U2’s new Album ready for Release in Early 2009

U2, famous Irish rock band has decided to continue working on the 50 to 60 new songs they've written. U2.com reveals the new album won't see the light of day until next year. That means U2's new album will be released in early 2009.

Bono said: "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 …"

Up till now many U2 fans had assumed a 2008 release in time for Christmas. Says Bono: "It has to be our most innovative, our most challenging … or what's the point?"

Read more at U2.com

What is U2UK

U2UK are Europe's premier tribute show to the mighty Irish rock legends U2.The U2 Show, performed by U2UK, is now in it's seventh year of touring. This two-and-a-half-hour extravaganza not only features several costume changes to reenact some of the most significant periods in U2's history, but also supported by their own massive 20000 watt Logic Line Array sound system, multimedia video projection and a tailored lighting show, there is no question, U2UK delivers an immense live performance that will rock you into the excitement of any U2 stadium concert.

This show is not to be missed by any fan of live rock music.It will take you from the early years of U2, right up to the recent Vertigo tour.A kicking live band, U2UK remind any fan of why the Irish legends U2 are still considered the world's greatest rock band. You'll be dancing in your seat, singing your heart out and hoping the show will never end. It's a must for anyone who loves music, theatre, and life.Performing the most exciting rock show on the live circuit to date, U2UK are widely known across Britain and Europe alike. As well as making their name on Britain's theatre circuit,they have performed to 8000 people alongside the Bootleg Beatles and Bjorn Again at The Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam two years running.

U2

U2 Album - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, launched in November 2004. Much like their previous album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was commercially victorious and critically highly praised and maintains a more conventional rock sound after the band experimented with alternative rock and dance music in the 1990s. The album was produced by Steve Lillywhite, with others involved in the production including Flood, Jacknife Lee, Nellee Hooper, Chris Thomas, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Carl Glanville.

All songs written and composed by U2, with lyrics by Bono, except where noted.

#	Title	Length
1.	"Vertigo" (Bono, Edge)	3:11
2.	"Miracle Drug"	3:54
3.	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"	5:08
4.	"Love and Peace or Else" (Bono, Edge)	4:48
5.	"City of Blinding Lights"	5:47
6.	"All Because of You"	3:34
7.	"A Man and a Woman"	4:30
8.	"Crumbs from Your Table"	5:03
9.	"One Step Closer"	3:48
10.	"Original of the Species"	4:41
11.	"Yahweh" (Bono, Edge)	4:22
12.	"Fast Cars" (bonus track)	3:44
49:08

U2

About U2

U2 has been perhaps the biggest music act in the world since the late 1980s to the current day. U2 take prominent stands on human rights issues, expressed through their lyrics and other public statements and actions. U2's lead singer, Bono, has become quite prominent in charity movements and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. U2 consists of Bono, lead singer and songwriter; The Edge, lead guitar, keyboards, vocals; Adam Clayton, bass guitar; Larry Mullen Jr., drums. U2's manager is Paul McGuinness.

U2 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976. The three members who strongly identified themselves as Christians (all except Clayton) decided to pursue and promote the band's career in a manner that would be consistent with their religious beliefs, which are heavy on social action. Theology professor Eugene Peterson says the band has "little patience with media-driven aspects of the Christian religion and a church and culture that shows little concern for justice and poverty and sickness".

U2's popular 1983 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" commemorated the slaughter of innocent civilians during the Irish troubles. It called for a renunciation of violence, a sentiment that resonated greatly with the people of Ireland. Throughout the 1980s the band used this song to campaign against the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) efforts to raise money to fuel continued armed conflict. The IRA sent a threat to U2 that if they continued their campaign they would be kidnapped. U2 band continued anyway.

U2's 1984 album "Unforgettable Fire" was named after paintings made by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. The album's songs "Pride" and "MLK" were both tributes to the modern-day leader they most admire, Martin Luther King. Another song, "Bad", was about heroin addiction, which was a serious problem in their home town of Dublin at that time.

U2 were major participants in the historic and seminal "Live Aid" concert of 1985, which raised funds for relief from a severe drought in Ethiopia. The band was seen by many of the 1.5 billion people who viewed the concert on live television, and Bono's unscripted leap into the crowd captured the imagination of all. The more than 75 performing groups raised some $250 million for the charity. In the months following the concert, U2's record sales skyrocketed and have never come back down. In 1986 the band headlined a promotional tour to support Amnesty International, and the effort reportedly tripled the organization's membership.

In the 1990s, U2's music and concerts mocked the excesses of commercialism. Some critics failed to understand that Bono's exaggerated on-stage personas during the "Zoo TV" tour were parodies, and thus concluded that the band had given in to what they in fact were criticizing. In the early 2000s U2 shifted from stadium extravaganzas to performing in smaller arenas where they were closer to their audiences. In 2004 the band teamed up with iPod for an innovative promotional campaign.

U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. By that year they had won 22 Grammy awards, a historic record surpassed only by Stevie Wonder.

U2