U2 go to church

U2 songs are being incorporated into church services in the US.
A number of Episcopal churches in the US have begun using music by the band in their communion services.
Called the U2Charist, the service has spread to 150 churches in 15 US states.
Episcopal priest Reverend Paige Blair came up with idea and held the first U2Charist service at Maine's York Harbor.
He told USA Today: "Bach and Handel were the popular music of their day, and they had trouble getting played in church.
"The Methodist hymn writers once wrote contemporary music. Are we worshipping Bono? Absolutely not."

On the other hand, U2 are planning to release their first 3-D concert film next year.
The untitled feature will draw on more than 700 hours of footage shot during the South America leg of their Vertigo tour, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The film is being directed by Mark Pellington, who began his career by shooting U2's One video.
A representative for the band called it "the first-ever 3-D multicamera live shoot."
Editing is underway in New York with discussions under way with several major studio distributors for a release in late 2007.
It's expected the film will use the Real D technology installed by cinemas showing the digital 3-D release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Ananova