happening live in real time. It’s totally frantic."

 

Having effectively abandoned their initial plan to work with Rick Rubin (although some material has survived), U2 took the unusual move of bringing in their long-time producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois as co-writers early on. "We thought, If we’re all writing together we’ll get more stuff and it’ll be a more fruitful use of time," Edge says.

 

Experimental writing sessions held last year in Fez, Morocca, yielded numerous new songs. Some — with the introduction of local musicians

— bear a distinctly North African flavour. A visit to the World Sacred Music Festival enhanced what Edge calls the "religious- sounding" tone of a few of the tracks. "But we don’t want to be musical tourists," the guitarist states. "We came back with a certain flavour and influence of that trip and a sense of freedom."

 

As time went on, the music grew ever more diverse and spontaneous. "We wanted to give it some variety," Edge says. "There is some dark, heavy stuff but there are also some lighter things. Some we’ve really had to sweat to get and some just came so easily." Work-in-progress highlights include "f—k-off live rocker" "Breathe"; "For Your Love," which Edge says is one of his best-ever riffs; and the aforementioned "Get On Your Boots" ("Eddie Cochran with barbershop harmonies").

 

Other notable tracks include the eight-minute-long "Moment Of Surrender" and "No Line On The Horizon," inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.

 

Opinion is currently divided as to whether the album will make a pre- or post-Christmas release. Anticipation couldn’t be higher, however, with mixer Steve Lillywhite having already proclaimed the record "their best yet."

 

"Trying to weave it all together into a coherent collection is the challenge," Edge admits. "But, yeah, it has the potential to be our best."

 

 

From the Official Site

http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2249

 

 

'We want 2009 to be our year'

 

'We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein and we don’t want to stop.' Bono has been talking to U2.Com about how the songs are shaping up for the new record and plans for 2009 to be their year.

 

 

‘This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again, ‘ explains Bono, calling in from a break in recording sessions in the south of France. ‘ We have what it takes, we have the songs, new rhythms and a guitar player who is not ready to re-enter earth's atmosphere until he's taken a slice of the moon!

'It's been fun, it's been maddening... there have been injuries and recoveries, no babies born that I know of, but this one is nearly ready for the new year of 2009.'

 

The band have been writing and recording the follow-up to ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ since last year, and the feeling is that they’ve hit a creative groove so there are no plans to stop. Everyone, he says, is excited about where the recording is taking them.

 

‘When we set out on this record it was Larry who came up with the plan not to have a plan. He put up this idea that wouldn’t it be great just to make music for its own sake, not for the purpose of a live show or on album but just to see what we’re capable of…’

 

It’s an idea that’s paid off. Following sessions in Morocco, in Dublin and through the summer in France, the band have written ‘fifty or sixty’ tracks. And counting.

 

‘We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein,’ he explains. ‘It gets a bit dark down here but looks like we've found diamonds not coal. I thought a while back we might have the album wrapped by now, but why come up above ground now if there's more priceless stuff to be found?

 

For now, they’re keeping a promise they made to themselves when they started writing: ‘We said to each other that if we got to the great place then we wouldn’t stop…’

 

So the writing and recording continues and while they now know what shape most of the album will take, they're not leaving the studio just yet.

 

‘We know we have to emerge soon but we also know that people don’t want another U2 album unless it is our best ever album. It has to be our most innovative, our most challenging … or what’s the point ?’

 

They have no doubts that it will be as important a release for U2 as any. ‘It’s a brand new chapter for us, and everyone we’ve played the tracks to has said that musically it feels like another departure.

 

‘The last two records were very personal, with a kind of three piece at their heart, the primary colours of rock - bass, guitars and drum. But what we’re about now is of the same order as the transition that took us from The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby.’

 

He also mentions that the recording in Morocco was the first time the band have worked in a studio open to the sky: ‘On that track you can hear the sound of a swallows nest close to the building - it’s beautiful.’

 

Longtime collaborators Danny Lanois and Brian Eno have joined the band at different times, and, more recently, Steve Lillywhite – usually a tell-tale sign that a record is nearly done. ‘Steve has that ear for a top line melody and a good hook.’

 

But while Bono is itching to get the music out he says it’s going to be early 2009 when we first get to hear the songs.

 

‘I’m always the one who underestimates how easy it is to simply 'put out the songs now', if it was just up to me they’d be out already! But early next year people will be able to start hearing what we’ve been doing. We want 2009 to be our year, so we’re going to start making an impression very early on …’

 

 

(2009? :unsure: :o :cry: :cry: :cry: )