Universal Music Canada (UMC) - the country’s leading music company – is thrilled to announce that the world’s #1 rock band, U2 is back! U2 have just announced that the title of their hugely anticipated new studio album is No Line On The Horizon and will be available for purchase everywhere, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
No Line On The Horizon is the group’s 12th studio album and their first full-length release since the five times platinum selling How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004).
Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, and continued in the band’s own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and finally completing at Olympic Studios in London.
The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.
Visit www.U2.com for the latest news.
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Fresh off of his feature in last month’s XXL Magazine, Ireland’s premier
rap star Rob Kelly continues to make moves across the big pond in the USA.
Following up his internet video single “Dropkicked” which featured Slaine
from La Coka Nostra, Rob is currently riding high on the airwaves both in
Ireland and across the globe. Rob’s new buzz single “Jealous” hit the
number one spot on the Fresh 30 Chart of one of Ireland’s biggest stations
Beat FM earlier in the week and was featured on L.A’s Power 106 on DJ
Coke-E’s mixshow.
Tonight “Jealous” continues to build it’s buzz around the international
airwaves as it makes is UK Debut on the world famous BBC on it’s biggest
hip-hop show , DJ Semtex’s Friday Night mix on BBC 1Xtra. Semtex is widely
known as one of the biggest DJ’s in Europe for his radio show, channel on
youtube with the freshest interviews, label work at Def Jam and as Dizzee
Rascal’s official tour DJ. www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/semtex
Rob Kelly “Jealous” (Radio)
Rob is continuing work on his debut album “Kell’s Kitchen” and is currently
working with his in house producer Mike Donnelly and has lined up a few big
name producers to help with the project, Rob has already collaborated with
Memphis Bleek and Slaine and has a few surprise collaborations in the works
for the new project. Look out for details on Rob’s myspace for when he
returns to the US this November for a string of East coast shows
culminating in another performance in his home from home, the capital of
Irish-America - Boston
According to AOL Music’s PopEater, Lesley Roy is “About to Pop!” The 21-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist from Ireland is blowing up in the US with her explosive debut single “I’m Gone, I’m Going.” Roy recently premiered the video on FN MTV, and she is set to release her debut album, Unbeautiful, on September 30th through Jive Records. Unbeautiful was produced by Max Martin (NSYNC, Kelly Clarkson) and boasts songwriting credits from the likes of Katy Perry and Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith).
Check out the PopEater article in full at http://www.popeater.com/2008/07/28/about-to-pop-lesley-roy/ where the Irish rocker talks about her favorite song on the record and the inspiration behind her lyrics.
“I’m Gone, I’m Going” video:
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