BIGAccording to BBC Radio, Coldplay has asked Eno to produce their fourth disc. Eno himself has officially announced the news. The 58 year-old celebrity has also produced records for the Talking Heads, U2, and Paul Simon.
Eno hopes that he can make the next Coldplay album distinctive from their previous releases.
Coldplay will perform some of their new songs to fans during concerts on February 14 and 16 in Santiago, Chili.
The special recording is usually offered during the holiday season, however this year, it will not be distributed until February.
This year’s songs will be covers of The Who’s Love Reign O’er Me, and Rockin’ in the Free World by Neil Young. The Neil Young song was recorded during a concert in which Bono and The Edge of U2 joined them on stage.
The new recording of the song Love Reign O’er Me will be featured in the film Reign Over Me, which will be released in theatres on March 9.
Rumours are also circulating that the group is planning a concert tour.
According to Billboard, the last concert took place in Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. For the special occaision, the band invited other stars to share the stage with them, including Pearl Jam, Green Day and Billie Armstrong.
The show began with the song City of Blinding Lights, a single from the How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album from 2004. Bono also performed some of the older songs from U2.
Bono, 46, praised U2 guitarist Edge, saying that he has shown, "grace under pressure, faith and perseverance." Although no formal announcement has ever been made, it is believed that an immediate member of Edge’s family had recently undergone treatment for a life-threatening illness.
Paul McGuiness, the band’s manager, declared that the next CD from the band will be released at the end of 2007. The Vertigo tour earned nearly 377 million American dollars.
According to Britain’s television channel ITV, Bono wants to help the biological father of the Malawian boy adopted by Madonna. The Vertigo singer thinks that Yohane Banda can work for Edun, a clothing company.
Bono’s wife, Ali Hewson, heads the company. Bono, 46, has been working to help African countries for several years. The singer believes that many Africans could keep their children with them if their level of employment improved.
Madonna is still at the centre of the adoption controversy. The star has given several interviews to explain her side of the story. Yohane Banda, 32, has also explained that he is happy for his son to have a life outside of Malawi.
According to Billboard magazine, the legendary group is in first place for top grossing tour in history.
Since August 2005, the group has made $437 million for their last tour. They did 110 concerts, and were seen by 3.5 million fans.
The Stones managed to have this success, despite health problems incurred during the tour. Singer, Mick Jagger, 63, had to cancel a few shows due to a sore throat. A few other concerts were cancelled when guitarist, Keith Richards, received a head injury in Fiji.
The Irish group U2, held the previous record for the highest grossing tour. Their Vertigo tour made $377 million.
Each year, a compilation disc is released for the Beatles, and this year is now exception.
Love was produced by Sir George Martin. The 26-song collection was created at the same time as the musical show of the same name that is performed by Cirque du Soleil.
The Irish band U2 is releasing their own compilation CD entitled Singles. The 16 songs were taken from the quartet’s 26-year career.
Here is a list of this week’s music releases:
Lola Cashman, who worked for U2 in 1987, has been ordered to return the items to their owners by a Dublin judge.
The woman, who has maintained that the items were given to her by the band members, worked with U2 during the Joshua Tree tour.
The items, valued at more than $6,000, were to be auctioned by Christie’s.
According to the BBC News, Minogue and Bono performed a song together in Sydney, Australia, as part of Minogue’s Showgirl tour. Minogue, 38, and Bono, sang the song Kids together, which was originally performed by Robbie Williams.
Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, and was forced to cancel all of her professional engagements, including the Showgirl tour, which was already underway.
The Can’t Get You Out of My Head singer will begin touring in England in 2007. Minogue was so happy to be back on the stage. She explained, "I have thought about this moment for a long time, and I tried to practice in my head what I was going to say – but I couldn’t prepare anything."
The project will be directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, and is expected to be in theatres next summer or fall. U2 may be the first musicians to offer a 3-D concert film for cinema.
For the film, Owens and Pellington have gathered 700 hours of footage during the group’s tour in 7 cities in South America last February and March.
3ality Digital Entertainment, the project’s producers, had placed a number of 3-D cameras on the scene.
The film will be presented via the Real-D technology which already exists in theatres across America. The film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D, currently in theatres, uses the same technology.
According to the band’s official website, the disc will include a cover of The Saints Are Coming, by The Skids, which was recorded with Green Day. The collaboration was performed and recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios.
The CD of 16 songs will be on sale on November 21. Last week, U2 and Green Day performed at the re-opening of the Superdome in New Orleans.
U2’s Vertigo tour is not yet finished. The band will perform on November 7 in Brisbane, Australia.