U2 fans have been recording around the location and we expect to get some new audio shortly that we can share. Right now we are working to confirm the audio prior to posting. If you have recorded any of the rehearsals and want to share them please send them into the pressroom at u2tourfans.com be sure we can credit you as the source.
U2TOURFANS Editor Speaks Out
U2 fans around the world today I am writing to you directly as the Editor-In-Chief of U2TOURFANS.
I want to be very clear on a couple of matters that have happened over the last few hours. We have a new staff writer to the team that while doing his data collection and sourcing for a story we posted today failed to provide the credits to the sources of the story.
This is not acceptable to me and is not what you have come to expect from our site.
We have build this site on trust and respect for the other U2 blogger sites and the community as a whole. I expect that our team would be fair, honest about the news collection and sourcing of information.
The story had sources from social media and other blog sites and in the end was a collection of sources. (Informal and Formal) We should have credited the other blog sites period. Posting credits when they are due is the not only a requirement it is a standard expectation.
I will not allow people to write for us or post for us without crediting the source if a source has used to provide you the news. I have asked our team member to not post any story without a peer review this will help him to understand the proper way to credit stories as well as give us a chance to check the story prior to posting.
No story is bigger than our creditability with you the fan.
Editor-In-Chief
Dre
U2 Super Bowl Commerical →
The boys have been busy this week. As we reported earlier rumors had the boys on the other side of the world.
However U2 has spent most of the week in Santa Monica shooting a video that will become part of a new U2 commercial that will air during the Super Bowl.
U2.com members may be able to catch a longer clip on line ( that's yet to be confirmed)
Sirius Radio had a report this week that U2 will premiere a new song as well as announcement of the release date of the new album.
Branding and Marketing, this is an area that U2 has always found a good partner to team up with as they release big projects. Look towards Amazon, NetFlix, Crackle or even Google to step into the mix and become a partner.
If you have breaking U2 news send it to our news desk and we will confirm your story prior to publishing
newsdesk@u2tourfans.com
Note from Editor-in-Chief Dre: its seems that one of our fellow U2 blogger sites believes that a member from our team ( Chad Taylor) has taken an excerpts from their article. The story was not widely publicized and information gathered from the story was collected via public social media tools as well as resources that share information with us. However in the interest of good community standing I feel that since the other site broke the story and we simply chased down leads to put our story out we can not take credit for the story in whole. We are trusted to provide news and information and as such we are all to be held to a high standard for reporting those stories to you. No story is bigger than our creditability with you the fan. Therefore I have asked that we place the URL of the other story within this story and thus providing credit to them.
U2 News Alert
A blogger in "The Province" has suggested that U2 would be Victoria next month for a normal pre-tour rehearsals However our sources have suggested that nothing is set in stone and that while the build could be available no one from management has contacted them.
We even checked in with some crew that we know would be supporting the rehearsals, "Heck I would be fully engaged and aware and as of now I know nothing of the sort." Victoria really would not be on the bands radar however consider all the changes anything is possible. Right now we have to say its a rumor and watch for more to come.
Bono and Edge Accept Sonny Bono Visionary Award
Saturday Night Bono and The Edge attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Attending the event to accept the Sonny Bono Visionary Award, which acknowledged their major humanitarian work as well as their iconic musical contributions to the world.
The award was well timed as, like the rest of the honorees, they also have a song that is making waves this awards season. The band, and particularly Bono, had a long friendship with Nelson Mandela — who died December 5 — and their work in the anti-apartheid movement goes back to their beginnings as a band in the 1970s. And now they have written a song, “Ordinary Love” for the film of his life story, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. The Weinstein Company is hoping it will get the Oscar recognition that has eluded U2 before. They currently have a Golden Globe nomination for it, their sixth, with one win for 2002′s “The Hands That Built America” from Gangs Of New York.
Bono Arrives in Iceland
Sources report that Bono spend New Years in Iceland. Bono with family and friends landed in Reykjavik for the 4th time today from Dublin.
Plans are to stay over night and ring in the New Year. Bono arrived, waived to on lookers and offered to chance for a interview. Alison and the kids as well as Damien Rice plan to stay at a hotel in the capital as well as visit the the surrounding areas.
Bono and the boys have been working most of the holiday on finishing up the new project and suggestions lead most to believe the project should arrive around April 2014.
U2 Heads Back to Island
U2 headed back to where is all started for them. Island Records discovered them in the 70’s and the band left them more than 7 years ago, unhappy with the treatment at Island the boys moved on. However, the return to Island comes with new management, new possibilities and a new album.
Once Jason Iley moved over to Mercury, everything began take on a sour note. The boys packed up and followed Jason over to Mercury a sister label to Island. Early this year, the parent company Universal closed down Mercury, moving many of the acts to a new company, Virgin/EMI, although a question mark remained over where U2 would end up, with the band and record labels remaining silent on what would happen.
Sources have confirmed that the band will head back to Island, which has had a change of management since their departure. "They are going back to their spiritual home," the source said.
U2 displayed their affection for the label by continuing to include its logo on their releases even though they had headed to Mercury.
The boys dropped by Island to meet the staff and check out their new home and everything seems to be shaping up for something big for 2014. New management, New label its clear that the band has a lot riding on this next release.
This message posted on the website may suggest that the band plans for another world tour. Or it might be just a reference to way they feel about Paul.
"Sometime soon, U2 will begin a new adventure around the world and we totally understand and respect Paul's desire to not run away with the circus – AGAIN."
Apirl 2014 U2 Arrives
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Maybe. Wide reports suggest that we might see a new project from U2 around April 2014. A collection of songs partly from the perspective of an innocent and partly from a seasoned veteran.
To bring it all together the band brought in electronic dance music producer Danger Mouse to help them craft it.
Most hard core U2 fans are puzzled by the relationship between Danger Mouse and U2 while others think the possibility of some amazing new sounds.
Bono said in an interview " I think we are still trying to figure it out ourselves."
December arrives with the boys all in New York moving about studio rooms with engineers trying different mixes as Bono sings along and in the other room Larry, The Edge and others are playing around with different rhythms. Creativity happening real time. The band seems ready for the new challenge.
Released earlier in the month "Ordinary Love" was a throwback, mid tempo song that could have found a home on an earlier U2 album, early 80's. It walks the line as U2 has done before so many times. Between personal and political. Themes of God, Faith and Hope all seem to to be coming thru loud and clear within the song.
So what are the rumors ? Well some would suggest that you can hear traces of The Clash, Kraftwork and Sex Pistols bring the band back to their youthful years. Its time to embrace new directions.
The question of will fans follow along or will they scream for yesterday. True fans move forward. Expect to hear more great things from U2 ahead as the marketing machine starts to kick into high gear. Its the band is going forward in a new direction and now the proof will be in the music. The boys will continue fine tune, work those late hours in the studio to bring about something new and amazing.