U2 'No Line On The Horizon' album

Now that they've announced a release date for their new studio record, No Line on the Horizon, (Interscope) U2 has unveiled not one but five formats for its March 3rd release. Aside from standard CD and double LP pressings, the album will be available in three limited edition packages. The digipak version includes a 36-page booklet, foldout poster and "a new (downloadable) film from Anton Corbijn featuring the music of U2"; the magazine version drops the CD in "a special 60-page soft cover magazine-style book" and also includes Corbijn's film as a special download; and the deluxe boxed set tacks on a 60-page hardcover book, a second poster and the Corbijn project on DVD.

No clear tracklisting on U2's new one yet, but we do know that will.i.am contributed to a new cut called "Crazy Tonight."

Written and recorded in various locations, No Line On The Horizon is the group's 12th studio album and is their first release since the nine million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004.

Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, and continued in the band's own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York's Platinum Sound Recording Studios. It was completed at Olympic Studios in London.

The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.

U2 guitarist the Edge has revealed that not only is the band gearing up for the March 3rd release of their new album, but that they're also hard at work on more theatrical pursuits, writing music for Spiderman: The Musical!

"I think the musical had its heyday back in the '40s, '50s, '60s era....," the Edge told Q magazine. "We've always harbored this sneaky ambition that maybe one day we might try our hand in that area." He and Bono have been writing the music and lyrics for the project, which is being made with Lion King director Julie Taymor.

The guitarist added, "We've written a lot of the songs at this point. It's in a pretty good state, and I hope it'll open this year." He predicted the show would open in New York, and said the production, fittingly, will feature a rock'n'roll band in place of the typical full orchestra.

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U2 pushed back the release of their new album from late 2008 to next year because the record needed two more songs, according to the boss of their label.

Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine says he met with the band, who told him the album was two songs short, so the release date was adjusted to give them time to work on those tracks.

"I met with the guys in U2, and they say to me, 'You know what? This album needs two more songs, and it will be exactly what we have in mind.' I go there and I listen, and I agreed with them."

"It's a great record, but it deserves the time. Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked."

U2 announced in September that they were pushing back the release date of the album, the follow-up to 2004's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb', saying they were on a songwriting roll.

"We've hit a rich songwriting vein," Bono said in a statement on U2's website. "It gets a bit dark down here but looks like we've found diamonds, not coal. I thought a while back we might have the album wrapped by now, but why come up above ground now if there's more priceless stuff to be found? It's been maddening...there have been injuries and recoveries, no babies born that I know of, but this one is nearly ready for the new year of 2009."

The album is reportedly set to be called No Line On The Horizon.

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