NEW U2 SONG TO BE FEATURED IN NFL NETWORK’S SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL

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Raiders Star Darren McFadden Runs Through an NFL Offseason to Highlight Year-Round Coverage

Twenty-two time Grammy Award-winning band, U2 will be providing the soundtrack to NFL Network’s Super Bowl XLIII commercial that will run during the game.  “Get On Your Boots,” the group’s newest single, will be featured in the commercial airing only on Super Bowl Sunday.

The ad, entitled  “RUN,” features Oakland Raiders star running back Darren McFadden beginning a training run that continues through the NFL offseason, illustrating that NFL Network is where “Football Season Never Ends.”
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Get On Your Boots: U2 video exclusive – DELAYED

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It appears that the big “EXCLUSIVE” Get On Your Boots video premiere has been delayed. The following message was posted on Independent.ie web site:

Friday January 30 2009

5.24 pm

Delivery of the video for U2′s new single, ‘Get on Your Boots’, has been delayed.

Universal Music have issued the following statement:

“The video is going really well but unfortunately it just wasn’t finished in time for the premiere today. Alex Courtes is an amazing director and we can assure you that it will be well worth the wait.”

Mark Crossingham, Managing Director Universal Music Ireland

You will still see the video here first at www.independent.ie/u2

I guess we’re all in a holding pattern until the toilet get’s plunged!

U2 Grammy Performance Next Month

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U2 will play at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles next month.

The 51st annual Grammy Awards take place on February 8th and there’s plenty of other great acts lined up including Kid Rock, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rihanna, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney, Radiohead and Jay-Z.

It will air on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

The band have already confirmed they’ll be performing the new single ‘Get On Your Boots’ at the UK’s BRIT Awards at London’s Earls Court, ten days later on Wednesday 18 February. And a few days after that they’ll be in Berlin to play at Germany’s ECHO Awards.

- U2.com

GOYB rules the charts!

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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Jan 28, 2009 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

So here is the breakdown as provided by Jono a U2exit contributor>

Triple A radio in US #1

Rock Radio in US #14

HOT AC in US #34

Rock radio in Canada #1

For all the charts> http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/Canada_ROCK_Chart.asp

This will be one of their biggest radio hits of all time, especially with the dig downloads!

Get On Your Boots: U2 video exclusive

Posted by SPun2UcloseAuthor: SPun2U Name: Kevin
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About: A little about me, I was bitten with the U2 obsession in 1991 with the release of Achtung Baby. Although I’ve known about U2 since the mid 80’s it wasn’t until the AB album that I was hooked. AB was the very first (and only) album that I had ever owned that I played straight through without hating a single song. I truly love every song on that album. Even today that album seems so fresh. My online activities, I'm curator of several U2 related sites: U2exit.com, U2torrents.com, U2fansites.com, and U2radio.com. I've maintained a U2 fan site in some form since the late 1990's.See Authors Posts (2587) on Jan 27, 2009 in Releases, Video | Comments Off