

According to reports in The Sun and elsewhere, a vacationer who was walking past Bono's home in the South of France managed to record four songs from U2's upcoming album as they blasted from Bono's windows. (The house in question is thought to be the orange one in the photo to the right.)

The four muddily recorded tracks available on this page, via YouTube, are believed to be "No Line on the Horizon" (the presumptive title track), "Sexy Boots," "Moment Of Surrender," and"For Your Love," all from the band's upcoming album. They appear to have been posted by Vetle Vik Gundersen, a 15 year old Norwegian guitarist and U2 fan.

In addition to male and female voices, waves are audible in thebackground of the recordings, lending credence to the theory that thesesongs were recorded from the beach. Celebrities often encounter issueswith photographers hassling them from beaches, since they're generally public property below the high tide mark. But this is thefirst we've heard of someone leaking songs from an unreleased album inthis way.

No Line on the Horizon appears

to be slated for a November 14th release. The band recently releasedremastered versions of their first three albums War, October and Boy –

all playable for free on imeem.

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