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  1. I'm sorry if there is already a thread dedicated to this topic (I searched but yielded no results however), but I came across some new and interesting tidbits about Songs Of Ascent.

    This is from atu2.com:

    Sam O. talks about U2's new album & tour plans in 2010

    @U2, August 12, 2009
    By: Matt McGee



    According to this news update on the Italian site U2place.com, Larry's drum tech Sam O'Sullivan spilled the beans to fans in Zagreb about some of the band's plans for the next year or so. Here's the scoop:

    * After the North American tour ends, U2 will stay in Vancouver to complete work on the new album, Songs of Ascent. It'll be released in December or early in 2010.
    * U2 may tour Australia/New Zealand ("Oceania" is what U2place.com says) in March 2010, but it depends on the cost of transporting the stage.
    * There'll be another tour of Europe next summer, including a date in Rome.

    For what it's worth, Sam has been pretty reliable over the years about this kind of stuff. And on a related note, there are reports that four major record labels -- including U2's label, Universal -- are joining forces to create a new digital album format. In much of the coverage, U2's new album is said to be one of the first releases, if not the first release to be available this way. (Thx KM and TP.)

    And for those interested this in the link that talks about this new digital album format: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/11/record_industry_to_pit_proprietary_cmx_against_apples_cocktail.html
  2. Yep, has been mentioned in the Tour Rumours topic.
  3. Search for timeline in the forums, there is a continuously updated one for No Line and another for Songs of Ascent. I'm using my iPod so I can't link but it is around...I'll add it though.
  4. December or early next year? pretty exciting stuff.
  5. oOOO-is this the format Bono was talking about in some old interview?
  6. Originally posted by kris_smith87:I'm sorry if there is already a thread dedicated to this topic (I searched but yielded no results however), but I came across some new and interesting tidbits about Songs Of Ascent.

    This is from atu2.com:

    Sam O. talks about U2's new album & tour plans in 2010

    @U2, August 12, 2009
    By: Matt McGee



    According to this news update on the Italian site U2place.com, Larry's drum tech Sam O'Sullivan spilled the beans to fans in Zagreb about some of the band's plans for the next year or so. Here's the scoop:

    * After the North American tour ends, U2 will stay in Vancouver to complete work on the new album, Songs of Ascent. It'll be released in December or early in 2010.
    * U2 may tour Australia/New Zealand ("Oceania" is what U2place.com says) in March 2010, but it depends on the cost of transporting the stage.
    * There'll be another tour of Europe next summer, including a date in Rome.

    For what it's worth, Sam has been pretty reliable over the years about this kind of stuff. And on a related note, there are reports that four major record labels -- including U2's label, Universal -- are joining forces to create a new digital album format. In much of the coverage, U2's new album is said to be one of the first releases, if not the first release to be available this way. (Thx KM and TP.)

    And for those interested this in the link that talks about this new digital album format: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/11/record_industry_to_pit_proprietary_cmx_against_apples_cocktail.html


    Yep, this originally comes from the Italian website U2place.com

  7. Sure you don't mean Paul McG.? He was yacking on about something quite a while ago and there was that epic description of which I can't remember, Drew might though...we were both amused by it if memory serves.
  8. Im still not holding my breath they put out an album within a year or so of No Line, but the more news we get regarding it the better
  9. It's more tour news than 'songs of ascent' news so please be in the tour rumours thread for this.