U2 will release five different versions of their forthcoming album No Line on the Horizon next year.

The follow-up to 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb will hit stores on March 2nd and in addition to the standard CD and vinyl issues, fans can purchase copies which feature a host of extras.

A digi-pack version will offer the disc along with a 36-page booklet, fold-out poster and a downloadable film from director Anton Corbijn featuring the band's music.

There will also be a magazine edition with a 60-page book which comes with the Corbijn material as well.

In addition, the group will release a box set which features ancillary material including hardback literature, a second poster and the film as a DVD.

Meanwhile, U2 frontman Bono has invested $100 million (£67.4 million) in the firm Palm, which makes the Treo and Centro mobile phones, through the private equity-company Elevation Partners.

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written by news desk on 24/12/2008 10:46:01
Photo : The band have big plans for the new album