(09-16-2005) U2 feeling the effects of Vertigo - Jam!*

[HelloAngel]

U2 feeling the effects of Vertigo

Ed. Note -- Uh oh, Oz and South America.

By JANE STEVENSON -- Toronto Sun



There's been some talk of U2 continuing their Vertigo tour after their last scheduled date on Dec. 19 in Portland.

But U2 guitarist the Edge told The Sun in a Canadian newspaper exclusive at the Air Canada Centre last weekend that nothing's been decided.

"At a certain point, we're going to have to get back and start thinking about the next record," said the 44-year-old guitarist, whose band plays the third of their four sold-out shows tonight at the ACC.

The Edge says he does write on the road but he's not as focused as when he's in one place.

"I do, but for every 10 songs I write there's probably only one that will end up going anywhere," he said.

"To start really getting into the material for the next record, it's going to take a lot of time off the road. There's a couple of things that I've done that I hear (and think), 'That's special, that's going to make the next record,' but I'd still need some time off, I think, to make a great U2 record."

U2, whose latest album is 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, wrap up their four-night-stand at the ACC tomorrow night and head to Chicago.

At their second show on Wednesday night, they were joined by Canadian producer Daniel Lanois on stage.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/09/16/1219997.html

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

As much as I want a new record I hope they don't ignore South America again.

 

[Zoocoustic]

"At a certain point, we're going to have to get back and start thinking about the next record,"

...yeah, and that "certain point" most certainly won't be until 2007 or 2008.

 

[The Disciple]

Whatever, Edge... shut up and play.

 

[Zooropa man]

Do what you gotta do...

 

[Zoomerang96]

says zooropa man, who interestingly enough lives in los angeles.

has u2 played there since 1998?

 

[Zooropa man]

says zooropa man, who interestingly enough lives in los angeles.

has u2 played there since 1998?

huh?

..... yeeeah... they have...... why?

 

[PhoenixGNX]

Hopefully the next record doesn't sound like crap (compression wise) as this last one. But, in today's market I guess thats a dream.

 

[Shade]

I'd rather see them make another Zooropa while they're on the road. I think that album is arguably one of the most innovative things they've come up with, and it was in the middle of a massive tour. Part of me thinks that, the more time Edge has to ponder and struggle with a piece of music, the more antiseptic it will end up being. They have a tendency to iron out anything that doesn't 'sound like U2', these days.

 

[Rachel D.]

Yeah, if they don't break up before then because of Bono's political stuff.

 

[BonoFox1]

OH MAN!..Yeah, make another album!!!

 

[vlasak]

I'm just glad they're planning on another! I was a bit nervous, thinking this could just be their last tour. Of course, they aren't saying anything about touring are they - oh well, it's way too soon to even think about it!

 

[Calvin N. Hobbes]

huh?

..... yeeeah... they have...... why?

You probably don't even live in LA, you probably live in the inland empire . . .

 

[Zooropa man]

You probably don't even live in LA, you probably live in the inland empire . . .

Please... I'm the one that brought you the first reports of the LA Rehearsal back in march. I gave the first insight scoop. I live right by USC So

 

[agentmissa]

oh my... detales detales... point is another record is in the future.

 

[Max_theHitman]

Right Edge... go and cancel ALL the forthcoming concerts and get back into the studio to do a DOUBLE-ALBUM RECORDING !

 

[Teta040]

Wait a minute. Look at a possible bright side....

America never got to see Mr MacPhisto in all his debauched glory. (more's the pity. I would have LOVED to make a confessional in the video confessional booth... we never had that either.)

Maybe the band have decided to do a "Zooropa"-like followup to HTDAAB like the '93 followup to AB. It wasn't planned, it just was an idea that grew and grew and finally became a summer-long non-American extravaganza. ZooTV was in '92 but Zooropa was the summer of 93, if I'm right?

The saturation of the US concert market right now came about as a result of the ticket fiasco in the spring. Maybe the band feels that after this the US will not need any more dates, so they'll take a "working vacation" in Dublin the spring of '06, (instead of a "quick dash" through the Pacific area), release an new album in late spring/early summer, then launch a major non-US tour next summer.

Oh wait...I'm thinking of Rattle and Hum and the Lovetown tour too. Rattle and Hum (or "Throttle and Scum" as I fondly still call it) was a "double album" of sorts that grew out of JT and the band debuted it and the Lovetown Tour in'89. That, like Zooropa later, was a non-USA event. And it featured a very heavy OZ schedule.

Whether it's the Lovetown Tour or Zooropa, I prefer to think that's what's happening here. I've noticed that in the second half of their career so far, when the band feel they've had an "alpha" album they have to follow it up the next year with a more reflective "companion." (JT/RAH; AB/Zooropa; and now HTDAAB and this. For all the people who defend Pop and Popmart, the band toured SA and other parts of the world already for that and they didn;t do a followup b/c it was a musical failure (they still say.)ATYCLB does not seem to fit the band's grand category of "alpha" album, evidently. I've heard them say parts of it later underwhelm them.)

