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2024-12-10: Larry Mullen “One of Us” and “Between the Lines” Now Released
As of today, worldwide, Larry Mullen has released two new songs. Both are taken from the film Left Behind and have been heard in that film. Both are solo songs for Larry, working with other artists to contribute music to the film. These singles are available digitally now, on streaming services and digital store fronts.
The two songs are available as standalone singles. Each single...
2024-12-04: How to Promote an Atomic Bomb
Last Updated: 2024-12-04
Atomic Bomb Promotion
As we’ve done in the past for other releases, we’re setting up a story here, which will track U2’s appearances over the next few days from media appearances to promote the album, to stories about the album in press, to the album reviews which started appearing today.
The collection of links take you to pages outside of U2Songs.com and we...
2024-11-26: Adam Clayton Shares Tour Plans in 2026 or 2027
Adam Clayton appeared on RTL with Éric Jean-Jean today. The full interview can be heard here. Of particular note is his answer to what comes next for U2. It’s the most detailed answer to date:
We are recording, we are in and out of the studio. We really want to get a record of new songs to our audience. When we know what that record is, we’ll go out and tour it. I don’t know which year....
2024-11-20: Dolby Atmos Fan Listening Sessions
U2 have done a number of listening parties for the new “shadow album” How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb in various locations around the world where Dolby Atmos enabled venues were available to show off the technology.
The first party was held on November 15, for a small group in London, England, and since that time there have been sessions in Dublin, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Toronto,...
2024-11-19: Larry Mullen’s Recovery
Adam Clayton appeared on Virgin Radio in Italy this morning to talk about the release of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb later this week. Among the topics discussed is the future of the band and an update on Larry Mullen’s recovery.
Shared on the interview today, Adam Clayton said:
“During the time we were in the Sphere, Larry had some surgeries. He has made a full recovery. We recorded...
2024-11-15: Breaking Waves (Late Late, Listening Sessions, YouTube Specials)
Adam Clayton made an appearance on The Late Late Show this evening in Ireland, introduced as the “first rock god to ever appear on Gardener’s World.”
Adam talked about performing at Sphere in Vegas with the other guests, one of which had seen performances there. Adam himself said he heard from one person who saw the show that it “sounded so amazing, I could hear your bass!”
He spoke...
2024-11-13: New Release: Do They Know it’s Christmas (Ultimate Mix)
Band Aid will celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” with a new version of the song, being called the 2024 Ultimate Mix.
IMAGE: Do They Know it’s Christmas? (2024 Ultimate Mix Vinyl)
The song will feature a mix of recordings of the song, featuring vocals recorded for the original release in 1984, the 20th anniversary in 2004, and the 30th anniversary in 2014....
2024-11-12: Larry Mullen Jr’s new song with GAYLE Premieres
Larry Mullen is featured on a new song from the film Left Behind, released today on YouTube. The song is credited to Larry Mullen Jr, and GAYLE. The song is called “Between the Lines”. Larry Mullen features on drums and backing vocals on the song, and is credited with writing the song and producing it as well. The full credits are at the end of the article, and you can listen to the song...
2024-11-07: Breaking Waves: Radio Edits on Apple Music Tomorrow and Other Releases
For those who have been asking about the radio edits of the newly released demo songs, good news! It appears that these will be released as a commercial offering via Apple Music.
A two track single is being made available on November 8, 2024. It will contain “Country Mile” (Radio Edit) (04:39) and “Picture of You (X+W)” (03:05). Through Apple Music, the two songs in their album versions...
2024-11-03: Atomic Bomb at 20
In under three weeks How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb will be out in a variety of formats. A week later, How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb will be released in a standalone format. It has been some time since we announced the rumours about this set back in July. And while we’ve covered the release through news stories, our discography entries, and on social media, we felt with only a couple of...
2024-10-31: Record Collector Out Today
Today Record Collector magazine releases issue 564, the December 2024 issue in the UK. The issue features a number of pieces about U2, far beyond what we share here in this article. The interviews are current, and look at How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb but also look forward to the future of U2.
If you are interested in the issue, it features U2 on the cover and should be hitting...
2024-10-26: U2 iPod Special Edition at 20
Twenty years ago U2 made history, partnering with Apple to launch their own branded iPod. The iPod U2 Edition was a custom 20GB iPod featured customized packaging, exclusive design elements, and showed that U2 had a clear eye on the future of the music industry, and the rapid changes to music distribution underway with a move to digital formats.
U2’s partnership with Apple started a bit...