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Releases:
Kirk Franklin's "Lean On Me" album(features Bono amongst others)
released
September 29, 1998(NA)
"Forgotten Angels" Hospital Tribute Album(U2's IGWSHA will appear)
October 5, 1998(UK)
Single: New version of "The Sweetest Thing" October 19(Sept 29th?),
1998(UK)
CONFIRMED: "U2 PopMart - Live From Mexico" VHS November 3, 1998
NA, November 2, 1998 EUR.
Also, from Oli G, who in the past has been extremely reliable with his
information. The tracklist of this video will be:
1*POP MUZIK 2*MOFO 3* I WILL FOLLOW 4*GONE 5*EVEN BETTER THAN
THE REAL THING 6*LAST NIGHT ON EARTH 7*UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
8* NEW YEAR'S DAY 9*PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) 10*I STILL HAVEN'T
FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR 11*ALL I WANT IS YOU 12*DESIRE
13*STARING AT THE SUN 14*SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY 15*BULLET THE
BLUE SKY 16*PLEASE 17*WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
18*DISCOTHEQUE 19*IF YOU WEAR THAT VELVET DRESS 20*WITH OR
WITHOUT YOU 21*HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME 22*MYSTERIOUS
WAYS 23*ONE 24*WAKE UP DEAD MAN
This is the actual press release for the B-side tracklisting from CNN:
PRNewswire
21-SEP-98
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/-- Island Records announced today the
final track listing of the special B-Sides CD which will be included in
a limited edition version of U2 The Best of 1980-1990, due out for
release on Tuesday, November 3.
The B-sides track listing is as follows:
* The Three Sunrises
* Spanish Eyes
* Sweetest Thing (original version)
* Love Comes Tumbling
* Bass Trap
* Dancing Barefoot
* Everlasting Love
* Unchained Melody
* Walk To The Water
* Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
* Hallelujah Here She Comes
* Silver And Gold
* Endless Deep
* A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
* Trash, Trampoline and The Party Girl
The B-sides disk will accompany a 14 track collection of some of the
band's best known material:
* Pride (in the Name of Love)
* New Year's Day
* With or Without You
* I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
* Sunday Bloody Sunday
* Bad
* Where the Streets Have No Name
* I Will Follow
* The Unforgettable Fire
* Sweetest Thing (the single mix)
* Desire
* When Love Comes to Town
* Angel of Harlem
* All I Want is You
* One Tree Hill ( New Zealand Release ONLY)
The two-disk set is being made available to retailers on a one time
only, limited edition basis and will be available to consumers at a
special low price on Tuesday, November 3 in the United States (Monday,
November 2 rest of world). Retailers will then be offered a regular
edition of U2 The Best of 1980-1990, which will not include the B-sides
bonus CD. The regular edition of U2 The Best of 1980-1990 will be
available in stores on Tuesday, November 10 in the United States
(Monday, November 9 rest of world).
/CONTACT: John Vlautin, 212-603-3933, or Karen Wiessen, 212-603-3950,
both of Island Records, Inc./ CO: Island Records, Inc. ST: New York IN:
ENT REA SU: PDT
Concerts/Live Events:
Television/Radio Events:
CNN: September 20, 1998 will feature Daniel Lanois on Newstand
Ovation TV:
Rocky World, a documentary about Daniel Lanois, in which U2 make an
appearance (and perform as well) airs on September 29 (9:00 a.m.) and
October 3 (5:00 p.m.)
On the Web page, but not yet scheduled, is "Miss Sarajevo" .
VH1: They are working on a U2 special. Airdate TBA.
MTV:
MuchMusic/MuchUSA:
Net Events:
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Vote for U2 at DotMusic's Top Albums of All Time (AB is #3, JT is #16)
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Vot for U2 at http://www.bradfitz.com/votingbooth?schwag402
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Fan Club/WIRE/U2 nutzoid meetings:
Wire Gathering in Kansas, September.
Email [email protected] for more information. You can also check out
http://members.theglobe.com/hawkeye79/wire_gathering.html
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18th Anniversary of U2's first performance in Canada Celebration
WHEN: DEC 9th 1998
WHERE: El Mocambo or at a Local Theatre-TBA soon
Contact [email protected] for more information.
