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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 3:48 PM

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I knew the Edge was retarded.

U2 have lost a CD containing songs from their forthcoming album, NME.COM can reveal.

The band have been working on the follow-up to ’All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ for much of the year. The album, which is said to have a working title of ’Vertigo’, isn’t due until the autumn at the earliest.

During a photo session in Nice a CD containing some new songs from the forthcoming album went missing.

Guitarist The Edge said: "A large slice of two years work lifted via a piece of round plastic. It doesn't seem credible but that's what's just happened to us...and it was my CD."

Band manager Paul McGuiness said: "The recording of this album has been going so well. The band is so excited about its release. It would be a shame if unfinished work fell into the wrong hands."

Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group UK, added: "This matter is of great concern to us. As the missing CD is our property we are very keen to find it as soon as possible. The French police are being extremely helpful in this regard."

It is currently unknown if any of the new songs have leaked onto the Internet.

Do you know who has the CD? If so, NME.COM will pass it onto the band for you, no questions asked. E-mail details to news@nme.com.

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 4:01 PM

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These days, wouldn't it be bigger news if a band's material hadn't been linked before the official release?

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 5:10 PM

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Smells like a Bono set-up to me... so how cool is it that at parties the band can reference Bono as "My label mate"

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 5:37 PM

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i smell media hoax! they are just trying to gather some hype for the release....

We have about 1500 songs.....all of them good!

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 5:52 PM

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i smell media hoax! they are just trying to gather some hype for the release....

"Oh! It was in my skullcap the whole time!"

That's so NA.

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 6:04 PM

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I knew the Edge was retarded.

If by "retarded," you mean "fucking genius," then yeah, he's a total retard.

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Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 at 6:47 PM

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I knew the Edge was retarded.

If by "retarded," you mean "fucking genius," then yeah, he's a total retard.

well-done, jc...i really hated "numb" though. whoever was responsible for sticking that piece of trash on an A-side should be severely reprimanded.

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Posted Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 1:39 PM

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I knew the Edge was retarded.

If by "retarded," you mean "fucking genius," then yeah, he's a total retard.

I deserved that. I just can't stand it when Dave Evans opens his mouth. Bono should muzzle him.

We'll miss you Mr. Hooper.

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Posted Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 2:08 PM

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It's a good thing U2 sucks or I'd be outraged at this news. But I really don't care. Because they suck.

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Posted Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 2:26 PM

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It's a good thing U2 sucks or I'd be outraged at this news. But I really don't care. Because they suck.

well, sure, they do now, but they're old--what do you expect? either you're too young to know or you've clearly forgotten: war, the unforgettable fire, the joshua tree, rattle and hum--they were all amazing, and i reckon "one" is one of the best songs ever written. shortly after achtung baby, they lost me, but for a time, they were one of the best bands in the world, if not the very best...so have a little respect, eh.

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Posted Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 8:03 PM

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I'm too young.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 12:57 AM

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I'm too young.

I'd say this is not an excuse worth using, if you really do appreciate quality music that is.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 7:14 PM

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I hope they find this we wouldn't want the world to use the idea of a delay pedal before "Vertigo "is released.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 8:37 PM

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I'm too young.

that's understandable then--i'm too old...and sorry for the tone of the previous post--it was kind of condescending, which is one of the few things i truly object to being. just for the record, though, this old man's favorite U2 record is "war".

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 8:51 PM

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OK. I'll remember that.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 10:21 PM

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Jamie Carroll's favorite three U2 albums:

03 Pop
02 Achtung Baby
01 Zooropa

Yeah, that's right, I like the late model stuff. But their last album was a little off the mark. Hopefully this new one will be better.

The Joshua Tree is one of the most over-rated albums I know.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 11:00 PM

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Jamie Carroll's favorite three U2 albums:

03 Pop
02 Achtung Baby
01 Zooropa

Yeah, that's right, I like the late model stuff. But their last album was a little off the mark. Hopefully this new one will be better.

The Joshua Tree is one of the most over-rated albums I know.

i respect that. "achtung baby" was pretty damn good, buckets of so-called irony notwithstanding. "zooropa" was uneven--the good bits were really, really good...and the parts that didn't work for me were disastrous (re: numb)...as for "pop", i totally forgot about that one. i can't even remember what was on that..."staring at the sun" maybe? i don't know--my top three would be 1-war, 2-the joshua tree (maybe it is overrated, but "where the streets have no name" and "red hill mining town"...that shit was lights out, baby), 3-rattle and hum (just for "angel of harlem". love it).

i'm not sure about all this...i could use a long-overdue listen to all of it. the only problem is, i used to have them all on the format of cassette tape--who knows where they are now, or if i even still have them in my possession. ah, the fond memories. my first ever record purchase was REM's "document"...which was followed by more REM ("green", then everything else) and then U2 shortly thereafter...that was when i was around 12 or 13 i think. a couple of years later, i discovered the smiths and my journey towards the dark side of the force was complete.

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Posted Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 11:11 PM

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my first ever record purchase was REM's "document"...which was followed by more REM ("green", then everything else) and then U2 shortly thereafter...that was when i was around 12 or 13 i think. a couple of years later, i discovered the smiths and my journey towards the dark side of the force was complete.

I remember very vividly when you made the leap from R.E.M. to Morrissey. Specifically, I remember you playing "You're the one for me, fatty" as Clay and I were setting up for a middle school dance.

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Posted Monday, July 19, 2004 at 9:53 AM

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These days, wouldn't it be bigger news if a band's material hadn't been linked before the official release?

I'm glad that's never happened to the Features.

Jamie Carroll's favorite three U2 albums:
03 Pop
02 Achtung Baby
01 Zooropa

I think most fans would disagree with you. Then again, I think you like pop music more than most U2 fans so that may help to explain it.

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Posted Monday, July 19, 2004 at 1:27 PM

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These days, wouldn't it be bigger news if a band's material hadn't been linked before the official release?

I'm glad that's never happened to the Features.

Yeah, really. *ahem*

By the way, I meant to write "leaked". You're all pretty bright, though. I'm sure you figured it out.

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