U2 return to old label for new album

U2 are to go back to their spiritual home by returning to the record label that discovered them in the 1970s.

The band left Island Records more than seven years ago, unhappy with the way they were being treated. But the quartet are now planning their return to the label for a new album.

U2 had a long and celebrated association with Island — which has also been home to acts such as Bob Marley, Grace Jones, and Tom Waits — after being signed in the late 1970s.