September 2004
The Archives
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09.29.04Two Shots of Adam, One Shot of LarryAs previously reported, Nancy Sinatra has recorded a version of "Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad," for her self-titled album due to be released on October 4th in Europe. What has not yet been reported are the names of the two guests Ms. Sinatra enlisted to contribute to her version of the song: one Mr. Adam Clayton on bass and a Mr. Larry Mullen Jr. on drums. (Their contributions were confirmed by a rep for Sinatra's record company.) An album sampler containing a clip of the track (in RealAudio) is available at Sanctuary Records.
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09.29.04Bono Does Brighton"My name is Bono and I'm a rock star. Brighton - rock - star. Excuse me if I appear a little nervous. I'm not used to appearing before crowds of less than 80,000 people." In his continuous quest to save the continent of Africa, Bono addressed delegates at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, England today, calling on Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to use the UK's presidency of the G8 and EU in 2005 to lead an international campaign to tackle the continent's poverty and health crises. A transcript of Bono's speech is available at DATA. RealVideo of Bono's speech is ...
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09.28.04Have A Seat, BoysAmazon US has the album up for preorder -- and they've posted the album's cover. How 'bout that? (Note to The Edge: If you pull a pose like that on the New York subway, a lot of women are going to give you nasty looks. It's just not done. And is it only us, or does Bono's head look Photoshopped on? The rumors start here and now -- he's been replaced! Tell everyone!) If you'd like to discuss this image, why not join our U2logLive group on Flickr? That's what it's there for -- sharing U2 photos. And yes, it's free ...
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09.28.04UK Got A Fast CarNME.com says that the UK version of How To Dismantle... will have a bonus track, entitled "Fast Cars." Hadn't heard about that one yet. They also claim that the album is under extremely high security, with only two copies of the disc presently in the UK... The Oct. 2nd issue of the magazine will have the NME's track-by-track overview of the album, so keep your eyes on your newsstands.