I'd like to believe that history is repeating itself and that rather than shuttling the non-USA /European market off into a dozen or so dates in Jan or Feb in support of HTDAAB, the band MAY be planning a major tour spanning a couple months next summer like Lovetown or Zooropa, supporting new material--and perhaps a new "look" as well, that the USA WON'T get to see. And that they may feel that Europe was unfairly served this summer, so this would be a good excuse to come back to Europe again next summer. The tour might go Europe, then OZ/NZ, and close in South America.

Hey, I'm an optimist

 

[PhoenixGNX]

Wait a minute. Look at a possible bright side....

America never got to see Mr MacPhisto in all his debauched glory. (more's the pity. I would have LOVED to make a confessional in the video confessional booth... we never had that either.)

Maybe the band have decided to do a "Zooropa"-like followup to HTDAAB like the '93 followup to AB. It wasn't planned, it just was an idea that grew and grew and finally became a summer-long non-American extravaganza. ZooTV was in '92 but Zooropa was the summer of 93, if I'm right?

The saturation of the US concert market right now came about as a result of the ticket fiasco in the spring. Maybe the band feels that after this the US will not need any more dates, so they'll take a "working vacation" in Dublin the spring of '06, (instead of a "quick dash" through the Pacific area), release an new album in late spring/early summer, then launch a major non-US tour next summer.

Oh wait...I'm thinking of Rattle and Hum and the Lovetown tour too. Rattle and Hum (or "Throttle and Scum" as I fondly still call it) was a "double album" of sorts that grew out of JT and the band debuted it and the Lovetown Tour in'89. That, like Zooropa later, was a non-USA event. And it featured a very heavy OZ schedule.

Whether it's the Lovetown Tour or Zooropa, I prefer to think that's what's happening here. I've noticed that in the second half of their career so far, when the band feel they've had an "alpha" album they have to follow it up the next year with a more reflective "companion." (JT/RAH; AB/Zooropa; and now HTDAAB and this. For all the people who defend Pop and Popmart, the band toured SA and other parts of the world already for that and they didn;t do a followup b/c it was a musical failure (they still say.)ATYCLB does not seem to fit the band's grand category of "alpha" album, evidently. I've heard them say parts of it later underwhelm them.)

I'd like to believe that history is repeating itself and that rather than shuttling the non-USA /European market off into a dozen or so dates in Jan or Feb in support of HTDAAB, the band MAY be planning a major tour spanning a couple months next summer like Lovetown or Zooropa, supporting new material--and perhaps a new "look" as well, that the USA WON'T get to see. And that they may feel that Europe was unfairly served this summer, so this would be a good excuse to come back to Europe again next summer. The tour might go Europe, then OZ/NZ, and close in South America.

Hey, I'm an optimist

I live in the U.S. and I still wish this was the case. But, unfortunatly, its not. The guys dont have that kind of steam left anymore imo. But, ill hope with you.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Part of me thinks that, the more time Edge has to ponder and struggle with a piece of music, the more antiseptic it will end up being. They have a tendency to iron out anything that doesn't 'sound like U2', these days.

Too true, unfortunately.

 

[sue4u2]

Maybe they will un-invent themselves..
Lets see how that goes..
I'm an optimist also
Just a thought

 

[Teta040]

Put this down in the wacky rumors dept.

Someone from Wire has posted a rumor....

He said that his boss had a friend who owned a record store in Dublin and this guy's friend worked for the lighting crew on the European shows. This lighting crew dude supposedly said that band scuttlebutt had the band effectively retiring after this tour, that the band decided to extend the tour as a kind of secret "farewell" thing (along with a new album) b/c Larry's long history of medical problems with his hands was getting worse. This bloke "informed" us that Larry had a "disease" in his wrists that was getting worse and worse and after this year he prob wouldn't be able to play.

I've heard some silly rumors but this one takes the cake. Nevertheless, Larry having more problems with his hands sounds true. Probably Larry IS having some pain and had to see a doctor and it was one of those things that is magnified 100 times in the telling until it's all blwn out of proportion. I'll try to ask any band member I happen to meet (barring Larry of course!) about it if I get to meet them in Oct. I'm going to pray for him anyway. The guy is not getting younger, whatever his health otherwise. And as the good Lord brought Edge through a time of medical trial last winter (OK< it was his daughter's) maybe He can come through for Larry too.

I'm treating the rumor itself as false, but Larry having a recurrence of his hand troubles could be true. Let's all pray for him.

 

[Mirrorballman83]

maybe there will be the 4th leg in the beginning of 2006 (from february to april) and after, U2 will start the works on the new album for come it out in the endingof the year

 

[stagman]

I thought Larry only ever had back troubles during the recording of Pop. This hand thing sounds like crap.

Please U2, Don't do another Elevation..... extend the tour this time to those that rightly deserve to see you perform.