After enjoying a most refreshing Easter break, U2 is back at their studio in Dublin in order to prepare for their next album. At the helm of this project are producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Fans are on the verge of begging for the album to be released this year. The album has yet to be given a title, but there’s still time to decide and it is expected that U2’s 2009 concert tour with organizers Live Nation will tide fans over till then.

In related news, U2 is set to release remastered and re-edited versions of their first three albums: “Boy” (1980), “October” (1981) as well as “War” (1983). Universal Music will reissue these albums on B-sides, 180 gram vinyls and in double CD format. Also included are rare unreleased tracks and live versions of their concerts.

U2 is also touted to play at the Slane rock concert come 2009 along with other renowned acts such as the Verve and Led Zeppelin.

Soul Factory is all set to release a new album that will celebrate the music, culture and future of the African nation and also pay homage to the very popular band group, U2 and particularly to the charitable front man of U2 band, Bono, on April 1st, 2008. The album named as “In the Name of Love: Africa celebrates U2” is a musical tribute to the great band U2 who are doing yeomen humanitarian service through their charitable concerts and tours to support the downtrodden people of Africa. The portion of the record sales will benefit the Global Fund, a non profitable charity organization and the album features songs by Grammy Award winning and nominated African artists like Les Nubians, Vieux Farka Toure, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Soweto Gospel Choir and many more.

The album has 12 classic hit songs of the famous band U2 sung by the popular African singers. The songs that are present in the album include “Mysterious Ways”, “Love is Blindness”, “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “Seconds” etc. In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 is produced by Paul Heck and Shawn Amos and they felt that it was important for the African musicians to recognize the efforts of eminent personalities like Bono and hence came up with this album to salute the charitable efforts of the U2 band.

U2’s third album “War” is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and the producer of the album Steve Lilywhite is talking about his experience with the band while making the album. Steve remembers that he was hesitant to take up the third album with U2 as he has already done “Boy” and “October” with them and believed that it was good for the band to work with different producers. After, the bad performance of “October” they needed to come back and was well supported by Chris Blackwell. Steve remembers that the band members were more focused in the “War’ sessions and Bono wanted Edge to be more sharp and aggressive.

Steve said that, he tried to make War as different as possible from the two earlier albums as it was the same band and same singers. Steve is proud that he was able to do the Remix of “New Year’s Day” within 15 minutes. Steve has high regards for Bono and his ability to market his band. He believes that U2 has the power of making use of their inadequacies to their advantage. War, one of the best albums produced by U2, contained all the major ingredients for success of an album like commitment, passion and the power of music.

The lead singer of the famous rock band U2, Bono, who is always in the news, has said that the new album that the U2 band is recording in their Dublin studio will be totally uncompromising as well as a far-reaching album. Bono said that he could not reveal much about the album right now, but opined that the album that the U2 band is currently producing will be no less than a great album. He says that the new album will be enjoyed by both the young and the old alike and that the band is working day in and day out to produce an album that is totally extraordinary.

Bono is pretty confident that the new album will definitely shock many people once it is released. Bono has hinted that the upcoming album will have Moroccan influence in some songs and also said that the listeners can feel a bit of the trance and the metal in the album. Bono felt that this new album will bring a few people on to the dance floor. The producer of the U2’s new album has confirmed that the Irish rockers have already started work on the follow up of the U2’s 2004 album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.

The U2 band is pondering on ways and means to bring out their next studio album and is determined to make it mind blowing for their fans as well as music lovers all over the world. The work for the new album by U2 is going on a hectic schedule in their Dublin studio and word is that the album is expected to hit the music stores in October 2008. The producers for this new studio album by U2 are believed to be Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. So far, there has been no mention on the name of the album as well as the formats and track lists, but the buzz is that “No Line on the Horizon” is one of the likely songs that will be present in their new album.

The lead singer of U2, Bono as well as Edge played this song to an interviewer during the Sundance Film Festival and there are rumors that numbers are a significant part of all the songs in the album. The possible tracks that may be included in the new studio album by U2 are “It’s six o’ clock”, “If I could Live My Life Again”, inspired from the works of the famous Argentinean poet Jorge Luis Borgre, “North Star”, acknowledging the efforts to Johnny Cash, “Mercy”, an U2ish song and “Love Is All We Have Left”, that sounds similar to a Broadway tune.

Front man of the U2 rock band Bono pressed French leader Nicolas Sarkozy to increase aid to developing nations, the aid advocacy group DATA said. The organization, co-founded by Bono has urged France to raise development assistance to 0.7 percent of gross national income by 2012 as agreed earlier. In 2006, French aid stood at 0.31 percent of gross national income.

U2 have announced they are to release their first digital 3D film, creating a live concert production. ‘U2 3D’ was filmed during the South American leg of the band’s 2005 ‘Vertigo’ tour. The film will open in IMAX 3D and digital 3D cinemas across the UK on February 22.

U2 is going to present its first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. U2 3D reflects the band’s longstanding embrace of technology and its belief that U2 3D has the potential to revolutionize digital 3D technology.

The next month will be significant for the Irish band U2, for they will be featured in a new movie titled U2 3D. The movie will be screened at the Palisades Center mega-mall in West Nyack, Rockland County. The idea of the film is to link  3D imagery with 5.1 Surround Sound and to feature such U2 songs as  “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “New Year’s Day,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Miss Sarajevo,” “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “With or Without You,” “The Fly,” “One,” “Beautiful Day,” “Vertigo” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.”