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Wed, 09 Sep 1998 11:06:52 -0600
U2 Plans Bonus With Greatest-Hits Set
The first-ever greatest-hits set from U2 will be packaged with a
limited-edition bonus disc that will be pulled from store shelves one
week after its global release. In a worldwide exclusive, Billboard
Online has learned that the album -- one of three
forthcoming best-of discs from the Irish band -- will be
titled "The Best Of U2 1980-90" and be released by
Island Records in two forms. According to Rob Partridge
of Coalition, the band's U.K. publicity firm, the first
version of the album will street Nov. 2 worldwide (Nov. 3
in the U.S.) and will be bundled with a bonus disc of
previously released B-sides; a week later, that package
will be removed and replaced with the regular edition,
which will not contain the second disc.
"The Best Of U2 1980-90" will feature the tracks "Pride
(In The Name Of Love)," "New Year's Day," "With Or
Without You," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "I Still Haven't
Found What I'm Looking For," "Bad," "Where The Streets
Have No Name," "I Will Follow," "Unforgettable Fire,"
"Desire," "Angel Of Harlem," "When Love Comes To
Town," "The Sweetest Thing," "All I Want Is You," and
"October." In the U.K., the set will be preceded Oct. 19
with a new version of "The Sweetest Thing"; it is
unknown at press time if the single will also be released
in the U.S.
Although London's Financial Times reported that U2
received more than $50 million in advances for the
three-album, best-of deal, Partridge would not confirm the
amount, claiming that all monetary figures are "completely
speculative."
Further details are expected to surface today.
-- Julie Taraska, N.Y.
-- Prarit....[email protected] U2 news: http://www.cableregina.com/users/u2news/u2.html
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