From Loudersound.
U2 have shared a stripped-back, piano-led version of their 2000 hit single Beautiful Day as another preview of their forthcoming Songs Of Surrender album. It follows on from the January release of a re-imagined version of their 1984 hit single Pride (In The Name Of Love), the first taste of a compilation, due on March 17, which features 40 re-worked U2 songs.
“Music allows you to time travel,” guitarist The Edge stated when the project was first unveiled, “and so we started to imagine what it would be like to bring these songs back with us to the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st century re-imagining. What started as an experiment quickly became a personal obsession, as so many early U2 songs yielded to a new interpretation.
“Intimacy replaced post-punk urgency. New keys. New chords. New tempos and new lyrics arrived. It turns out that great song is kind of indestructible.”
Also on March 17, a new U2 documentary, Bono & The Edge: A Sort Of Homecoming, with David Letterman, will air on Disney+.
Directed by Morgan Neville, the film, which finds US television show host Letterman travelling to Ireland for the first time to meet up with the band in their hometown of Dublin.
In a press release, the documentary is described as “part concert movie, part travel adventure plus a whole lot of Bono and The Edge, with Dave’s humour throughout”.
Last month, the band announced that they will doing a gig residency in Las Vegas at the MGM Sphere in the autumn. Their sets will focus on songs from their 1991 album Achtung Baby. Dates are yet to be announced.
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- U2 - War - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.60, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 26, 2025 at 5:20 am
U2 War (1983 UK first press 10-track LP with picture labels, including Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day & Two Hearts Beat As One, gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics printed inside. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with little play ILPS9733)
- U2 - Boy - Remastered 180 Gram - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £24.99, $30.99, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2025 15:56)on January 26, 2025 at 5:20 am
U2 Boy (UK/EU 11-track LP pressed on 180-gram classic black vinyl, remastered in 2008 by Arnie Acosta from the original analogue tapes and cut by Bernie Grundman. Their 1980 debut was recorded in Dublin and produced by Steve Lillywhite. Including I Will Follow and A Day Without Me, as well as live favourites Out Of Control and The Electric Co. Picture sleeve with original cover artwork and 16-page illustrated booklet inside. Factory sealed)
- U2 - Achtung Baby - Uncensored Sleeve + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $155.00, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 12:04)on January 26, 2025 at 5:20 am
U2 Achtung Baby (1991 UK first press 12-track LP, complete with the original illustrated credits inner & lyric insert, withdrawn & uncensored picture sleeve featuring a very obviously male naked figure of Mr Clayton on the back! The sleeve displays just minor wear, and the vinyl looks barely played. A superb 'near as new' one owner example U28) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- U2 - Achtung Baby - Uncensored Sleeve + Inner - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $155.00, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 26, 2025 at 5:20 am
U2 Achtung Baby (1991 UK first press 12-track LP, complete with the original illustrated credits inner & lyric insert, withdrawn & uncensored picture sleeve featuring a very obviously male naked figure of Mr Clayton on the back! The sleeve displays just minor wear, and the vinyl looks barely played. A superb 'near as new' one owner example U28) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- U2 - The Unforgettable Fire - Double Pack - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.60, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 26, 2025 at 5:20 am
U2 The Unforgettable Fire (1985 UK limited edition 5-track 7" double pack including A Sort Of Homecoming, Out Take One - Love Comes Tumbling, Out Take Two - Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come & Out Take Three - The Three Sunrises, glossy gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only minor wear with some minor paper loss on the interior & the vinyl discs are Excellent with minimal signs of play ISD220)
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