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  1. Originally posted by dieder:[..]

    rules are there to be broken

    you never know... of course I hope it will be earlier, and every 'inside' source always said that the album will be released arround november/october so.


    Ever since the Popmart debacle U2 has gone more and more on the commercial tour. Since Popmart they release albums in November, first singles in October and the last few years they're releasing everything they can just to make some more money and product sales (DVD's, remasters etc.). This album won't be an exception, the album is ready according to several sources and November is be the perfect month to release an album, they also will have a bump in sales during Christmas which will help a lot..
  2. Probably not accurate but may aswell report on everything we hear.
  3. Didn't Pauly McG say in "U2 by U2" that they won't release an album unless it's the last quarter of the year (Christmas rush)? I thought he said that if they missed that timetable, they'd just wait a whole 'nother year.
  4. Originally posted by haytrain:Didn't Pauly McG say in "U2 by U2" that they won't release an album unless it's the last quarter of the year (Christmas rush)? I thought he said that if they missed that timetable, they'd just wait a whole 'nother year.


    haha... if that would happen....
  5. I dislike the name 'Sexy Boots', primarily because if it isn't 'sexy' it could become something of a joke, to Gen X anyway.

    What are your thoughts on the title "No Line On The Horizon"? Do you guys like the name? And anyone have any ideas about what it means?

    I'm guessing that the length of the title, is a fairly good indicator that the album will have sonic continuity with HTDAAB and ATYCLB, and so create an album trilogy. (as some believe)
  6. If they release it in January, if they wait that long when we have been hearing it's close to being done for like a year now, I'm going to be REALLY pissed off.
  7. Originally posted by vanquish:I dislike the name 'Sexy Boots', primarily because if it isn't 'sexy' it could become something of a joke, to Gen X anyway.

    What are your thoughts on the title "No Line On The Horizon"? Do you guys like the name? And anyone have any ideas about what it means?

    I'm guessing that the length of the title, is a fairly good indicator that the album will have sonic continuity with HTDAAB and ATYCLB, and so create an album trilogy. (as some believe)


    I disliked the title at first--I thought it was too long and too cliched. It's grown on me now, though. Of course, I'd have to hear the music to really get a good opinion on it...

    What is the title referring to? Hopefully their career...
  8. Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2:[..]

    I disliked the title at first--I thought it was too long and too cliched. It's grown on me now, though. Of course, I'd have to hear the music to really get a good opinion on it...

    What is the title referring to? Hopefully their career...


    it's possible that we will still have a trilogy. However, this album may be the experimental of the trilogy. Kind of like Achtung Baby and Zooropa are more or less on the same page and then Pop is somewhere totally different.....that seems like what we might have going on here....idk, i'm tired


  9. Originally posted by BonoThere's an amazing moment in Ireland, where we live, when the sea and the sky can have the same color and the line of the horizon disappears.
  12. from Hot Press

    U2 unconcerned about YouTube furor

    Hot Press, August 19, 2008

    Hot Press understands that there's absolutely no concern in the U2 camp over four tracks from the band's new album which leaked onto YouTube over the weekend.

    Indeed, there is some surprise that the story has been afforded such a high level of exposure, given that the 'recordings' were of such poor – or rather non-existent – quality.

    The culprit is believed to be a Dutch fan, who heard the songs – supposedly titled 'Moment Of Surrender', 'For Your Love', 'Sexy Boots' and 'No Line On The Horizon' – blaring out of Bono's French Riviera retreat in Eze-sur-Mere and recorded them with his mobile phone.

    "Even by bootleg standards, the audio quality is really, really bad," an insider tells Hot Press. "You really couldn't hear anything – it was like something that was playing four or five rooms away being recorded. It really is a bit of a non-event."

    Following copyright violation complaints from U2's record company, Universal, the tracks were taken down by YouTube who've subsequently launched an investigation into the matter.

    Universal's prompt response is, however, an indication of just how jealously any information on the album is being guarded. With Radiohead's In Rainbows album – which was officially available to download for however little fans wanted to pay – having suffered 2.3 million illegal downloads, there is clearly a lot at stake for both the band and the record company.

    As for the song titles, Edge has already spoken about a track 'Get On Your Boots', not 'Sexy Boots' – though the title might have changed in the meantime. Similarly, Bono has played 'No Line On The Horizon' a few months ago – but whether or not that will be the title of the album remains uncertain.

    (c) Hot Press, 2008.

    Now, "Get On Your Boots" sounds like a much better title than "Sexy Boots"! Now, where did Edge mention this?
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