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U2’s cover of HELTER SKELTER has topped a new online poll of reworked BEATLES songs. The Irish rockers’ rendition of the 1968 track beat Oasis’ cover of I Am The Walrus in the RollingStone.com poll. Joe Cocker’s With A Little Help From My Friends, Across The Universe by Fiona Apple and Aerosmith’s version of Come Together round out the top five.

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Producer Gives Update On U2 Album | CJBK

By: Don Kaye

U2 has been working on its new album since late February at its recording complex in Dublin, Ireland, where the group has once again turned to longtime producer Daniel Lanois to sit behind the sound console. Lanois recently described how the sessions were going: “It’s going well. Very inventive, a lot of hopes and dreams in the room. (Singer) Bono’s a hell of a fighter, and as long as he’s got me in there, I’ll fight along with him, you know. It’s just quality, innovation, better songs, choruses that will communicate in a stadium setting…he wants it all. He wants great bass riffs. There’s still mystery in the room and they really want to do their best. They want it out for the fall as well.” Read the rest of this story »

‘There’s something about performing our songs in front of a large crowd which works…’ Music, life work and inspiration as RTE’s The View Presents… The Edge.

John Kelly of RTÉ’s arts show The View, discusses creativity and longevity with Edge next week, in an exclusive one-on-one interview. Edge says that things now are as they were in the beginning, explaining how the four band members have managed to maintain such an unusually cohesive unit for over thirty years. Read the rest of this story »

From his work on The Joshua Tree to, more recently, that on How To Build An Atomic Bomb, Daniel Lanois and U2 have a strong and unique bond. Lanois says the relationship is almost other-worldly.

“I think we work well together because there’s kind of a premonitional force in the room when I work with these guys,” he says. “We sense that something might be right but we’re not convinced yet and it’s still the unknown. It’s that unknown that keeps us going. We want to do something original. Bono wants to say something that has never been said before. We know we’re going to have to roll up our sleeves, put our thinking caps on and do beautiful work.” Read the rest of this story »

African Well Fund Launches Sixth Annual Bono’s Birthday Well Fundraiser March 17th

The African Well Fund is launching its sixth annual Bono’s Birthday Well fundraiser on March 17th. Called “Walk to the Water… Walk with Me,” the fundraiser aims to raise money in honor of Bono’s May 10th birthday. Details of the project funded by this year’s donations will be announced shortly. Read the rest of this story »

(PR) On April 1, 2008, Shout! Factory will release In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, an album celebrating the music, culture and future of Africa, and an unprecedented musical homage to Bono and U2 for their ongoing humanitarian relief efforts aiding the beloved continent. A portion of the record’s proceeds will directly benefit The Global Fund. Interviews with select artists are available upon request.

Produced by Shawn Amos and Paul Heck, In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 features Grammy Award-winning/nominated African artists as well as top up-and-coming talents including Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Vieux Farka Touré, Vusi Mahlasela and the Soweto Gospel Choir. Read the rest of this story »