dan_smee
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Yeah, I was mixing it up with the feel nothing bit. I was thinking feel nothing, but had the song on at the same time, and it was playing the heart is aching bit!
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Yeah, I was mixing it up with the feel nothing bit. I was thinking feel nothing, but had the song on at the same time, and it was playing the heart is aching bit!
bull.
touring is where acts make their money these days. that's why the more lucrative contracts come from live nation instead of coming from the actual record label.
once upon a time bands did tour to promote album sales. now it's the exact opposite.
Aygo
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Bingo!
Registered Dude
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U2 are old school and slow working.
we'll get an album, followed by a tour promoting said album.. likely late next year
we'll get an album, followed by a tour promoting said album.. likely late next year
BVS
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You really think they'll be ready to go out on another tour right away?
Highly unlikely.
U2 will release something before the US dates, or they will release an album that is more meditative and not exactly road worthy after this tour.
Mark my words.
360 promoting Songs of ascent * in this case.
NLOTH being 2+ years old by the time they will be playing US (and with the total of 4 of its songs in the set at the moment), it would make plenty of sense to release something new.
*insert the title of the new U2 album.
gvox
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Registered Dude
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we're saying the same thing. they'll release a new album and continue touring with the same tour 360 set up
Chill Mike D
War Child
Well, if they don't release an album soon, they'll be roasted not just by U2 fans but by the music press. This is what my Google News feed looks like for U2 news:
BVS
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But I just don't see them waiting till the end of next year and extending this tour well into 2012.
Registered Dude
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that's the catch, I agree.. that's a long time for these geezers to be touring. July 2009 - Summer 2012? doesn't seem likely.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Well, if they don't release an album soon, they'll be roasted not just by U2 fans but by the music press. This is what my Google News feed looks like for U2 news:
Have all these news items been posted up on Interference? Why not?
Chill Mike D
War Child
A lot of it is just rehashing of the Rolling Stone article. The point being that the "4 albums worth!" and "Songs of Ascent" and "New lead single premiered on-stage!" is already out there on the interwebs, so U2 had better either really release something substantial, or definitively squash the rumors.
It is odd how slow they seem to be in terms of adapting to the Internet.
It is odd how slow they seem to be in terms of adapting to the Internet.
4 straight years on the road is a tad much for an aging rock band with growing kids. 3 years is pushing it as it is. as much as i'd love to see it, i highly doubt they'll stretch anything into 2012.
An Cat Gav
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Salome
you are what you is
i've no idea really
with their kids growing up they could, if they wanted to, keep touring 360 into 2013 if they add a couple of months off between legs and do about a dozen shows a month
don't think that's too likely, but not impossible
with their kids growing up they could, if they wanted to, keep touring 360 into 2013 if they add a couple of months off between legs and do about a dozen shows a month
don't think that's too likely, but not impossible
Niceman
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Touring a few months a year really isn't a big deal. It's not like they work 7 days a week!
With the financial model upside down now, and the tour being where the money comes from, I wouldn't be surprised to see 360 go on!
With the financial model upside down now, and the tour being where the money comes from, I wouldn't be surprised to see 360 go on!
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I think we should be getting an album before the last leg. Didn't they even mention this already as a possibility?
CD sales need a boost these days. Exactly. And a successful tour, which still reaches mass audiences, can wind up being a promotional tool to do just that. You reiterated my point.
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
If they wanted the tour to really promote NLOTH they would have kept the name Kiss the Future Tour and sold the album at the stadium, when the name changed to 360 which was unrelated to the album and we started hearing about SOA we assumed the name change was because they wanted to promote more than one project over the life of the tour... well they need to stop being so apprehensive about releasing a new album to make that plan matter.
I really think they should have sold NLOTH at the stadium last year, there were plenty of casuals that didn't know the songs because they're out of touch and so is the radio, but most people were into the new material and many probably would have bought it. The majority of the folks going to U2 aren't of the generation that only get their music from piracy, but by that token they also don't learn about music online as easily as pirates and young people do, it would have been effective direct marketing... still could be for their next release.
I really think they should have sold NLOTH at the stadium last year, there were plenty of casuals that didn't know the songs because they're out of touch and so is the radio, but most people were into the new material and many probably would have bought it. The majority of the folks going to U2 aren't of the generation that only get their music from piracy, but by that token they also don't learn about music online as easily as pirates and young people do, it would have been effective direct marketing... still could be for their next release.
bonocomet
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Wait the tour was first named Kiss the Future then changed to 360? I don't remember that. I remember fans speculating on what the tour would be called and Kiss the Future was one guess, but I thought 360 Tour was the first official name U2 used.
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
There was a lot of chatter from the U2 camp to the media about the impending announcement of the 'Kiss the Future' Tour on the specific day the tour was announced, as 360. Go back and read some of the stories from around that time, seems a lot more substantial than fan speculation.
bonocomet
Blue Crack Distributor
Ah okay I guess I didn't remember that. I thought you meant they actually changed the name of the tour after originally announcing it.
gvox
Ghost of Love
Agreed. This is one reason why having kids younger than older makes alot of sense. I'll be 46 when my last one goes off to university. Look out world!
ETA: If they REALLY wanted to promote the tour and the future of the band properly, they'd have named it "No Retirement On The Forseeable Horizon,
ever been away from your family for a few months a year for multiple years in a row?
perhaps they just realized that "kiss the future tour" was a shitty, shitty name. that or they thought it would confuse fans of gene simmons.
gvox
Ghost of Love
BVS
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Easy to say when you've never done so. I'm sure it looks real easy, but how easy is it on the stability of children? What about the crews?
no, i didn't. sales of actual music is a financial bonus these days. artists make considerably more money from touring. heck, a lot of artists even make more money from ringtones than from actual albums and singles. they're not touring to promote an album. those days are long gone.
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