U2 Hope To Release Album This Year

U2 have returned to the studio in Dublin to continue work on their new album which they hope to release in 2008.

A post on the bands website gives fans hope and reads: “We hear that the recording sessions in Hanover Quay are going well - with everyone still hoping the new album will be out this year.

”No word on how the music is developing from last year's songwriting sessions in France and Morocco but the band are in good form and enjoying themselves.”

The album will be followed by a tour in 2009, the band’s first under their new deal with Live Nation.

In other U2 news, Universal are planning to reissue some of the band’s early albums in remastered and expanded packages.

‘Boy’, ‘October’ and ‘War’ will all be released on July 22 and are each set to feature the original album on a single-disc, a vinyl edition and a double CD set featuring B-sides, rare tracks and live material.

Thanks for the info to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[Hexagram]

lets hope for good things. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was alright--good live songs--but I would prefer something more from U2

[xthpsgodx]

[onthewaytohell]

To be honest, i couldn't really care less about U2 anymore. Yeah, they are a good band, But the edge is over rated, and bono is just a prick. He makes me lol when he talks about solving world poverty. HTDAAB wasn't great. I think Bono should take his head out of his arse and start writing good choons again!

[Comeback Kiddd]

onthewaytohell wrote:

To be honest, i couldn't really care less about U2 anymore. Yeah, they are a good band, But the edge is over rated, and bono is just a prick. He makes me lol when he talks about solving world poverty. HTDAAB wasn't great. I think Bono should take his head out of his arse and start writing good choons again!

At least he is trying to help the world with the money and fame he has unlike most simple people like you and me. Maybe you might donate $100 the most to a type of organization that helps a good cause but not only doess he donate ALOT of money, he also tries to spread the word on how bad this is affecting our world. Just dont bash him for trying to do a ood thing for the world. As for the album, im sure it wont have a flaw like HTDAAB did

[onthewaytohell]

Comeback kiddd, you speak troof, but, you can donate millions or whatever without shouting it out to the world, and you can spread the word as you say in a less egotistical way that he does.

[Powerhouse]

Anybody wanna take bids on how many grammys this new album will win?

[dmaccy06]

onthewaytohell wrote:

Comeback kiddd, you speak troof, but, you can donate millions or whatever without shouting it out to the world, and you can spread the word as you say in a less egotistical way that he does.

This is very true, Bono can be loud sometimes; however, now you are just picking faults out of him. The right that he does largly outways the wrong. There are so many other bands that should take them as an example.

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[MuseF'nRocks]

U2 was good back in the day but there albums have gone downhill in my opinion. Who knows it might be alright.

[Surfer Rosa]

great great band in the past.
Still releasing good material now, something that couldnt be said about many other older bands.

[Serjem]

yeah.. they have great past but i'm not sure about the future... let's hope it turns out great

[RVM]

Out just in time for Christmas by any chance?


Despite the fact they're always cashing in, they're still a great band. Should be a good album.

[RVM]

Surfer Rosa wrote:

great great band in the past.
Still releasing good material now, something that couldnt be said about many other older bands.

R.E.M.? Yeah ATS might have been shit but Accelerate is brilliant.

[perilouspete]

i hope the edge puts some good riffs in this one...enough of all the electronic shit

[bah humbug]

I'd like to see a deluxe version of Achtung Baby, such a great album

[sirpsycho85]

Not many artists have been active and relevant for as long as U2. Hopefully there's a tour as well. Absolute classics back in the day, but they can still produce at least solid albums, sometimes with a classic thrown in (Beautiful Day).

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[Pr0teZT]

I hope they don't . =]

[guitardudezach1]

ok no, they just need to stop. they were a great band but Bono is so full of himself that its very hard to take him seriously as a musician.

[keen]

SWEET remasters of the older albums!

I can't believe somebody called the Edge over rated. Its not all about quick licks. The man is a brilliant delay wizard. And the way he constructs (yes he does construct them himself) his sounds gives power and soul to the simplest of riffs.

[AngryGoldfish]

U2 were great back in the day, but I personally think there sound has become drunken dry. There may be some that will think thats a 'gay' or 'narrow-minded' thing to say but they've released so many records and, although their sound has evolved with time, there energy has disappeared. Thats the problem with being a band that is travelling through their mid 40's, the energetic side falls flat, in some cases anyway. Not all, but the majority of them, including Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Smashin Pumpkins, who loose their appeal that reaches the market of music fans who love the music laden with some form of energy. They can still make good records, but it doesn't the same. Theres nothing wrong with change at all, bands have to, but thats life. You can't be young forever.

[twat]

In my opinion if you have done as much for less fortunate people as Bono has then you can shout about it as much as you want. The guys in Africa won't complain. I think HTDAAB had some great songs like 'Miracle Drug' but some of the other songs, like 'One Step Closer' weren't great.

