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 - The Fly - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.00, $18.90, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 23, 2024 at 4:27 pm
U2 The Fly (1991 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk / Korova, picture sleeve IS500)
- U2 - New Year's Day - P/S - 4pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.60, €12.00 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 09:39)on December 23, 2024 at 4:27 pm
U2 New Year's Day (1983 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Treasure [Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop], picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some ringwear and a sticker mark to the front. The vinyl remains Excellent WIP6848)
- U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky - RSD Black Friday 2023 - Red Vinyl 40th Anniversary - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £39.99, $50.39, €47.99 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 17:37)on December 23, 2024 at 4:27 pm
U2 Under A Blood Red Sky (RSD Black Friday 2023 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP newly remastered and pressed on Red Vinyl in celebration of its 40th Anniversary. Gatefold picture sleeve plus a large2-sided poster, hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
- U2 - Zoo TV Live In Dublin 1993 EP - SHM-CD - Japanese - CD single - £26.99, $34.01, €32.39 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 23, 2024 at 4:27 pm
U2 Zoo TV Live In Dublin 1993 EP (2024 Japanese 'Amazon' exclusive limited edition 6-track Super High Material SHM-CD EP featuring material recorded live at RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland on the 28th August 1993, including the Japan bonus recording The Fly. Housed in a thin jewel case with picture sleeve insert, with lyrics in English and Japanese, and the all-important exclusive obi-strip, sealed in the 'New Music Fridays' stickered shrink)
- U2 - Zoo TV Live In Dublin 1993 EP - SHM-CD + Art Card - Japanese - CD single - £34.99, $44.09, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 11-Dec-2024 18:00)on December 23, 2024 at 4:27 pm
U2 Zoo TV Live In Dublin 1993 EP (2024 Japanese 'Amazon' exclusive limited edition 6-track Super High Material SHM-CD EP featuring material recorded live at RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland on the 28th August 1993, including the Japan bonus recording The Fly. Housed in a thin jewel case with picture sleeve insert, with lyrics in English and Japanese, and the all-important exclusive obi-strip, sealed in the 'New Music Fridays' stickered shrink. This also includes a 'NotFor Sale' 9½" square print featuring the EP artwork, available exclusively from Amazon Japan only!)
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