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September 29, 2004

U2 Sets Album Track List as Single Takes Off

9.29.04 - Billboard

By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2 has confirmed the full track list for its upcoming album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," due Nov. 23 via Interscope.

The set does not include the tracks "Tough" or "Full Metal Jacket," which band members previously had mentioned as possible selections. Among the newly announced titles are "Miracle Drug," "One Step Closer" and "Love and Peace or Else."

The album's first single, "Vertigo," is already making a bomb-size impact on U.S. radio outlets. After just three days of airplay, the cut is expected to debut this week in the top 20 of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and the top 30 of the Mainstream Rock Tracks tally.

At present, "Vertigo" is available for download exclusively via Apple's iTunes Music Store. According to a spokesperson, the track ascended into the service's top 10 within 24 hours and is now No. 1 on the list of most downloaded selections.

U2's official Web site (http://www.u2.com) is hosting clips of the band performing "Vertigo" in its Dublin recording studio plus other exclusive footage of a recent photo shoot.

And while the band is not expected to begin touring until next spring, tidbits have begun leaking out about specific stops. According to Ireland's Sunday Business Report, U2 will play Dublin's Croke Park on June 26-27, with the possibility of a third show, depending on demand.

Here is the track list for "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb":

"Vertigo"
"Miracle Drug"
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
"Love and Peace or Else"
"City of Blinding Lights"
"All Because of You"
"A Man and a Woman"
"Crumbs From Your Table"
"One Step Closer"
"Original of the Species"
"Yahweh"

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September 14, 2004

U2 to Release New 'Atomic Bomb' Album in November

9.14.04 - Reuters

By Jeffrey Goldfarb

LONDON (Reuters) - Irish rock band U2 unveiled on Tuesday the title of their next album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," evoking the violence and rebellion of their early records.

The album, recorded in Dublin and the south of France, made headlines in July after recordings from it went missing.

The disappearance of rough versions of some tracks from a recording studio in Nice, France, had prompted fears they would appear on the Internet before the official release.

But a band spokeswoman said: "They didn't show up anywhere as far as we're aware."

Invoking the atomic bomb recalls the band's earlier albums "War," "Under a Blood Red Sky" and "The Unforgettable Fire."

The new album will arrive in North American record stores on Nov. 23, one day after its release in Europe.

The group, and especially frontman Bono, have long been associated with global political causes and fans have been waiting to hear if there will be fresh messages from U2 on their first album since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"Vertigo" will be the first single from the album, which is U2's first studio recording since the 2000 success "All That You Can't Leave Behind."

The song will air on radio on Sept. 24, according to U2's label Interscope, a unit of Vivendi's Universal Music.

The new album will include a cover of Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights," along with songs entitled "Crumbs From Your Table," "Yahweh," "City of Blinding Lights," "A Man and a Woman" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."

U2, who have sold 120 million records since the release of their first album 24 years ago, were also nominated for membership to the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, along with Grandmaster Flash, Randy Newman (news) and others.

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September 07, 2004

New U2 Album Tracklisting Leaked?

9.7.04 - XFM News

After U2 revealed the names of six songs to be featured on their upcoming new album last week, come reports of a full running order for the 11 track release, expected to hit shops in November.

According to unofficial reports the record will be called 'Vertigo' and, as rumoured, it has been given a November 22 release date, with the first single, also entitled 'Vertigo', expected in shops late September.

U2 themselves issued a statement last week confirming that the songs 'Vertigo', 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own', 'City of Blinding Lights', 'A Man and A Woman', 'Yahweh' and 'Crumbs From Your Table' would all appear on the Steve Lillywhite-produced record.

"It feels like a special record", Bono explained in the October edition of Q Magazine, "From the start we wanted to make our own 'Who's Next' [classic 1971 Who album] where every track mattered and I think we have done that."

The album's release is also expected to be followed by a massive world tour, which will take in more than 50 cities and is rumoured to include a headlining slot at the 2005 Glastonbury festival.

A full tracklisting for the new record also surfaced online today (September 4), which - while still unofficial - includes all the songs mentioned by the band and has been replicated on a number of major record shop pre-order websites.

1. 'Vertigo'
2. 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own'
3. 'City of Blinding Lights'
4. 'A Man And A Woman'
5. 'Yahweh'
6. 'Crumbs From Your Table'
7. 'All Because Of You'
8. 'Tough'
9. 'Miracle Drug'
10. 'Full Metal Jacket/Native Son'
11. 'Love Peace Or Else'

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