Topic: News
Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004
telegraph.co.uk: In this brave new digital world, the spectre of online piracy still casts a long shadow. Last Friday, U2 had their new CD - which they had just finished recording the weekend before - stolen during a photo shoot in the south of France. Only a handful of copies existed but guitarist Edge decided to play his personal CD on the studio stereo during a shoot for Blender magazine.
U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [
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U2's lead singer Bono has proposed a radical solution. "If it is on the internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month," he told me. "It would be a real pity. It would screw up years of work and months of planning, not to mention fucking up our holidays. But once it's out, it's out." [
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Samstag, 17. Juli 2004
guardian.co.uk: French police investigate loss of disc which could cost band £10m. Rock superstars U2 were counting the cost of a carelessly misplaced CD yesterday, after a disc containing songs from their forthcoming album disappeared during a photoshoot in Nice.
French police have launched a major investigation amid fears it may have been stolen to order by bootleggers to make pirate copies, potentially costing the band and their record company millions of pounds in lost revenue.
So far detectives have interviewed more than 20 people, including hairdressers and photographers, who were at the photoshoot in the Victorine studios on Tuesday afternoon.
The missing CD belonged to the group's lead guitarist, Edge. It was not clear yesterday exactly where he had left it, but in a statement released on the band's website he said: "A large slice of two years' work lifted via a piece of round plastic. It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us ... and it was my CD."
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French police have launched a major investigation amid fears it may have been stolen to order by bootleggers to make pirate copies, potentially costing the band and their record company millions of pounds in lost revenue.
So far detectives have interviewed more than 20 people, including hairdressers and photographers, who were at the photoshoot in the Victorine studios on Tuesday afternoon.
The missing CD belonged to the group's lead guitarist, Edge. It was not clear yesterday exactly where he had left it, but in a statement released on the band's website he said: "A large slice of two years' work lifted via a piece of round plastic. It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us ... and it was my CD."
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Freitag, 16. Juli 2004
u2.com: Edge has spoken of his astonishment that a CD containing some songs from the band’s new album has gone missing after a photo session.
Speaking to U2.Com, Edge said, 'A large slice of two years work lifted via a piece of round plastic. It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us...and it was my CD.' [ more]
Speaking to U2.Com, Edge said, 'A large slice of two years work lifted via a piece of round plastic. It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us...and it was my CD.' [
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orf.at: Im südfranzösischen Nizza sind Polizeiermittlungen über den mutmaßlichen Diebstahl von Probeaufnahmen eines neuen Albums der irischen Rock-Gruppe U2 aufgenommen worden.
Wie die Ermittlungsbehörden heute bekannt gaben, handelt es sich um ein Album, das nach dem Sommer auf den Markt kommen sollte. U2 befürchtet nun eine verfrühte Veröffentlichung der Lieder im Internet. [ more]
Wie die Ermittlungsbehörden heute bekannt gaben, handelt es sich um ein Album, das nach dem Sommer auf den Markt kommen sollte. U2 befürchtet nun eine verfrühte Veröffentlichung der Lieder im Internet. [
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Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2004
news.yahoo.com: Producer Tony Adams and Marvel Comics are looking to take the comicbook-turned-hit-movie franchise and fashion it into a stage tuner.Sources close to the project said Adams and Marvel are in talks with an eclectic group to make Spidey sing. If all goes as planned, book writer would be Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game"), and songwriters Bono and the Edge of U2. Julie Taymor is on board to direct. [
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Montag, 5. Juli 2004
belfasttelegraph.co.uk: Almost 20 years after they first set their fans rocking in Croke Park, Bono and U2 are set to repeat the performance on the hallowed GAA turf.
Secret negotiations have been under way to clinch the GAA headquarters for a U2 concert next May as the band want to play a major open air venue for their legions of Irish fans. [ more]
Secret negotiations have been under way to clinch the GAA headquarters for a U2 concert next May as the band want to play a major open air venue for their legions of Irish fans. [
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Sonntag, 4. Juli 2004
nytimes.com: For a venture capital firm seeking more than $1 billion to invest in media and technology start-ups, nothing helps attract attention like a celebrity. Elevation Partners has landed a whopper: Bono, of the rock band U2.
The singer, who has worked for years for debt relief for developing nations, was recruited by Roger McNamee and John Riccitiello, Elevation's founders. Bono's exact role at Elevation, which coincidentally shares a name with U2's 2001 Grammy-winning song, is unclear. [ more]
The singer, who has worked for years for debt relief for developing nations, was recruited by Roger McNamee and John Riccitiello, Elevation's founders. Bono's exact role at Elevation, which coincidentally shares a name with U2's 2001 Grammy-winning song, is unclear. [
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u2tour.de: Didi von U2Tour.de konnte in den letzten beiden Wochen mit seiner Frau Urlaub in Irland einschl. Dublin geniessen. Da durfte ein Besuch bei 'der Band' natürlich nicht fehlen. [ more]
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Donnerstag, 1. Juli 2004
interference.com: James Cooke with DigiCC, the Web company that hosts U2.com and is owned by Sebastian Clayton, Adam's younger brother, has registered three more domain names that could possibly provide a hint to the title of U2's next album. [ more]
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Mittwoch, 30. Juni 2004
bostonherald.com: It's been a long four years for U2 fans, who Still Haven't Found What They're Looking For - a new album. But today we can exclusively report that the end of the long wait is near.
A source close to Boston's favorite musical import tells the Track a new, as-yet-untitled single will be released the third week of September with an album to follow at Thanksgiving.
Bono says the CD is "the best ever,'' our spy reports. And he is "over the moon'' about the new single. [ more]
A source close to Boston's favorite musical import tells the Track a new, as-yet-untitled single will be released the third week of September with an album to follow at Thanksgiving.
Bono says the CD is "the best ever,'' our spy reports. And he is "over the moon'' about the new single. [
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