U2

While I haven't started my official countdown to U2's new album release -- What?  What's that you say?  I should have it in my hot little hands in 97 days?  Hey, thanks! -- I have been listening to the internet buzz and the latest just makes me laugh. Supposedly the album will be released in the U.S. on Nov. 18.  The rumored title is No Line On the Horizon and now the Evening Herald says the first single is going to be called.....Sexy Boots. Really guys? Really?

$495 had been raised today, as of 10 AM EST, in a petition effort to get U2 frontman Bono to "retire from public life." Started via ThePoint.com, a Web site that lets anyone start a campaign. the petition's goal is "to get Bono to retire from public life (so he'll stop leading misguided counter-productive philanthropy efforts) ....and, simultaneously.... to make a huge donation to fight AIDS." The sit... MORE

Having composed the music for the forthcoming Broadway production of Spider-Man, Bono and the Edge will release a U2 album based on their musical adaptation of the comic books.

Bono and Edge have written 18 tracks for Spider-Man: The Musical, a $25m production that is due to open in New York in October 2009.

The band will rework some of the musical numbers and include them on the album, which is due to follow their next release this November.

Teese Gohl, the project's mu... MORE

Today felt like a Dirty Day. The words in one of my favorite cuts off the very underrated Zooropa album were source of comfort in my day of exhaused chaos. The amazing thing about Dirty Day is that reminds me of my father and how, even though he's far from me, he influences me daily. He's within me. He's part of me. The good and the bad. This year I've only learned to not only forgive my loved ones but also myself for our past indiscretions. I used to hold mi amigos an... MORE

I was going to start this series with a post titled 'Lay Of The Land'. In it I was going to explain some of the topography of Bethlehem, you know talk about the hills and river and the awesome trout stream running nearby, but as luck or unluck would have it, I have something else to talk about. Especially while it is fresh in my memory. First a shout out to U2. When 'Boy' came out in 1980 I was probably listening to crap rock. What did I know I was 10 for God sakes. 1... MORE

If you really wanna feel old, think about how it's been 20 years since U2 released their epic Joshua Tree album. To celebrate the two decades since its release U2 will release four different reissues of the album on November 20th. A single remastered CD will be available, as well as a 2-CD set that will come in a hard back case, a 2-CD/1-DVD collectible box with band liner notes and additional prints, and a double-vinyl package. The DVD, according to Billboard.com, wil... MORE

Bono recently shed some more info on what the new U2 album, the one that the band began working on in Morocco earlier this year, would sound like to The Independent. "All the band went to an amazing religious music festival in Fez with some incredible sufi singers," Bono said of the band's initial foray. "It was a real humbling thing for a punk rock shouter, listening to these people who just close their eyes for 40 minutes and sing the most sophisticated melodies." "W... MORE

U2 have joined the promotional leagues of Madonna. Bono and Co. have signed a 12-year deal with music conglomerate Live Nation, the company who last year inked a groundbreaking $120 million, ten year, three album deal with Madonna. U2 will however continue to release its records and publishing commitments with Universal Music Group. The deal covers touring, merchandise and licensing rights, sponsorship, digital rights, fan club/Web sites and other marketing mumbo-jumbo. ... MORE

It happened, I am no longer an Earthquake virgin. I was at work when I felt and lived through my very first earthquake. It was freaky. I'm shaken but not stirred. I still love L.A. I've lived through tornados and hurricanes, so I've lived in dangerous places before. It will take more than the earth shaking to force me to move from the City of Angels. One the way home, the radio played Mysterious Ways, one of my favorites from Achtung Baby. I'm waiting for this reissue to ... MORE

  So i've been listening to U2 again lately.  Around the time I joined the youth group in church, junior high-ish, Rattle and Hum was out and my preacher's son was a big U2 fan.  Growing up listening to mostly country, save the occasional ABBA 8-track in my dad's car, the Eagles... who were really country-ish for a long while, and the ever present King of Rock and Roll Elvis, i had never heard of them.  I was informed they were awesome and i needed to check them out.  So ... MORE

JACKSONVILLE - Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79. Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability t... MORE

Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Vieux Farka Toure, and Sierra Leone's Refuge All Stars are a few of the African musicians featured on a new compilation album of U2 covers. That's right, Africa loves U2. The album is called In The Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 and it's said to be inspired by Bono's philanthropic work via the ONE campaign and (RED). Proceeds benefit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The tracklist and lineup are revealed in this album... MORE

It was just an airy comment thrown about in Anna's listening station today, but it got me thinking, always a dangerous thing. See, I used to love U2. Their early albums were key in my adolescent development. Recently, Bono's over-the-top hectoring and their retreading over musical styles they've overgrown has dampened things a touch, but I think the older material still holds muster. Anyway, we were listening when Anna played U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me." ... MORE