To celebrate the 20th anniversary of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, U2 have announced a “shadow” album, a collection of 10 songs titled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb.

The collection includes new and unreleased songs discovered in the archive of the original album recording sessions.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb has now been remastered, a process which saw the band go back to the vault to revisit those early ’00s recording sessions, a period of intense creativity for U2 in the studio, as well as a time of deep personal and artistic reflection following the passing of Bono’s father Bob in 2001. This special 20th anniversary edition, will include the bonus track “Fast Cars.”

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition) – featuring both How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb – will be available as a dual digital release on November 22.

“For this anniversary edition I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot. We chose ten that really spoke to us. Although at the time we left these songs to one side, with the benefit of hindsight we recognize that our initial instincts about them being contenders for the album were right, we were onto something,” said the U2 lead guitarist The Edge.

He added, “What you’re getting on this shadow album is that raw energy of discovery, the visceral impact of the music, a sonic narrative, a moment in time, the exploration and interaction of four musicians playing together in a room… this is the pure U2 drop”.

This “shadow” album includes four new, never-before-heard or previously released songs – “Treason,” “Evidence Of Life,” “Country Mile” and “Happiness”; plus a song called “Luckiest Man In The World” – familiar to many under its working title “Mercy”; as well as five newly remastered songs – “Picture Of You (X+W),” “Don’t Wanna See You Smile,” “Are We Gonna Wait Forever?,” “Theme From The Batman” and “All Because Of You 2.”

The remastered How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (20th Anniversary Edition) will be released in the following formats: Vinyl 8LP Super Deluxe Collectors Boxset (Limited Edition); Vinyl 2LP; Exclusive D2C 2LP Black & Red Ink Spot Vinyl (Limited Edition); 5CD Super Deluxe Collectors Boxset (Limited Edition); CD; and Exclusive Red & Black Cassette (Limited Edition). The digital releases include HTDAAB remastered (12 tracks) and HTDAAB & HTRAAB (22 tracks).

How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb will be available in physical format for Record Store Day Black Friday as a Limited Edition Black & Red Marble 1LP Vinyl as well as a standalone 10 track digital release on November 29.

U2 have released first two tracks from the collection, “Country Mile” and “Picture of You (X+W).”

Source: RTT Music News

Billy Joel has added five stadium shows to his 2025 U.S. tour.

The new shows will also feature Sting and Stevie Nicks on separate dates.

Joel will be supported by Fleetwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks for one show at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on March 29.

Joel and Sting will perform at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 8, at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York, on April 11, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 10, and at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 23.

A Live Nation pre-sale begins on October 2 with the access code “SETLIST”, followed by the general on-sale on October 4 at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.

The Piano Man, 75, will kick off his U.S. tour at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, on January 17.

He is also scheduled to perform at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on February 22.

Billy Joel’s 2025 US tour dates:

01/17 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
02/08 – Indianapolis, IN @ Lucas Oil Stadium (NEWLY ADDED)
02/22 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
03/29 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field (NEWLY ADDED)
04/11 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome (NEWLY ADDED)
05/10 – Charlotte, NC @ Bank Of America Stadium (NEWLY ADDED)
05/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Rice-Eccles Stadium (NEWLY ADDED)

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John Oates of the iconic pop-rock duo Hall & Oates recently shared a new solo single, “Mending,” featuring Devon Gilfillian.

“I became a fan of Devon Gillfillian the first time I heard him perform in Nashville and sensed the Philly soul right away…we became friends and this song is the first thing we wrote together,” Oates said. “My wife wanted to help with some inspiration and pulled a random Tarot card that morning…it was ‘MENDING; and we both knew it would be our song title…so proud to be creating with him.”

Gilfillian said, “As a fellow Philly Native, I’ve been such a huge fan of John Oates since I can remember. Luckily, we’ve both landed in Nashville at this stage of our lives. I’ve known he’s in town for a while, but I was too shy to reach out. Thankfully, John hit me up a few months ago, and it was magic. The first time we got together to write we got this beautiful song that started from a tarot card that John’s wife Aimee pulled, and that turned into this beautiful story of love and repair. It’s so inspiring writing with John and I’m so honored to sing with such a legend. I hope ‘Mending’ heals some hearts and makes some more lovin’ happen.”

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Parlophone Records has announced a series of digital and video releases to celebrate the 25th anniversary of David Bowie’s gold-certified album hours…

Initially released on September 21, 1999, hours… was Bowie’s 22nd studio album.

Parlophone will release two digital EPs featuring four previously unreleased tracks.

Live From Manhattan Center ’99 was released Friday, one day before the 25th anniversary, and features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded for the U.K. TV show “Top Of The Pops” but not broadcast at the time. The recording was made on the same day and at the same venue as Bowie’s “VH1 Storytellers” performance. Listen to it at https://davidbowie.lnk.to/LIM

The six-track hours… Remix EP follows on October 11 and features two Beck remixes and an unheard “hip hop” mix of the album’s lead single “Thursday’s Child.”

On September 23 and 30, four tracks from the December 4, 1999 performance on the BBC’s “Later…With Jools Holland,” including the classics “Ashes To Ashes” and “Cracked Actor,” will be released on the David Bowie YouTube account along with the footage of the three tracks from The Live From Manhattan Center ’99 Ep.

hours… 25th Anniversary Live From The Manhattan Center ’99 Digital Ep Tracklist:

Thursday’s Child (Previously Unreleased)
Survive (Previously Unreleased)
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Previously Unreleased)

Later…With Jools Holland 04/12/1999 Videos

Ashes To Ashes
Cracked Actor
Something In The Air
Survive

Top Of The Pops 03/11/1999 Videos

Survive
Thursday’s Child
The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell

‘hours…’ Remix EP:

Seven (Beck mix #1)
Seven (Beck mix #2)
Seven (Marius de Vries mix – Original Speed)
The Pretty Things are Going to Hell (150 bpm Stigmata Film Mix)
Thursday’s Child (Hip Hop Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
Thursday’s Child (Rock Mix)

Source: RTT Music News