Sadly, I already have something similar from when my kids were infants:
that helmet would do a poor job of protecting soldier bear's ears.
Sadly, I already have something similar from when my kids were infants:
Other thing that doesn't quite add up: U2 + DM is HUGE news. Huge crossover potential. We have Adam quoted as saying it's a departure. If I were U2, I'd want to market the hell out of this, with a dedicated tour, not a 360 rehash (as mind-blowingly awesome as that was). This looks to be the complete opposite of that. If the album was a quiet SOA-type thing, then yes, absolutely, and that's where the Zooropa comparisons hold merit. But not for a project of this magnitude, with such a high-profile producer.
I'm still thinking that when he (allegedly) said the tour would end in Asia he meant Ireland really - might have been another glass of wine in his hand that time.
i think the tour should be extended until after spring 2012, so that when i honeymoon in ireland, i can take in a u2 show at croke park.
when i met paul mcguinness on the floor of continental airlines arena during the vertigo tour (key words here... vertigo tour) he was clearly shitgfaced and offered us wristbands to "get into the heart."
so perhaps we shouldn't put too much stock into what paulie mcg says when he's been drinking.
No hype and no news because there is no need for it. The band have been self-promoting all over the globe solidly for the last two years. Future tickets are sold - I believe almost entirely sold out. The last album was 'only' two years ago. They haven't gone away, off the radar for an extended period, with only PLEBA keeping tabs. They've been everywhere and visible the whole time. They don't need to create awareness, re-engage, start building momentum. They only need to check in at the actual full-on promotion stage, which begins with the single. I think we'll go from zero to a hundred really quickly.
The big elephant in the room is that after very disappointing sales of NLOTH, and in a climate where records/CDs simply don't sell well anymore, I think you have to assume that U2 Inc. will do nothing short of a year-end holiday/Christmas release. Another off-cycle release, especially with the SOA songs sounding experimental and possibly not radio-friendly, is almost unfathomable. U2 doesn't need to release an album to sell tour tickets anymore. Factor in the zero hype to date, and lack of any credible sources or confirmation of a new album, and my money is on a year-end release, if anything. Hope I'm wrong.
Why would you need to have more than three months to have a ton of promotion? Can't you just hype the crap out of the thing a week before it's due?
The big elephant in the room is that after very disappointing sales of NLOTH, and in a climate where records/CDs simply don't sell well anymore, I think you have to assume that U2 Inc. will do nothing short of a year-end holiday/Christmas release. Another off-cycle release, especially with the SOA songs sounding experimental and possibly not radio-friendly, is almost unfathomable. U2 doesn't need to release an album to sell tour tickets anymore. Factor in the zero hype to date, and lack of any credible sources or confirmation of a new album, and my money is on a year-end release, if anything. Hope I'm wrong.
Ah come one, we've actually been getting news over the past few days!
Universal Music Guests at MIDEM - January 26, 2011
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The last 10 or so pages have confused me, was it really a hoax?
If someone can crop out McG, replace that wine glass with a cartoon bag of money, and upload the pic here I'll be eternally grateful.
That shit-eating grin is just too amazing.
If someone can crop out McG, replace that wine glass with a cartoon bag of money, and upload the pic here I'll be eternally grateful.