U2’s new single debuts in Dublin broadcast

? U2 fans, get your boots on. The first song from the band’s first album in five years is ready for you to hear.

U2 began broadcasting the up-tempo single “Get On Your Boots” Monday — first on RTE, Ireland’s state broadcasters, then for free on the group’s Web site.

For decades, U2 has given Irish broadcaster Dave Fanning first dibs to broadcast its singles. Fanning — a friend of Bono’s — led his morning show with the song, which he praised as “a big song with lots of layers, but not overproduced.”

Giving an advance taste on the Internet to the rest of the world is new. The “Get On Your Boots” single goes on sale Feb. 13 in Ireland and shortly thereafter worldwide.

U2’s official Web site also lists all 11 title tracks for the new album, “No Line on the Horizon,” which will be released Feb. 27 in Ireland, March 2 in many other countries, and March 3 in the United States.

“No Line on the Horizon” was recorded over two years in New York, London, Dublin and Morocco — and is widely forecast to become the biggest-selling album of 2009. It is the band’s 12th studio album and the first since 2004’s Grammy-winning “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.”