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NEWS dates:
TST info added (late) Sept 27
B-sides for "The Sweetest Thing" added Sept 24
U2 mixing songs added Sept 22
More B-side rumours added Sept 22
Article discussing a little bit of everything added Sept 22
Top 100 albums(25,000 voters!) added Sept 22
The Sweetest Thing Video Shoot Compiled info added Sept 21
ST royalties to Children of Chernobyl added Sept 21
B-Side Tracklisting Confirmed added Sept 21
Another video shoot article added Sept 21
"Sweetest Thing" B-side rumour added Sept 21
Negativeland article added Sept 21
Star Article on Video Shoot added Sept 21
Bullock & Bono and all added Sept 21
Rumours on video shoot added Sept 21
Zooropean and my thoughts added Sept 21
RV of video shoot added Sept 20
The Sweetest Thing RA available added Sept 20
More on U2 shooting video added Sept 20
TV3 launches in Ireland(U2 on first show!) added Sept 20
First reporting of "The Sweetest Thing" on the radio! added Sept 20
Bono in TV commercial added Sept 20
Boy Zone involved in "The Sweetest Thing" video added Sept 20
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Scans for the promo single are available at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~crank/cd.jpg
http://www.mindspring.com/~crank/sweet.jpg
The credits in the Sweetest Thing 1-track promo CD are:
Sweetest Thing 3:00
Produced by: Steve Lillywhite with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
Recorded by: Joe O'Herlihy and Pat McCarthy
Additional recording and mixing by: Steve Harris
String Arranger: Daragh O'Toole
Strings: Una O'Kane, Nicola Cleary, Angus O'Connor, Nicholas Milne
Special thanks to Ali Baba
Written by U2 and published by PolyGram International Music B.V.
except Blue Mountain Music (UK), Mother Music (IRL), Taiyo Music
Inc. (Japan)
Photography by: Ian Finlay
Design by: ABA (Dublin)
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>From Cybersleaze:
JOHNNY CASH AILING AS HE FIGHTS PNEUMONIA: Ailing
country star JOHNNY CASH is in the hospital after being hit with a
bad bout of pneumonia. The 65-year-old, who has been dogged with
health problems for more than a year, is being treated for the
potentially fatal condition in Nashville's Baptist Hospital in
Tennessee. Wife JUNE CARTER CASH is keeping a bedside
vigil, trying to keep the singer's spirits up. Spokesman LOU ROBIN
says, "He isn't in intensive care as some newspapers have reported
but we have been concerned. Johnny was diagnosed with pneumonia
about a week ago but we are hoping he will have made enough of a
recovery to be released over the weekend." Cash is expected to follow
doctor's orders and rest for several weeks before attempting to go back
into the studio. The RING OF FIRE hitmaker is also stricken with a
nervous
disorder which impairs his speech and he suffers from breathing
difficulties. Last year here were fears for his life when he was
airlifted to
the Baptist Hospital with congestive heart failure.
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>From Oli G:
There will be 3 formats:
The cassette will be backed with Stories For Boys
(Live from Boston, 1981) CD1 contains Twilight (live from Red
Rocks, 1983) and An Cat Dubh (live from Red Rocks, 1983)
CD2 contains Stories For Boys (live from Boston, 1981) and Out Of
Control (live from Boston, 1981)
The release date is still October 19. I assume that the release date
and the formats are only confirmed for the UK & Europe.
I also have the Sweetest Thing 1-track promo CD, and here's
a description of the sleeve (I'm not sure if this has been posted
before...)
The front side has the image from the "War" sleeve, but the boy is
wearing a big fat gas mask. Across the whole image, it says:
U2 SWEETEST THING (U2 in white, Sweetest Thing in gold, the
image is b/w).
The background of the back side is gold. It says "Sweetest Thing
3:00" in white, and below are the credits in black. This promo CD
doesn't have a catalog number.
