Helicopters, quad-bikes, cranes in Spain... must be the video-shoot for Vertigo.

Ok, so the wait is nearly over and the new album is on the way. So what do we know.

U2.Com can exclusively reveal that the band's new single is called Vertigo and will be released on November 8th.

Stop Press! First confirmed information on song titles from the new album.

"Songwriting really is a mysterious process,' explains Bono to Robert Hilburn of the LA Times.

Two more clues about the new record have sneaked into the public domain.

Perhaps the strangest book yet, in the burgeoning genre of U2 literature.

Edge joins Yoko Ono tonight for 'In The Time of Shaking', a new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

'For U2 and other people of our generation, seeing them perform was a life-changing experience.'

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's first child looks set to be a U2 fan - the Coldplay singer is already playing him 'A Sort of Homecoming!

NME.Com has opened an online poll to find the 'greatest U2 song'.

Dance track Take Me To The Clouds Above, from LMC Vs U2, has gone straight to the top of the UK charts.

Well, quite funny actually, as this wonderfully illuminating essay on the comic heart of U2 by Bill Flanagan reveals.

...was how Bono introduced Nelson Mandela at last night's '46664 Concert' to boost awareness of the global AIDS pandemic.

Painting the illustrations for 'Peter and the Wolf', Bono drew on his relationship with his father, writes Neil McCormick ...

'One' has been named 'greatest song ever recorded' in a Q Magazine poll to find the Best 1001 Songs.

The campaign to get justice for the late singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl is gathering pace.

Bono, Dr Dre and Mick Jagger were on hand as Steve Jobs launched the iTunes music download service for PC-using fans - in the US.

Addressing the UNA-USA Global Leadership Awards, Bono urged world leaders to get vital drugs into Africa to fight the AIDS pandemic.

'There's only one reason for U2 to put an album out right now,' Bono tells The Sun. 'It has to be a monster, a dragon, and this is.'

Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer are in the midst of launching their new take on Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

Edge has been speaking to Hot Press in Ireland about recording with Johnny Cash - while Bono spoke to Rolling Stone.

In Cancun, Mexico, today, the World Trade Organisation meets to make potentially crucial decisions for the people of Africa.

More details emerging of Peter and The Wolf, including this shot of Bono - the painter - ...

Nelson Mandela joined U2 on stage at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics in Dublin.