U2 To Issue Fanclub-Only Remix CD

One possible way to spend that Christmas money...

By Fred Mills

How many out there got some cash for Christmas? Haven't squandered it yet on hookers, blow and other toxic assets yet? U2 has an offer you may or may not want to refuse, but if you did in fact score 50 bucks, that'll get you an annual subscription to the band's fan club at U2.com.

Those things are usually total ripoffs, of course, particularly those elusive promises of premium seats (that wind up to be expensive and not-so-premium) and sundry website "exclusives" such as videos, photos, band diaries, etc. (that eventually turn up for free elsewhere). However, this time around the band is going to serve up a remix album titled Artificial Horizon, comprising remixes (duh) from the No Line on the Horizon album. Admittedly, that was a pretty tepid affair, as we pointed out some time ago. But maybe this will help up the ante somewhat, even if you'll basically be paying $50 for a single CD in hopes that it tops that dollar amount on eBay sometime in the future.

Here's the info as posted at the U2.com site - go there for details on how to sign up.

It's almost 15 years since the remix CD 'Melon' was released exclusively to subscribers of the band's magazine Propaganda. Now comes 'Artificial Horizon' , an all-new limited edition album of U2 remixes only for U2.com subscribers. From Trent Reznor's remix of 'Vertigo' to Jacknife Lee's take on 'Fast Cars' and David Holmes's remix of 'Beautiful Day', this specially produced 13-track CD features stretches from the Grand Jury Mix of 'If God Will Send His Angels in 1997 to the Fish Out Of Water mix of Get On Your Boots. Conceived and produced for U2.com subscribers. 'Artificial Horizon' will be mailed to qualifying subscribers from late January 2010.