U2 announce ‘A Celebration’ 40th-anniversary vinyl EP

U2 announce ‘A Celebration’ 40th-anniversary vinyl EP

Island Records and UMC today announce the 40th-anniversary vinyl release of A Celebration, a limited edition 12” vinyl EP to celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday 23rd April 2022.

A Celebration is U2’s seventh single and was originally released in March 1982, between the albums War (1981) and October (1983).

This 40th-anniversary limited edition reissue is a 4-track EP, containing two previously unreleased recordings. The first is a studio out-take of the title track, the second is a performance of b-side and live favourite ‘Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl’, recorded live in October 2015 in Köln, Germany during the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour.

TRACKLIST:
SIDE A
1. A Celebration – 02:55
2. A Celebration (Studio Out-take) – 02:52

SIDE B
1. Trash, Trampoline and The Party Girl – 02:34
2. Trash, Trampoline and The Party Girl (Live from iNNOCENCE +eXPERIENCE Tour, Köln 2015) – 03:16

12” INFO
4 track 12” EP, cut at 45 rpm.
Pressed on 180gsm black vinyl.
Back cover features stills of the band from the video directed by Meiert Avis.

A Celebration is available exclusively at participating independent record stores on Saturday 23rd April 2022. For a full list of stores, visit www.U2.com and https://RecordStoreDay.lnk.to/Stores

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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