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Rumour, from a subscriber:
I have a friend in the radio business, and he had a conversation with
some folk at polygram and they told him that the new album will not be
called Drive. They've also finished mixing a song called "From The
Cradle To The Cross"
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Another RUMOUR about the B-sides the "The Sweetest Thing":
Two singles for "The Sweetest Thing":
CD #1
1.Sweetest Thing 98
2.An Cat Dubh (Live from Red Rocks)
3.Twilight (Live from Red Rocks
CD #2
1.Sweetest Thing 98
2.Stories For Boys (Live from Boston)
3.Out Of control (Live from Boston)
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>From SonicNet.com:
U2 B-Sides Collection Charts Experimental Sounds
First version of Irish rock band's upcoming greatest-hits LP
includes limited-edition CD of rare flip-sides.
Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports:
Irish superstars U2 may be knee-deep in plans to release three
greatest-hits compilations, as well as beginning talks about their
next big move musically, but that doesn't mean they have forgotten
their lesser-known, more-experimental past.
The first of three upcoming "best-of" collections from the politically
conscious rock pioneers will chart the band's career from its early
'80s beginnings in earnest post-punk to its late '80s dabbling in
American roots music. Meanwhile, a B-sides collection, set to
accompany a limited number of the initial releases, is scheduled to
chronicle the band's more adventurous, albeit less popular, musical
ideas.
An untitled, 15-song anthology of rarities, the B-sides album will
feature a wide range of previously available material taken from the
flip sides of U2 singles. Included are the group's sensual cover of
punk-poet Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" as well as its takes on
such pop hits as the Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" and
the 1974 smash "Everlasting Love."
"Once the B-sides album is gone, it's gone," said John Vlautin,
spokesman for the band's Island Records label. "It won't be offered
again."
The full track-listing for the B-sides album -- which will be bundled
with the "greatest-hits" package U2: The Best of 1980-1990, due in
stores Nov. 3
(Prarit's note: <SNIP>)
"The B-sides collection will only be available for a limited time,
until the stores run out of them," Vlautin explained. The specially
priced, two-CD set will be priced "slightly higher" than the single-
disc "best-of" CD, which will hit stores Nov. 10.
Since their formation in Dublin, Ireland, in the late '70s, U2 have
sold an estimated 83 million albums and earned their status as
one of the premier rock bands in the world.
U2: The Best of 1980-1990 and the B-sides collection cover a
landmark decade for the quartet, which includes singer Bono, guitarist
the Edge, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton.
The full track-listing for U2: The Best of 1980-1990 is:
(Prarit's note: <SNIP>)
The previously unfinished B-side "Sweetest Thing" will be released
as a single. Originally intended for inclusion on 1987's 15 million-
selling American folk/gospel-influenced album The Joshua Tree,
the song was left unfinished and later appeared as the flip side to
the hit single "Where the Streets Have No Name."
U2 recently returned to the studio with the producer of The
Joshua Tree, Steve Lillywhite, to complete work on "Sweetest
Thing." On Sunday, the group teamed with video director Kevin
Godley ("Even Better Than the Real Thing") to shoot a video for
"Sweetest Thing" in Dublin.
"I'm not sure what the story is," said Louise Butterly of the
group's European publicity firm, "but [Irish pop group] Boyzone
are in the video, along with an elephant, 20 River Dancers and the
Artane Boys Band."
The latter group, according to Butterly, once counted a teen-age
Mullen Jr. among its members.
Butterly said it was too premature to comment on whether on a
recent meeting between U2 and producers Brian Eno and Daniel
Lanois to discuss plans for a new album would result in another
collaboration.
"We've heard that [the band] did meet with [Eno and Lanois], but
it's too early to tell if they will work together," Butterly said.
Eno and Lanois have collaborated with U2 on some of their most
commercially successful, multi-platinum albums, including 1984's
The Unforgettable Fire, 1987's The Joshua Tree and 1991's
Achtung Baby.
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Another "C-side" rumour for "The Sweetest Thing":
"An Cat Dubh" and "I fall down" from Red Rocks, June 5, 1983).
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-- Prarit....[email protected] U2 news: http://www.cableregina.com/users/u2news/u2.html
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