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Cable thieves jeopardise U2′s South Africa gig

Posted by SPun2U on Feb 5, 2011 in News & Rumors, Tour News | Comments Off

Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium undergoing repairs ahead of next week’s show

Repair work is taking place on a stadium where U2 are due to play in South Africa next week after cable thieves struck in the area.

Bono and co are due to play to 98,000 fans at Johannesburg‘s FNB Stadium on February 13.

However, the Associated Press reports that the theft of power cables around the venue has led to fluctuations in power supplies, which can damage generators and other electrical equipment.

Officials at the stadium have cancelled a soccer league match today (February 5) in order to allow repairs to take place.

Earlier this week, a spokesperson for the band told NME that U2 are in the studio working on a new album but said a release date had not yet been set.

This was after the German version of online retailer Amazon, Amazon.de, listed a new release for the band for May 27.

- NME, http://www.nme.com/news/u2/54835

New album due in May?

Posted by SPun2U on Feb 5, 2011 in News & Rumors, Tour News | Comments Off

Last summer, Bono told Rolling Stone that U2 have as many as four records ready to go. “We have “Songs of Ascent,” which is the meditative work that was meant to complement “No Line on the Horizon.” We’ve got a rock album. We also have a club-sounding album. And then we have the Spider-Man (musical) stuff.”

Well, looks like the first of the four may be on track for this spring.

U2 fan website @u2 has discovered a listing for a new album on the German version of Amazon.com here.

No details are provided, (the title is displayed simply as “New Album 2011″), Amazon does include a release date of May 27 in the listing.

While the band has not confirmed anything on this news, the information does sync up with what U2′s manager, Paul McGuiness, said in an interview to New Zealand website stuff.co.nz last November: “We are trying very hard to use this time in New Zealand and Australia to finish an album that will be released in the spring… It’s not so much recording as editing and polishing up lyrics and trying to getting it done by the date it needs to be delivered to the record company for release in May. It’s sounding great: lots of hits.”

VIA: http://www.hennemusic.com/2011/01/u2-new-album-due-in-may.html

U2 concert causes scheduling woes

Posted by SPun2U on Feb 5, 2011 in News & Rumors, Tour News | Comments Off

The announcement that the Irish band U2 will play Moncton this summer is actually bad news for some event organizers.

While most people are excited that U2 will play the Magnetic Hill concert site on July 30, some wedding guests, party-goers and others are now wishing their calendars were free that weekend.

Preparations have been underway for the last couple of months for Moncton High School’s 25-year reunion, which was originally scheduled for the same day as the concert.

“When U2 was announced, it was like, OK, we have to change the dates because I think a lot of the people want to go to the concert probably instead of going to the reunion itself,” said Paul Doiron, who is on the organizing committee.

“I kind of knew something was up when we tried to book hotels probably a month ago,” he said. “When they were charging the minimum two-night stays and for the amounts, I knew there was a concert, but didn’t know which one at that point.”

The reunion can’t compete with U2, said Doiron, so it’s going to be rescheduled for the weekend before or after the concert.

Anyone looking for a room for a wedding or another function will be wishing they’d booked early, said Hammond Joshi, operator of the Econolodge on West Main Street in Moncton.

“The obvious benefit to it is that [the reservation] is there and should an event like a big event come in to play, you’ve already secured your (room.)”

Today’s Snippets

Posted by SPun2U on Jan 31, 2011 in News & Rumors | Comments Off

First Appearance in Atlantic Canada
U2 will perform at Magnetic Hill Music Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick on July 30th, with special guests Arcade Fire.