Artist information on my iPod Nano 6th Gen cannot be changed

Hi,
apparently I made the mistake, that during my initial setup I had changed the Artist information for all my U2 Songs from "U2" to "U2, Green Day" when I only wanted to change it for a single song. Now I habe the problem that even though I did correct that problem (looks all great in itunes) this will not sync correctly with my 8GB iPod Nano (6th Generation).
I even reset the iPod, made sure all titles were erased, before doing a new sync - it just does not change.
Any ideas on how I can fix this? Everything else works fine.

A reset is different from a restore if you are speaking in terms of iPods. If restoring the iPod to factory settings did not resolve the issue, it's likely a tagging issue with the tracks in iTunes from under the Get Info section.
You may want to take a minute or two to read this excellent guide from another forum member turingtest2 on tagging your tracks in iTunes.
http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
B-rock

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