UK Chart Strategy Tragedy

Walk On entered the UK charts at no 5 yesterday. This upset scuppers an attempt to release singles from ATYCLB according to their order on the album, and then achieve a corresponding chart listing: Beautiful Day reached number 1, Stuck In A Moment 2, and Elevation 3, before the surly Walk On refused to play along. Under this system, when poor Grace is released in late 2003 (as Elevation 2001 finally wraps in North America) she will have to put up with a paltry 11. Presumably this ‘chart position streamlining system,’ as its no doubt called, is an attempt to cut the number of different numbers used in the complicated business of managing U2, maybe to save on costs.

A man named James Masterton at Dotmusic.com also has pointless chart reflections here.

U2’s Finest Hour

AOL Entertainment News reports on U2’s on the Elevation concert to be aired on VH1 this Friday. They quote Bono saying: “We’ve been waiting since we were kids to play this tight and to have this kind of material. It took awhile and we’ve done some good stuff along the way, but this is our finest hour to date.”

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turkey & pigskin

For those of you Americans who are glued to your television football on Thanksgiving Day (and a happy one to ya), keep your eyes and ears open for a new NFL commercial that features “Bad.” Foreshadowing the Super Bowl, we hope?