there was a u2 article on billboard yesterday. pretty interesting. the bad news:
At this point, Interscope does not plan to issue “Beautiful Day” as a commercial single in the U.S. beyond a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl pressing that offers the single edit of the song on both sides. Internationally, Island will issue the single to retail in Europe Oct. 9 in two different CD configurations. CD-1 will include the non-album cuts “Summer Rain” and “Always,” while CD-2 features live versions of “Discotheque” and “If You Wear That Velvet Dress.” The cassette single of “Beautiful Day” is backed with “Summer Rain.”
which means i can get dicked over paying for an import of cd-1 because interecope doesn’t feel like releasing the single in the us, or i can just d/l it instead…