October 2010

After releasing 2009's No Line on the Horizon and writing the music for Broadway's Spider-Man musical, U2 are prepping a new album to be released next year. "I would expect a new U2 album sooner than anybody thinks," the band's manager Paul McGuinness told the Irish Times. "I would guess early 2011 before the next leg of the American tour which starts in May."

U2 began work on the record — tentatively titled Songs of Ascent — back around the time they recorded Horizon and the band have been debuting many of these new tracks on their current U2 360° Tour. Among the new songs: "Mercy," "Every Breaking Wave," and "Boys Fall From the Sky," which you can watch below.

http://www.spin.com/artic...early-2011

isn't "mercy" a song that was already officially released back in 2004?

this live performance sounds pretty much the same, although they've

changed the lyrics (made them less good).

their new material all sounds promising this far, can't wait

IstenSzek said:

isn't "mercy" a song that was already officially released back in 2004?

this live performance sounds pretty much the same, although they've

changed the lyrics (made them less good).

their new material all sounds promising this far, can't wait

"Mercy" was a monster! Hope they don't tweak it too much.

TRON said:

IstenSzek said:

isn't "mercy" a song that was already officially released back in 2004?

this live performance sounds pretty much the same, although they've

changed the lyrics (made them less good).

their new material all sounds promising this far, can't wait

"Mercy" was a monster! Hope they don't tweak it too much.

it's circulating. i just looked it up. i was sure that i'd heard that song many times before.

seems that it was on a very rare copy of HTDAAB that was handed to someone. seems it

was taken off the album at the very last minute.

but given U2s record for re-recording or revisiting outtakes and demos for new albums,

chances are very big that it will in fact be tweaked somewhat and be released now.