'There Is No Them, Only Us.' [video]

In Bono's words [RED video]

New U2 Song to Debut During Super Bowl

U2's new song, "Invisible," will premiere during this year's Super Bowl in a commercial that will launch the band's new partnership with (RED) and Bank of America. The new agreement will reportedly raise over $10 million to fight AIDS.

Find Out Where U2 Fall on the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

After its debut, "Invisible" will be available on iTunes as a free download during the game and for the next 24 hours. Bank of America will donate $1 for each download of the song (up to $2 million) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – a service that provides treatment, medicine and prevention services to the populations of the world's poorest countries. Currently, one of the primary goals of (RED) – which U2 frontman Bono cofounded in 2006 with Bobby Shriver – and the Global Fund is to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.

Thanks to the extra proceeds from Bank of America, (RED) is expected to surpass a quarter-billion dollars raised for the Global Fund. In a statement, Bono said that Bank of America's commitment to donate $10 million spurred further donations from the Gates Foundation, SAP and Africa's Motsepe Family totaling $22 million.

The upcoming Super Bowl spot also lines up with U2's previously reported plan to announce a new album, which should see release sometime this spring. The band has been recording the follow-up to 2009's No Line on the Horizon with Danger Mouse at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. U2 will also be Jimmy Fallon's first musical guest when he debuts as the new host of The Tonight Show on February 17th.

Hear This Year's Five Oscar-Nominated Songs, Including U2's 'Ordinary Love'

Despite the long wait between albums, U2 teased fans with a new track this year, "Ordinary Love," which appeared in the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and was released as a 10-inch vinyl single as part of Record Store Day's "Back to Black Friday" event. The song recently won the Golden Globe for Best Original song and picked up an Oscar nomination in the same category as well.

source : http://www.rollingstone.com/

U2.COM : Invisible - Free For (RED)

The band have given a new track, 'Invisible', to (RED) for a free download on iTunes next week - for 24 hours only. 

The song, produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Tom Elmhirst, launches a partnership with (RED) and Bank of America to fight AIDS. 

Every time the track is downloaded, anywhere in the world, a $1 donation will be made to (RED) by Bank of America - up to a total of $2m. All the funds will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. 

'Invisible' will be available on iTunes for 24hours from Feb 2nd - 'Super Bowl Sunday'. A commercial during the Super Bowl will feature the band performing the track, from a forthcoming video directed by Mark Romanek. 

Since Bono and Bobby Shriver founded (RED) in 2006, to engage business in the fight against AIDS, it's generated more than $240 million for the Global Fund. (RED) and its partners – from Bank of America, to Starbucks, Apple and others – are working to end mother-to-child transmission of the deadly HIV virus by 2015, in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals. 

More in the FT here.

(RED), Bank of America and U2 team up to fight AIDS

Big news: (RED) & Bank of America partnership will deliver more than $10 million to fight AIDS. Kicks off with free download of U2 song “Invisible” debuting during Super Bowl 2014.

What a way to kick off 2014! Bank of America today joins the fight against AIDS and our partnership will generate more than $10 million to fight AIDS over the next two years.

The partnership kicks off with a commercial during the Super Bowl 2014 on 2/2 that features U2 performing “Invisible.” The song will be available as a limited edition release on iTunes for free download during the game and for the following 24 hours until 11.59pm ET on February 3rd. After that it disappears! For every download during that time, Bank of America will donate $1 to the Global Fund, the recipient of all (RED) monies. 100% of all (RED) monies to the Global Fund go to fund AIDS programs on the ground in Africa.

What’s more, the bank’s commitment of $10 million has resulted in the Gates Foundation, SAP and Africa’s Motsepe Family matching for a total of $22 million!

As well as raising funds to help deliver the first AIDS FREE GENERATION in over 30 years, Bank of America will be raising awareness for our goal among their customers and employees, and providing opportunities for them to take action at this critical moment in the global effort to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Bank of Americaserves one in two U.S. households with a network of approximately 5,100 retail banking offices and 16,300 ATMs, one of the most visited websites in the world, and more than 30 million online banking users and 14 million mobile users.

The clock is ticking. Now is the time to begin the end of AIDS. 

Thanks Bank of America, for joining the fight.

source : http://www.one.org/

U2 New Album Set For June Release And Rumoured Residency At The O2

U2 are set to unveil their new, ‘Invisible’ when they play at Super Bowl XLVII at the beginning of next month. The track will be part of their 13th studio album which is reportedly set for a June release.

Bono was quoted in Showbiz411.com talking about the forthcoming release. He said “We’re still working some things out. In the meantime, they will release a new single in the next few weeks. It’s called– and this is exclusive– “Invisible.” It’s not what you expect, it’s not your typical love song.”

It is likely that U2, who have just won a Golden Globe for their song ‘Ordinary Love’ from the movie ‘Mandela’, will embark on a world tour in order to promote their brand new work that comes after 2009′s ‘No Line on the Horizon’.

And here comes a great news for all the UK fans of the band: Gigslutz have been informed that the band have booked the O2 in London and will play there for a string of nights later this year. The news is still to be officially confirmed by the band with full tour dates yet to be announced. Keep your eyes peeled to Gigslutz for further developments.

Stay tuned!

source : http://www.gigslutz.co.uk/

U2.COM 'Going Somewhere'

The fortnightly music and politics magazine Hot Press was launched in Dublin in 1977, just in time to cover early Irish gigs by The Clash, The Stranglers, The Ramones and The Jam. And just in time – as it happens – to keep a keen eye on U2 from their very first live chords, as members of Feedback.

Niall Stokes has been editor from day one – and so was perfectly placed to raid the back issues to compile an unmissable collection of the earliest Hot Press reviews, articles and interviews with Dublin’s most famous local band. To run alongside those articles, he also commissioned retrospective pieces from some of the people who were there when it all started to happen for U2, many of whom have never spoken publicly about the band before. The book is called North Side Story: U2 in Dublin, 1978-1983 and published in a limited edition for subscribers to U2.com.  Brian Draper spoke to Niall Stokes.

U2.COM : Oscar Nomination

'Ordinary Love', written for Mandela:Long Walk To Freedom was among this week's nominations for Best Original Song at the 2014 Academy Awards. The band have been speaking about what a great honour it is.

"We are humbled and honoured that Ordinary Love has been nominated for an Oscar… it was a privilege to be asked to write a song for this extraordinary film, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, and to help tell this extraordinary love story. We have been working for this great man since we were teenagers and for our song to be recognised in this way by the Academy is beyond our wildest teenage dreams."

The other nominations for Best Original Song are: 'Alone Yet Not Alone' from the film of the same name (music by Bruce Broughton, lyric by Dennis Spiegel);  'Happy' from Despicable Me 2 (music and lyric by Pharrell Williams); 'Let It Go' from Frozen (music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) and 'The Moon Song'  from Her (music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze.)

Billboard's 2014 Industry Icon: Paul McGuinness on 35 Years Guiding 'The Biggest Band in the World' (Q&A)

The following extended Q&A with U2's long-time manager Paul McGuinness is from the new issue of Billboard, which features a cover story on Howard Stern; a  MIDEM special section with Billboard's inaugural International Power Players list and 14 Things to Watch at this year's confab; a look at a day in the life of Secretly Canadian's Ben Swanson; Beats Music's marketing plan and way more. Order this special issue here. Subscribe to Billboard here. 

Golden Globes 2014 videos