U2 looks toward Horizon for a new album
Feb. 1, 2009
U2 worked with an all-star trio of producers for their upcoming (and twelfth) studio album, which will arrive on Interscope Records March 3. Brian Eno, Steve Lillywhite, and Daniel Lanois were behind the boards for U2s latest set, which was recorded in Dublin, Fez, and New York City, and has been titled No Line on the Horizon. The album was originally scheduled for release in 2008, but U2 felt the set wasnt completely ready, and therefore kept working. The new songs are said to be a bit different from U2s previous work, but nonetheless compelling...Fleetwood Mac is now set to hit the road for their first tour in five years. Theyll kick off their Unleashed tour March 1 in Pittsburgh, PA, with over a dozen dates on the schedule already, and more expected to keep the band on the road through the summer. Although Christine McVie is reportedly not going to join the tour, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie are all packed and ready to go; tour stops booked so far include Chicago (3/5), Auburn Hills, MI (3/8), Albany, NY (3/17), NYC (3/19), and Toronto (3/26)...
Noah and the Whale - known so far to American audiences as the Sun Sun Sun (Five Years Time) band - are planning to set their next full-length album to a new film, which will hit theaters the same time the CD hits stores. The band is making what theyre calling a visual accompaniment to the CD itself, so that you can view the film and have the soundtrack line up with it perfectly...
And although Ryan Adams latest disc with the Cardinals (Cardinology) is only a couple of months old, the singer-songwriter is already back in the recording studio, tracking demos for an album whose working title is Dear Impossible. Tunes so far include So Quiet, Its Loud, Please Hold On, and Mirror-Gold - Adams describes the new tracks as in a more pop, melodic style. In other Adams news, his tour dates with the Cardinals kick off their headlining run on February 20 in New Haven, CT...
MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK:
For those of you who like to plan ahead, the NYC version of the famed All Tomorrows Parties has already announced the first few acts set to perform at the 2009 event. Attendees will catch sets from the likes of Anti-Pop Consortium, Animal Collective, and Atlas Sound, among others; tix for the whole weekend can be purchased now at www.atpfestival.com...
MINI BUZZ:
U2s Bono has been awarded with the Man of Peace prize by the Nobel peace laureates for his work on African debt, poverty, and disease...
No Doubt have announced their first show as a band for 2009; theyll be headlining the second day of the New Jersey Bamboozle Festival on May 3...
Nu-soul singer Duffy has landed a six-figure deal to star in the British ad campaign for Diet Coke...
Portishead have announced that theyve already started preliminary work on ideas for their fourth album; theyre currently plotting out both studio time and tour dates...
Columbia/Legacy Records are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis landmark album, Kind of Blue, with a two-disc Kind of Blue: Legacy Edition, out now...
Speaking of the more traditional (as opposed to jazzy) blues, the B.B. King Blues Club in NYC is doing its part to give people a little break from economy woes - theyre cutting all ticket prices for evening concerts by 50 percent for the month of February for those who present a photo ID and unemployment check proof at the box office; upcoming shows at B.B. Kings include Ralph Stanley, Broadway Underground, Maxi Priest, and Blackstreet...
And back at full price are this weeks new releases... ON CD: Chris Cornells much-anticipated Scream... American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittles debut disc... The Frays The Fray... Dent May and His Magnificent Ukeleles eponymous set... Von Bondies Love, Hate, and Then Theres You...and Charles Aznavours Duos... ON DVD: Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun Live at Capitol Records... Paul McCartney: In Performance... Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972... and U2s Rattle and Hum: I Love the 80s Edition... and thats the buzz for this weeks Modern Rock.
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