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Grammy gobblers U2 debuted the new song “Hands That Built America” on Monday at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival to promote the upcoming Martin Scorsese film “Gangs of New York,” which features the track. The festival’s 15,000 attendees saw a simulcast performance of the tune as the band played in Ireland. Director Maurice Linnane shot the production for an upcoming video. Scorsese and “Gangs of New York” star Robert De Niro had invited the band to contribute to the festival celebration. U2 are currently in the studio working on new tracks for an upcoming best-of album as well as possibly… Read more »

They’re in the studio recording new material, but U2 aren’t working on a new album just yet. Instead, they’re writing songs for inclusion on an upcoming greatest-hits package that will feature songs released between 1991’s Achtung Baby and 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind. The album is due out by the end of the year and will be a companion piece to Best of U2: 1980-90, which the band released in 1998. While some pressings of that record included an additional disc of B-sides, this next installment of greatest hits will likely be contained on a single disc, since… Read more »

One of U2’s chief collaborators has confirmed that the band will release a second best-of compilation this fall. Daniel Lanois, who co-produced five of the Irish group’s albums-The Unforgettable Fire (1984), The Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), Zooropa (1993), and All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)-has reported that in a recent visit to his home in Los Angeles, U2 guitarist the Edge discussed the anthology, which is slated to be released as a stopgap while the band continues work on its next studio album. “To my knowledge, there’s a ‘best of the ’90s’ that’s going to come out… Read more »

Having walked away with four Grammy Awards this year, including Best Rock Album for their 2000 LP, All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2 are intent on moving ahead once again. Less than a month after its decisive Grammy victory, the group re-entered the studio to work on its next album, the band’s manager Paul McGuinness said in a statement Wednesday. “U2 would like to clarify that, contrary to certain speculation in the press, they will be neither touring Europe this summer, nor splitting up,” McGuinness said. “Instead, they are spending time in the studio working on new material for… Read more »

A fan who slipped in a puddle of urine and water at Soldier Field in Chicago while going for a bathroom break during a U2 concert was awarded $2.6 million on Tuesday (March 12). The man, Steven Chang, broke and disfigured his leg, forcing doctors to move his calf muscle just over his knee. In determining the award, the jury considered the fact that Chang was active, has disfigurement, underwent costly medical procedures, and had tremendous pain and suffering due to the injury. The jury also validated the award on compensation Chang would have for the rest of the years… Read more »

Will U2 find what it’s looking for on Wednesday, when it competes for eight Grammy Awards at the music industry’s biggest bash of the year? Or will the Irish rock quartet be rattled by folk musicians, soulful R&B divas and tireless troubadour Bob Dylan? Nothing is ever certain about the Grammys, whose industry voters frequently stun music fans with oddball choices, including last year’s album of the year prize to semi-retired jazz-rock recluses Steely Dan. In the past few years the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, which organizes the event, has tried to improve the awards’ image by… Read more »

Entertainment Weekly reports that U2 played the Super Bowl halftime show for free. The magazine reports that the NFL was willing to pay them but they didn’t want any money. Janet Jackson was the first choice for the halftime show but when NFL bigwigs caught a U2 show in New York City they felt the band would set the right tone for the festivities after Sept. 11. The report says Mariah Carey and Paul McCartney also were not paid for their services, but the NFL picked up their travel expenses.

U2 is giving way in a battle to save its Dublin recording studios from being pulled to the ground. After submitting written objections Tuesday to the redevelopment of their Hanover Quay site, the band said it would join in talks with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. “Although they are very happy in their present studio, and would very much like to stay, they appreciate that change is inevitable and often for the best,” the band members said through a statement. The millionaire rock musicians initially argued that the musical heritage of their Hanover Quay site should be enough to save… Read more »

The fate of a Dublin studio used by U2 that was set for demolition was to be reconsidered Tuesday (January 29), thanks in part to an online petition signed by more than 2,000 fans of the Irish rock group, Reuters reports. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority was to discuss the fate of the Hanover Quay studio, at which U2 recorded its latest album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Last year, the property had been earmarked for razing as part of a redevelopment project. But a document carrying 2,146 signatures helped shed light on the local landmark. Petition instigator Fintan… Read more »

With “Beautiful Day” a Grammy favorite last year, three different songs up for Grammy honors this year, and two nominations for the album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, the members of U2 said they’re pleased they were recognized for the quality of their songs. The band’s eight nominations top all nominees for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles on February 27. “It was great when ‘Beautiful Day’ did so well last year, and we’re thrilled that the album received eight nominations,” said U2 in a statement. “Especially the three other songs highlighted, because… Read more »