SOE 30: With a Fanscore of 5 Bananas

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Day of the dead... More like career's been dead for 20 years amirite????

 

[trevgreg]

Also, the strangest dichotomy I'm seeing is from that Pittsburgh station that had someone describing a few of the songs from a listening party.
He said that Lights of Home was just sort of ok, and wasn't memorable.

Yet, from what we've heard since, it seems like it could be one of the most dynamic and interesting songs on the album... Very interested to hear this one.

This TV scene might be applicable for things like this...

 

[trevgreg]

Day of the dead... More like career's been dead for 20 years amirite????

That just scored you a ban on @U2, my friend.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Day of the Ducks

 

[BEAL]

I don't know what I want more

The album news or more of Team Trump indicted haha

Twitter has been fascinating to follow the last two days.

I wonder what time we'll get the album news tomorrow? There has to be some surprise right? Or are they really going for the opposite approach from SOI?

 

[mikal]

Looks like someone else got a letter with everything blacked out except for the first track "Love Is All We Have Left"

 

[prbiker15]

Looks like someone else got a letter with everything blacked out except for the first track "Love Is All We Have Left"

@U2 are party poopers - we could have been playing the guessing game for the rest of the day.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

@U2 are party poopers - we could have been playing the guessing game for the rest of the day.

What a bunch of d*cks

 

[womanfish]

i really just want to see that 13th spot. just to get absolute confirmation if it's called 13 (There is a Light) or just There is a Light...

 

[womanfish]

What a bunch of d*cks

watch your filthy mouth MISTER!!!

 

[mikal]

@U2 are party poopers - we could have been playing the guessing game for the rest of the day.

Agreed! It seems like U2 actually had a really cool announcement plan here and it was foiled.

 

[Angtre01]

U2 confirmed for June 21 Boston Garden. Presale in three weeks.

 

[womanfish]

Actually it still is pretty cool. Strange they didn't get the letters to people starting on the weekend. The day before you announce seems odd.

The letters are getting posted on social media, and very few outlets have picked up on the track list leak. So non-super fans still have no idea, until there is an official release that is blasted all over FB, IG, twitter, etc...

Glad they are doing this sort of thing. Shows they are actually workin for it, and care.

 

[lazarus]

i really just want to see that 13th spot. just to get absolute confirmation if it's called 13 (There is a Light) or just There is a Light...

Might be really tough waiting that one day (at most) for the info. Do you have any Xanax to help you get through this difficult time?

 

[womanfish]

U2 confirmed for June 21 Boston Garden. Presale in three weeks.

whoa. Details please

 

[prbiker15]

U2 confirmed for June 21 Boston Garden. Presale in three weeks.

So it looks like they’re announcing the tour before the album is released?

 

[Angtre01]

Center stage setup. Not sure if mimics I&E tour but I would assume so. Nov 20th presale expected

 

[Angtre01]

So it looks like they’re announcing the tour before the album is released?

Appears so, I am just as surprised

 

[corianderstem]

Maybe this will at least shut up the people who were arguing that having its final lyrics as the final lyrics of the album signalled a forthcoming breakup.

Let's wait until we hear the actual last song. The final lyrics might actually be "This is our last album, we are retiring. The walrus is Bono."

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Let's wait until we hear the actual last song. The final lyrics might actually be "This is our last album, we are retiring. The walrus is Bono."

 

[superchuk5]

U2 confirmed for June 21 Boston Garden. Presale in three weeks.

I'm still very surprised they're coming back to North America so soon after playing so extensively this year, but I'll take it!

The talk of revisiting the I+e setup is underwhelming to me, but I suppose it's not too different than using similar arena stages for Elevation and Vertigo. As long as the show is substantially different (jsubbing SOI songs with SOE songs ain't gonna cut it) I'm cool with them reusing what was a very cool stage.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

U2 confirmed for June 21 Boston Garden. Presale in three weeks.

Link?

 

[lazarus]

Let's wait until we hear the actual last song. The final lyrics might actually be "This is our last album, we are retiring. The walrus is Bono."

If you play the last few seconds backwards you hear a drunken Bono weeping alone in the studio and blurting out "I...fathered...Leo".

 

[Popmartijn]

Cool! Thanks so much for the insight Popmartijn. Pretty incredible experience i'm sure.

Glad to here it wasn't blah and forgettable!

I recall that certainly the rhythm section sounded very interesting. It was a bit of a mid-tempo song, certainly not a rocker like The Blackout.

 

[Angtre01]

Link?

No I can’t be getting anyone in trouble. It’s a done deal. All moving very quickly.

 

[rennowba]

If that's true and the pre sale is in 3 weeks then a ticket album tie looks likely doesn't it

 

[lazarus]

Might be a good time to renew my U2.com membership and get in before the official announcement.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

no i can’t be getting anyone in trouble. It’s a done deal. All moving very quickly.

k

 

[prbiker15]

If that's true and the pre sale is in 3 weeks then a ticket album tie looks likely doesn't it

Wouldn’t the album have to be released the same week as the general sale?

 

[Tim Wallach]

Pre-orders I guess.