UPDATE: U2 recording new album with Danger Mouse

It’s all systems go on the new U2 album front with Paul McGuinness saying he expects the provisionally titled Songs Of Ascent to be out in early 2011, and Bono revealing that they’ve been recording with superstar producer Danger Mouse.
“We have about 12 songs with him,” he tells Australia’s The Age newspaper. “At the moment that looks like the album we’ll put out next because it’s just happening so easily.”
Bono went on to divulge that they’re also working on a dance album with such people as Will.i.am, David Guetta and RedOne who’s collaborated in the past with Lady Gaga.
“U2’s remixes in the 1990s were a real treasure,” he continues. “So we wanted to make a club sounding record. We have a pile of songs.”
Bono and The Edge are also trying to strong-arm Messrs. Clayton and Mullen into recording an album’s worth of the songs they’ve penned for their Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark musical, which finally hits Broadway on November 14.
“We haven’t convinced the rest of the band to do that,” he concludes. “Larry definitely has a raised eyebrow!”