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In a recently interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Bono announced that he and his band U2 are working on a new sound for their next album and described it as “club-sounding”. I wonder if they can stand up to the music of Lady Gaga and Britney Spears at the clubs. It will definitely be something different. I just hope their different is the good kind. The singer didn’t elaborate past that, explaining that the band is also working on releasing a new rock album, while they gear up for their tour and he and The Edge finish up scoring the Spider Man musical.

U2’s bassist Adam Clayton has filed a lawsuit against Gaby Smyth, as well as two other accountants, in Dublin’s High Court. This is said to possibly be related to his recent case against a former housekeeper who allegedly defrauded the rock star of up to £1.4 million. A source said “It would be unwise to assume that this case relates to the case against his housekeeper, but that’s not to say it has nothing to do with her.” If you have no idea who Gaby Smyth is, she’s the one who came up with the plan to move the band’s publishing company to Holland in 2007 to save money. It sounds shady to me.

Glastonbury festival organizer Michael Eavis announced that Muse and Stevie Wonder will be joining U2 as headliners of the greatly anticipated UK summer concert. Muse is rumored to play on Saturday night but festival bosses have yet to officially confirm Stevie. The organizers said “It is very much a possibility but he’s still only on Michael Eavis’ wish list – so not 100% confirmed, it’s pending.” The music fest, which is set to take place on June 23-27 on Worthy Farm, is already sold out. Other acts confirmed to be performing include the bands Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend and Dizzee Rascal.

It seems Rihanna’s problems do not revolve only around her incident with Chris Brown… what a surprise, huh? The singer has not talked with her father in over a year, even though she claims to have done her part in trying to reestablish the connection. This is what Rihanna said on the matter: “I’ve been the one trying to reconcile with him forever. I haven’t heard from my father in over a year. I try though, I reached out to him. I did my part. Now it’s on him.” Of course her father is saying exactly the opposite. Wow, it looks like Rihanna’s family is a really be tight unit, doesn’t it? Didn’t they all get along better when she was still in a relationship with Chris Brown?

U2 have confirmed via video blog that their sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, Sunday 25th October 2009 will be streamed free, in full and live on YouTube. It’s the first time a show of this size will be streamed live.

The Rose Bowl show is the penultimate U2 show this year – with more to come in 2010 – and already is set to host the venue’s biggest ever audience of over 96, 000 fans. The 360˚ Tour, which has been critically acclaimed and “re-invents rock’n’roll”*, will now boast unique access for fans worldwide – as fans in territories yet to be visited by the tour, or not at all, will be able to enjoy the whole show online. Managed in partnership with Live Nation, this sell-out tour has broken attendance records in most venues it has visited – its success due in part to increased capacity coupled with a lower ticket price and great sight lines afforded by the stunning in-the-round stage set. Visit U2.com or youtube.com/u2official for details of how to join in this ground-breaking on-line event.

U2 manager Paul McGuinness said – “The band has wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we’re filming the LA show, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium. Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 – this time U2 can go to them, globally.”

YouTube will be streaming live across five continents. The show will be available in the usual You Tube way, as video-on-demand, following two full replays – after the live stream – on both U2.com and You Tube.

“YouTube is thrilled to be able to provide our global audience with a live streaming performance from one of the world’s greatest bands” – Chris Maxcy, Director of YouTube Partner Development. “We are always looking for new ways to connect fans around the world with their favourite artists, and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that.”

U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360° Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.

Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.

U2’s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.

Photo Gallery Link:

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena

8/12/2010 Hannover, DE – AWD Stadium

8/15/2010 Horsens, DK – Casa Arena

8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI – Olympic Stadium

8/25/2010 Moscow, RU – Luzhniki

8/30/2010 Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadium

9/03/2010 Athens, GR – Olympic Stadium

9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR – Ataturk Olympic Stadium

9/15/2010 Munich, DE – Olympic Stadium

9/18/2010 Paris, FR – Stade De France

9/29/2010 Seville, ES – Olympic Stadium

10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT – Stadium

U2 Releases New Video Clips from 360° Tour

U2 kicked off the North American leg of their 360° Tour on September 13th, and cameras have been rolling during the shows and behind the scenes. Visit the official U2 YouTube channel to see video clips of songs from the concert, including “Your Blue Room” and “Vertigo” from the Chicago shows, a radio interview in Toronto, and an advance screening of an exclusive U2.com chat with the Edge.

Can’t get enough live U2? Download the new Blackberry app that lets you get inside the new album No Line On The Horizon. The app features song previews, news, tour updates, exclusive images of the band in the recording studio and on the road, and more! Find out the specifics on the Blackberry website.

No Line On The Horizon is U2’s twelfth studio album and is available now, in stores or through iTunes.

Vertigo Link and Embed Code:

Your Blue Room Link and Embed Code:

Toronto Radio Interview Link and Embed Code:

U2’s new single, “Magnificent,” was released on May 4th by Mercury Records.

The video for “Magnificent” was directed by French filmmaker Alex Courtes. Alex also directed the video for the band’s previous single, “Get On Your Boots,” and alongside his former creative partner Martin Fougeral won a Grammy award for the “Vertigo” video. The video for “Magnificent” was shot in the historic city of Fez, Morocco last month.

“Magnificent,” the second single from No Line On The Horizon, will be available in the UK as a download and on 7″ vinyl. The vinyl single will be backed with a live version of album track Breathe, recorded in the Somerville Theatre in Boston earlier this year.

Magnificent Video:

Cyberspace is the place where you can get a complete copy of ‘No Line On The Horizon’, the latest album offering of the Irish rock band U2. The actual release date of the album was slated for March of 2009 but the album has been leaked onto the internet and it was caught by thousands of fans none of whom would have let go off the opportunity to have the album on their iPods and other music storage devices.

It is said that the file sharing site Pirate Bay was were the album source was available and nearly 100,000 surfers had downloaded the entire album in just a few hours after it become available online.

Yeah friends must have sent a word of mouth to other friends and it must have spread across like wild fire, just imagine that you can have a new album for download for absolutely no charge it makes you feel rich again doesn’t it.

You begin to think why I wasted all that money in the past over some really crap music albums and here I have a real gem of an album from U2 for free. I however missed out but surely now that its out in the open people would be uploading the whole thing on some other sharing sites. The album is in public domain now!

U2 released their latest single ‘Get on Your Boots’ last week. I found it really disappointing. I was expecting so much from them. However, it seems like Europe has taken a liking to it. The single has been doing measly numbers over in the US but it has got some major ones across the pond. According to Nielsen Music control, the first two days of airplay the song got shot it straight to number 1 on Ireland’s airplay chart and number 4 in the UK. The song has reached a total audience of 12.5 million in the UK as well as 11 million in Italy and 78 million in Germany. The song is also doing well in Austria, Belgium and Holland.