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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 - Achtung Baby - Uber Deluxe Edition - Sealed - UK - box set - £995.00, $1,243.75, €1,194.00 (New Item) (arrived 22-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 23, 2024 at 8:02 am
U2 Achtung Baby - Uber Deluxe Edition (2011 UK limited edition 20th Anniversary numbered box set, containing six CDs feature the albums 'Achtung Baby' and 'Zooropa', along with two discs of remixes, a disc of B Sides & Bonus Tracks andthe 'Kindergarten' version of the album. Four NTSC DVDs featuring the new documentary, videos, bonus material and 'The Zoo TV: Live in Sydney' concert, 180gram Heavyweight vinyl double LP, Five clear vinyl 7" singles, 84-page hardback book, sixteen art printsof the album cover, 12" square sticker sheet, propaganda magazine [special 1991 Achtung Baby issue], a pair of 'The Fly' sunglasses and four metal badges in a velvet pouch. All housed in a 13" x 13" x 5" picture box with Magnetic puzzle tiled cover, also includes a download code for high quality WAV or Mp3 format including the exclusive track Love Is Blindness [Acoustic] From The Sky Down, still sealed in the original hype stickered shrink)
- U2 - Songs Of Innocence - White Vinyl - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £29.99, $37.49, €35.99 (New Item) (arrived 16-Nov-2024 16:38)on November 23, 2024 at 8:02 am
U2 Songs Of Innocence (2014 UK limited edition 12-track double LP pressed on Heavyweight White Vinyl, including the exclusive bonus track The Crystal Ballroom [12" Mix]. The monochrome gatefold picture sleeve comes with the picture / credits inners. The sleeve shows a small area of paper loss on the back from sticker removal but otherwise shows just light shelfwear. The vinyl reveal minimal signs of play)
- U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - Red Vinyl - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 16:33)on November 23, 2024 at 8:02 am
U2 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (1995 UK limited edition injection moulded 7" single pressed on Red Vinyl, also including Themes From Batman Forever performed by Elliot Goldenthal, housed in a glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear, whilst the vinyl is in near 'as new' condition A7131)
- U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - Red Vinyl - UK - 7" vinyl - £25.00, $31.25, €30.00 (New Item) (arrived 28-Oct-2024 17:00)on November 23, 2024 at 8:02 am
U2 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (1995 UK limited edition injection moulded 7" single pressed on Red Vinyl, also including Themes From Batman Forever performed by Elliot Goldenthal, housed in a glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear, whilst the vinyl is in near 'as new' condition A7131)
- U2 - Rattle And Hum - VG - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.00, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 29-Oct-2024 15:01)on November 23, 2024 at 8:02 am
U2 Rattle & Hum (1988 UK 17-track double LP with picture labels, including Desire, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Angel Of Harlem & When Love Comes To Town, complete with illustrated lyric inners. The gatefold picture sleeve is VG+ with some scuffing, whilst the inners have some foxing and the vinyl shows light signs of play U27)
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