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Green Day, Rick Rubin join U2 for album
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Record producer Rick Rubin and California rockers Green Day are teaming up with U2 for the newest studio album from the legendary rock group.
Billboard magazine reported that the Irish rockers have been working with Rubin in the studio for the last month and will be joined by Green Day to record a cover of "The Saints Are Coming," a song by the Scottish punk band the Skids.
The new album will mark the first studio album from U2 since 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" and all proceeds from its track with Green Day will go directly to support the Hurricane Katrina charity Music Rising.
Last year, U2 guitarist the Edge -- whose real name is Dave Howell Evans -- co-founded the fund, which helps raise money for instrument replacement in New Orleans, an area important to Green Day as well, Billboard said.
"One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours," the "Nimrod" rockers wrote on their Web site. "New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the Gulf region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness."
Billboard magazine reported that the Irish rockers have been working with Rubin in the studio for the last month and will be joined by Green Day to record a cover of "The Saints Are Coming," a song by the Scottish punk band the Skids.
The new album will mark the first studio album from U2 since 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" and all proceeds from its track with Green Day will go directly to support the Hurricane Katrina charity Music Rising.
Last year, U2 guitarist the Edge -- whose real name is Dave Howell Evans -- co-founded the fund, which helps raise money for instrument replacement in New Orleans, an area important to Green Day as well, Billboard said.
"One year later, the devastation is still fresh in our minds, and we'd like to keep it in yours," the "Nimrod" rockers wrote on their Web site. "New Orleans has always been a special city to us, being a hotbed of music and creativity, and it's hard to believe parts of the Gulf region still remain devastated. We feel that it's important to continue to raise awareness."
October 03, 2006, 1:10 AM ET
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