2/19/2008

Janet Onyenucheya

U2 is penning out new songs for their highly anticipated new album.

U2 is in a Dublin studio working on their next studio album with longtime collaborators Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. "We're going to try and break new sonic ground and deliver a masterpiece," Lanois tells *Billboard.com*.  
  
U2, Eno and Lanois have spent time working on new material on three prior occasions in France and Morocco, and Lanois confirms the results are prolific.  
  
Lanois added: "There's so much material. When you get Eno and I and those guys in the room, before lunch there's like eight things. We've had some exciting beginnings via jam sessions. Now we will pick our favorite beginnings and say, 'OK, that's a lovely springboard.'"  
  
There's no date yet for the project, which will be the follow-up to 2004's *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*.