[undeaded]

Ah yes. Bono aka 'I-think-I'm-Jesus-

[benjidude945]

The only reason U2 is still relevant is because they've sold out their souls to corporate music executives. Same with Red Hot Chili Peppers. And they're also just recycling the same old material. Oh wow Beautiful Day!!! It's another vague U2 anthem with a rhythmic chorus! It MUST be good!!! They just play it EXTREMELY safe and write happy little alt. rock songs like Vertigo. Fucking softies, go back to making revolutionary and experimental work that was challenging and fascinating to listen to and watch. The days of Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop. Yeahm the days when U2 was exciting and not just another radio-friendly pop band, writing vague rhymes about love and peace. The only reason people bash Pop and sweet songs like Discotheque is because either A) the critics tell them to or B) they really just don't like change and love having a band repeat their old material over and over again. If Bono lives up to his word on this one though and the album is a mix of "dance and molten-hot guitar riffs from the Edge, ala heavy metal" then this could be the best U2 album in over a decade. If not then it will be another average, melodic, poppy record. Here's to the former and that U2 haven't completely sold themselves to the corporations!

[paquiquinho]

onthewaytohell wrote:

To be honest, i couldn't really care less about U2 anymore. Yeah, they are a good band, But the edge is over rated, and bono is just a prick. He makes me lol when he talks about solving world poverty. HTDAAB wasn't great. I think Bono should take his head out of his arse and start writing good choons again!

Wow you sure are stupid! C'mon now you're killing bono for trying to help? Well okay that's your perogative but I urge that you keep it to yourself as I couldn't care less AND it is insultive! Oh and before saying anyone, and I mean ANYONE, is overated you must prove to be better. And no he isn't, he is in fact really good...

[thedarkblues06]

dmaccy06 wrote:

onthewaytohell wrote:

Comeback kiddd, you speak troof, but, you can donate millions or whatever without shouting it out to the world, and you can spread the word as you say in a less egotistical way that he does.
This is very true, Bono can be loud sometimes; however, now you are just picking faults out of him. The right that he does largely outweighs the wrong. There are so many other bands that should take them as an example.

This is +100000 for me. He's not egotistical because he's rubbing in your face that he's got millions of dollars and he's giving it away and everyone should to. I'm sure Bono knows giving so much as $1 to help a kid in Africa is a kind gesture even of itself.

It's the thought that counts.

[tml]

YES!!!

[Penn100]

I need to get tickets this time.

[Soul Power]

I actually like all of U2's material and look forward to the next album.

[dylanfromearth]

"pop" was their greatest most creative album but no one liked it

[l337_h4x0r5]

They should quit while they're...not as behind as they're going to get.

[GenmathePanda]

Hmmm...

Boner and The Ledge's latest atrocity....

[ilikebass]

I hear people saying Bono is full of himself and that he's egotistical... How is helping charities and poverty-stricken people across the world egotistical? They may be super-rich, but apparently U2 has a damn good product that a lot of people are willing to buy, and I guarantee that they do a lot to actually solve problems than any other band. Anyone can whine about the government and pvoerty but how many bands actually get off their asses and do something?

And secondly, don't diss the band because they're radio friendly. Their genre is softer and more widely accepted by more people; somehow this automatically makes them sell outs, but it sounds to me (and several of the members have been quoted saying something along these lines) that they're making the music they've always wanted to. How is doing what you want being a corporate sellout?

On a lighter note, I preordered HTDAAB the first day it was available, and I'll probably do the same for this album. Rock on, U2! \../,

[ginrog]

It is hilarious to see comments about back when U2 were revolutionary and experimental with Pop and discotheque!! You actually listen to that? There is much better U2 from many years before that. Too bad I couldn't hear The Joshua Tree again for the first time...

[mitch311]

yea well if we let all the poverty-stricken people die then we wouldn't have poverty. giving them money isn't helping because they're just going to have more children and then them children are going to suffer... and overpopulate this planet

[juzzie_89]

Wow another 11 or 12 tracks that will sound exactly the same. I wonder how many delay pedals they'll burn through this time. let me guess we're gonna have to hear bono rambling on about how regular people dont give enough money to charity when he makes more in a year than 99% of the world make in their life and he only gives a very small percentage of it not too mention he probably does it for his own personal glory rather than the sake of the people in Africa.

[PrincessJoe]

U2 got a band beneath the stage, playing live

[Dragon Master]

Hexagram wrote:

lets hope for good things. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was alright--good live songs--but I would prefer something more from U2[/quote
In all respect, I think it was one of their best albums to date.
[quote]PrincessJoe wrote:

U2 got a band beneath the stage, playing live

All respect to your opinion, buy I don't agree.