" ~~~ U2 ~~~ "

Daniel Lanois in NY with U2
October 10, 2008
By Denis Armstrong-Sun Media

It's hard to pin down Daniel Lanois.

I assume the legendary producer and recording artist is playing a gig
in New York when he lets it slip that he's in the Big Apple to produce
the new U2 record, due in 2009.

As if that isn't news enough, he's simultaneously promoting his latest
CD and documentary film Here Is What Is, which is available at
redfloorrecords.com, and getting ready to launch an eastern Canada
tour next week that includes a stop at Centrepointe Theatre on Oct.
24. The tour marks the 20th anniversary of his first solo record Acadie.

It's a scary, breakneck schedule, which the apparently laid-back
57-year-old takes in stride.

"I enjoy the duality of my laboratory work and studio experiments I'm
doing with U2 with my own musical career. It's great to work with
people like Bono and Bob Dylan, but there's no better feeling than the
chill of bravado I get from playing in front of a live audience."

"I've always thought of myself as a musician first," he says,
reminiscing about the early days in Gatineau and Hamilton when he and
his older brother Bob began playing with a tape recorder.

"I was fascinated with sounds. I remember when I was 12, I was
recording my friends or the poems I'd make up while delivering papers.
Bob and I played together long before we opened Grant Avenue Studios."

Hamilton might have initially seemed an unlikely place for pop royalty
to make hit records, but then Brian Eno, a sonic engineer, musician
and Lanois' mentor, recorded six "ambient" records there.

"That was a pivotal point in my career," Lanois recalls.

The pair went on to produce some of the most important recordings of
the past 20 years, beginning with U2's The Unforgettable Fire. Lanois
went on to work with artists like Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Robbie
Robertson and The Neville Brothers.

"Creativity and knowledge comes from passion, and I am passionate
about music. Every time an artist walks into my studio, I want to get
my hands dirty, I want to pull each song apart and find out how it works."

On the new tour, Lanois hopes to play tunes he's remastered from
Acadie for the 20th anniversary edition, as well as instrumentals on
slide guitar, and show video from Here Is What Is.

"We'll be playing my brand of Canadian folk songs. We'll raise the roof."

© Canoe Inc., 2008.

U2 Album Almost Done
Chart Attack
November 11, 2008
BY Aaron Brophy

U2's next album is almost finished.

After a show in Parry Sound, Ont. on Saturday, uber-producer and
frequent U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois revealed the news to
ChartAttack's Andrew Hoshkiw in an interview following his performance
at the Charles W. Stockey Centre For The Performing Arts.

"I'm going to England to finish mixing the U2 record that I'm working
on," said Lanois, who plays the tour's final Canadian date at
Toronto's Massey Hall on Friday before heading on to Boston for one
U.S. show. He'll head to the U.K. after that.

Word is that U2 have written 50 to 60 new songs for the forthcoming
album, which is expected in early 2009.

Bono has been quoted on u2.com that the record is "our chance for us
to defy gravity once again," and that "early next year people will be
able to start hearing what we've been doing. We want 2009 to be our year."

U2's last proper album was 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

(c) Chart Communications, Inc., 2008.

brand spanking new
what a blend of the band,
bono,
and of course,
mr the edge.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgswWMlUN8

SPOILERS ABOUT NEW SONGS BELOW....







U2 Break Down 'No Line on the Horizon'
Key tracks from the band's eclectic new album

BRIAN HIATT

Posted Jan 22, 2009 9:45 AM


In early December, Rolling Stone traveled to London to visit U2 in the
studio as Bono and Co. worked on the upcoming No Line on the Horizon.
For the full story, see the new issue, which hits newsstands
Wednesday, January 7th. Here's a first listen to 10 of the album's
tracks:

"Get On Your Boots"
The likely first single, this blazing, fuzzed-out rocker picks up
where "Vertigo" left off. "It started just with me playing and Larry
drumming," the Edge recalls. "And we took it from there."

"Stand Up Comedy"
Another hard rock tune, powered by an unexpectedly slinky groove and a
riff that lands between the Beatles' "Come Together" and Led Zep's
"Heartbreaker." Edge recently hung out with Jimmy Page and Jack White
for the upcoming documentary It Might Get Loud, and their penchant for
blues-based rock rubbed off: "I was just fascinated with seeing how
Jimmy played those riffs so simply, and with Jack as well," he says.

"Crazy Tonight"
"It's kind of like this album's 'Beautiful Day' — it has that kind of
joy to it," Bono says. With the refrain "I know I'll go crazy/If I
don't go crazy tonight," it's the band's most unabashed pop tune since
"Sweetest Thing."

"Unknown Caller"
This midtempo track could have fit on All That You Can't Leave Behind.
"The idea is that the narrator is in an altered state, and his phone
starts talking to him," says the Edge.

"Tripoli"
This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles,
including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and
churning arena rock.

"Cedars of Lebanon"
"On this album, you can feel what is going on in the world at the
window, scratching at the windowpane," says Bono, who sings this
atmospheric ballad from the point of view of a war correspondent.

"Magnificent"
"Only love can leave such a mark," Bono roars on what sounds like an
instant U2 anthem. Will.i.am has already done what Bono calls "the
most extraordinary" remix of the tune.

"Moment of Surrender"
This seven-minute-long track is one of the album's most ambitious,
merging a Joshua Tree-style gospel feel with a hypnotically loping
bass line and a syncopated beat.

"Every Breaking Wave"
A swelling soul-pop song, with bright synth sounds influenced by OMD
and, Bono says, "early electronica." "You don't hear indie bands doing
blue-eyed soul [like this]," he adds.

"No Line on the Horizon"
The title track's relentless groove began as a group improvisation.
"It's very raw and very to the point," says the Edge. "It's like rock
& roll 2009."

Bono At Inauguration

By Jon Zahlaway / LiveDaily Senior Writer
Bruce Springsteen [ tickets ], Bono, Stevie Wonder and Garth Brooks top a roster of big-name acts who'll gather in Washington, DC, next Sunday (1/18) for a free concert that will mark the official start of inaugural festivities for President-Elect Barack Obama.

Dubbed "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial," the event will also feature Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, James Taylor, Will.I.Am, and Beyonce. Additional performers will be announced, according to organizers.
Veteran producer Rob Mathes will serve as musical director and arranger for the event's house band, which will back all of the aforementioned artists.

In addition to the musical performances, the event will also feature Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington, all of whom are scheduled to give readings of historical passages.

"Our intention is to root the event in history, celebrating the moments when our nation has united to face great challenges and prevail," executive producer George Stevens, Jr. (The Kennedy Center Honors) said in a prepared statement "We will combine historical readings by prominent actors with music from an array of the greatest stars of today."

According to a press release, HBO will "televise the event on an open signal, working with all of its distributors to allow Americans across the country with access to cable, telcos or satellite television to join in the Opening Celebration for free." Full details about the event are available at the Presidential Inaugural Committee's website.

Pre Order Limited Box Set



i just preordfered not only this box set,

but the double album gatefold vinyl package- which im even more excited about.
Product Description
No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released on Tues, March 3, 2009. The band’s 12th studio album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite. The album will be available in 5 different packages.

This version is 2 vinyl discs in a folding sleeve with 16-page oversized booklet.