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 Unforgettable Fire - EX - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jul-2024 11:19)on July 26, 2024 at 2:27 pm
U2 The Unforgettable Fire (1985 UK 5-track 12" vinyl EP, also including The Three Sunrises, Love Comes Tumbling, Bass Trap & a live version of A Sort Of Homecoming recorded at Wembley. The glossy picture sleeve displays some light general wear, whilst the vinyl has only a few light signs of play, overall an Excellent example 12IS220)
- U2 - Wide Awake In America - US - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jul-2024 14:20)on July 26, 2024 at 2:27 pm
U2 Wide Awake In America EP (1985 US 4-track 12" live EP featuring Bad, A Sort Of Homecoming, Three Sunrises & Love Comes Tumbling. The picture sleeve displays just a little light general wear, whilst the vinyl has only light signs of play 90279-1-A)
- U2 - October: Remastered - 180gm Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £19.99, $25.79, €23.79 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jul-2024 12:10)on July 26, 2024 at 2:27 pm
U2 October (2019 UK/EU limited edition 11-track remastered LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl - Originally released in October 1981, U2's second album features the singles Fire and Gloria. The picture sleeve hasa small area of discolouration to the back / bottom of the opening edge but comes complete with the picture inner and sixteen page illustrated lyric booklet while the vinyl shows only light signs of play)
- U2 - U218 Singles - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jul-2024 13:29)on July 26, 2024 at 2:27 pm
U2 U218 Singles (2019 UK/EU limited edition 18-track double LP compilation pressed on 180gram Vinyl, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated inners & lyric booklet. The sleeve is Excellent with light shelf wear & the heavyweight vinyl is in Excellent condition with minimal play)
- U2 - U218 Singles - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 05-Jul-2024 10:44)on July 26, 2024 at 2:27 pm
U2 U218 Singles (2019 UK/EU limited edition 18-track double LP compilation pressed on 180gram Vinyl, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated inners & lyric booklet. The sleeve is Excellent with light shelf wear & the heavyweight vinyl is in Excellent condition with minimal play)
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