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2018-11-14: Ready For What’s Next
U2 finished the last date of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour yesterday. A number of fans are worried about what comes next. Is this the end? We here at U2Songs.com firmly do not believe that it is the end of the band. The band has commented on the end of the tour and where it will leave them in a number of recent interviews, and we present a few highlights below that leave us thinking more...
2018-11-13: U2eiTOUR Leg Two Pre-Show and Post-Show Songs
UPDATED: November 13, 2018
This article deals with the second leg of the U2eiTour. For leg one, please visit here.
SPOILERS: This article does contain spoilers about the new opening for the shows in Europe.
With each new tour we like to keep track of the music by other artists that U2 use throughout the production, including the music used before, after and during the shows. The...
2018-11-05: New Reissues on Coloured Vinyl: Zooropa and The Joshua Tree
Updated: November 15, 2018:
We’ve updated our article with a number of additional locations where the album can be purchased:
- Belgium: FNAC is now taking orders for the albums (November 23, 2018 Release)
- Canada: SunRise Records will be selling the albums in store on November 23, 2018.
- France: FNAC is now taking orders for the albums (November 23, 2018 Release)
- Germany: Saturn /...
2018-11-01: Bono writes song for Willie Nelson to Sing
A new song co-written by Bono, “Where the Shadows Fall,” is featured in the feature film Waiting for the Miracle to Come which premiered at the Austin Film Festival this week. The song, co-written by Bono and long-time collaborator Simon Carmody, features in the film, and is sung by Willie Nelson for the film. Bono also performs on the track singing backing vocals in the chorus of the song....
2018-10-27: New Music from U2 in 2019
There is new music coming from U2 in 2019. As we told you in September 2017, U2 have recorded a song for a T. Rex tribute album which will be released early next year according to a report in Variety. The T. Rex album is being compiled and produced by Hal Willner, a long time friend and sometimes collaborator with U2. The record will be released on BMG records next year.
The album is set...
2018-10-26: Rattle And Hum 30th Anniversary Showing
On October 26, 2018, U2 had a special small showing of Rattle And Hum at the Savoy Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The original world premiere of the film was held at the Savoy Theatre on October 27, 1988, and U2 played an acoustic set to the fans gathered there. The film screening today was to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the premiere of the movie.
The showing started just after 7pm for...
2018-10-25: Summer of Love: Tweaka Turner Interview
U2’s “Summer of Love” is currently number 7 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, and climbing. The song is being pushed up the chart by a series of remixes being created by DJs to enhance its club friendliness. One of the producers that has remixed “Summer of Love” is Tweaka Turner, who has taken the time out to answer a few questions for us on the project.
Tweaka’s mix was sent out...
2018-10-22: The History Mix: The Pet Shop Boys Cover “Streets”
In 1991, British synth pop duo Pet Shop Boys released “How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously?” as the third single off their Behaviour album. But a second song, which did not appear on the album, was also added to the package: a cover of U2’s “Where the Streets Have No Name,” which was created as a medley with “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” the 1967 hit made famous by Frankie Valli. “How...
2018-10-19: Paul Oakenfold Remix of Love is All We Have Left
Paul Oakenfold is a name that should be familiar to U2 fans by now. He has worked with U2 on remixes of their songs going back to the 1990s. His first work appeared with remixes of “Mysterious Ways” and “Even Better Than the Real Thing” under the Perfecto name, and he’s tackled some of their biggest hits over the years.
And now he’s tackled another one of U2’s songs, first teasing, and...
2018-10-18: “Landlady” to Radio in Italy, No Commercial Release
Updated: October 21, 2018 (See Below)
A press release from Universal in Italy has confirmed that the song “Landlady” from Songs of Experience will be released to radio in Italy for
promotion. The song is being served digitally to radio stations in Italy and there will not be a physical promotional CD.
The song is already appearing on a small number of stations in that country including...
2018-10-15: It’s No Secret: The Fly in Milan
PHOTO: The Fly in Milan, courtesy of Harry Kantas for U2Songs
Tonight in the third show in Milan U2 pulled out another song for a tour debut. For the first time since Moncton on the U2360 tour in 2011, the band performed “The Fly”. (It appeared on the #U2ieTour, but as an intermission video, with the song performed by Gavin Friday.)
The song was accompanied by a visually stunning...
2018-10-11: New Release: Songs of Experience on SHM-CD
It has been announced that U2 will release Songs of Experience on SHM-CD in Japan this coming December. The SHM-CD version of the CD will be released on December 5, 2018, and will be released in a cardboard sleeve. The CD will contain a Japan only bonus track (we expect it will be the same as the regular CD bonus track, Jacknife Lee’s remix of “The Blackout”) and will be released with the...