ChargedVT
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Seems like the band don't know these answers. I'll bet a tenner that the next interview will give only vague, non-commital answers to album and tour plans.
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Seems like the band don't know these answers. I'll bet a tenner that the next interview will give only vague, non-commital answers to album and tour plans.
In all likelihood, they probably don't know the answers to the first two questions themselves. U2 seem like a rudderless enterprise at this moment in time. As for when they'll retire - they're practically semi-retired already. Partying/vacationing every other week is hardly indicative of a band champing at the bit to get their ass back in the saddle.
Either the album is done or there's zero shot we see the album until 2015.
Expect choice B to limit disappointment.
Expect choice A if you're a masochist.
Expect choice B to limit disappointment.
Expect choice A if you're a masochist.
God Part III
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How did you reach that conclusion? Were ATYCLB and HTDAAB finished in May?
Maybe I just can't follow the level of irony that has built up in these threads over the last couple of months.
Have faith, fellow fans.
ChargedVT
Refugee
I think ATYCLB was finished in June...
NLOTH was finished in December, 2-3 months before release.
Pop was finished November 1996.
gvox
Ghost of Love
The problem is simple: they are searching for a new and novel way to deliver the next album. Something no other band has ever done before..the surprise of all surprises.
Translation: It will be announced that
Translation: It will be announced that
the album is already out, it was released to our subconscious minds and we've unwittingly been listening to it in our heads all along.
Either that, or they released under the pseudonym "Coldplay".
Either that, or they released under the pseudonym "Coldplay".
God Part III
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By that logic, we'll have until August at the earliest.
gweeps
War Child
Yeah. a new studio album in August or September would be great. A promo tour in Autumn (hitting up such programs as SNL, Letterman, Fallon, Ferguson, Ross, TOTP), followed by a full-fledged world extravaganza the following year.
God Part III
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I don't think we'll hear a word all summer, no matter what happens. If it's this year, it's November, I think. But no matter what, the album isn't finished, and we just have to wait. But fortunately I love their latest two songs so I have faith in the quality of the album. I'd rather wait and have them release an album they're satisfied with.
I like to use this thing called common sense.
When I see a band that takes a loooong time to work, and I see them not recording for decent clips of time... I have two options.
Option a) they're done.
Option b) they're hopelessly lost and needed a break.
Based on how this most recent album recording process has gone? I'll go with option B, and will be presently surprised to be wrong.
Well, Larry's been seen in Malibu, and they (no Adam) just played Desire together in Mexico.
Until there's no official delay, they're on track for 2014 release.
It's either November or never...
Ummm......
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
Actually they are working with a team of doctors and scientists to release the album
in suppository form
which would be like the reverse of Colplay's album.
I'm not sure how three members of U2 playing a rendition of Desire in Mexico logically leads to you concluding they're still on track for a 2014 release....? (not trying to be snarky here, just genuinely curious).
U2DMfan
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Honestly, I'd rather hear they were out fucking around and taking a break rather than cramming themselves in the studio and overcooking the music by trying to force something.
Of course, I am still sticking to my theory on what they're doing, creatively. If I'm wrong about that then...whatever.
It will be out when it's done. I don't see why it really matters. For U2's perspective, it's not going to sell anymore in Nov than it would sell next April. The only people left that want to pay for music are mostly doing it for reasons that have nothing to do with when Christmas is coming up. That won't change no matter when the album is released. And from the fan's perspective, the quality of music would have nothing to do with it.
Of course, I am still sticking to my theory on what they're doing, creatively. If I'm wrong about that then...whatever.
It will be out when it's done. I don't see why it really matters. For U2's perspective, it's not going to sell anymore in Nov than it would sell next April. The only people left that want to pay for music are mostly doing it for reasons that have nothing to do with when Christmas is coming up. That won't change no matter when the album is released. And from the fan's perspective, the quality of music would have nothing to do with it.
I agree, it's just that I think if it's not done by now, another 6 months or a year is not going to improve it either; meaning: either the songs they've done are good or they're not....and if they're not, well....
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It's a little naïve to think that U2 will just release the album whenever it's done. They have to figure out when the best possible time to release it will be. Are there any other big artists releasing music that week/month? If the album is released in this month, the tour would then begin a few months later... does that work into their desired timeline? They have to come up with a marketing strategy for the album, like say, A COMMERCIAL IN THE SUPER BOWL!!!
From a business/financial standpoint, there is literally NO reason for U2 to release a new album, except as a jumping point for the next tour. Bands like Motley Crue and Aerosmith have been in the press lately saying that it is pointless to even make a new record. U2 are a little more relevant than those bands, for sure, but the fact remains; 95% of the money U2 will make from the next campaign will come from touring. The reason the album hasn't been released yet is because it hasn't suited their timeline. Maybe Guy O'seary or LiveNation thought it would be better from a financial standpoint to hold off the tour until 2015, hence no point in releasing an album. Giving the band another year to tinker and fuck with the songs.
Just a theory, and perhaps it's a very cynical, jaded theory. I just can't make myself believe that U2 are taking years upon years to make an album because they want to get it JUST RIGHT. There are many more factors at play here than artistic integrity.
From a business/financial standpoint, there is literally NO reason for U2 to release a new album, except as a jumping point for the next tour. Bands like Motley Crue and Aerosmith have been in the press lately saying that it is pointless to even make a new record. U2 are a little more relevant than those bands, for sure, but the fact remains; 95% of the money U2 will make from the next campaign will come from touring. The reason the album hasn't been released yet is because it hasn't suited their timeline. Maybe Guy O'seary or LiveNation thought it would be better from a financial standpoint to hold off the tour until 2015, hence no point in releasing an album. Giving the band another year to tinker and fuck with the songs.
Just a theory, and perhaps it's a very cynical, jaded theory. I just can't make myself believe that U2 are taking years upon years to make an album because they want to get it JUST RIGHT. There are many more factors at play here than artistic integrity.
U2DMfan
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That assumes that they can't keep writing new stuff.
And maybe they wouldn't, but that's not my current theory.
I think if they (for instance) "need two more songs", they aren't pulling a Stand Up Comedy and in their trying to turn one of the 'lesser than' tracks into something it's not.
They'll just take a break, go back later on and try to come up with something new and see how it works.
That's my current theory anyway (read: reason to remain optimistic.)
I fully understand how I could be deluding myself. But the flip-side is assuming they're making a way over-cooked disaster.
U2DMfan
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If they finish in November and they are done - for sure, and they miss the Christmas window, then they'll do what they did with POP and NLOTH and put it out in the Spring.
The point here is that they're not gonna settle for less just to hit that Christmas release window. In that sense, they'll finish it whenever they want. And they'll put it out whenever they want relative to the things you described.
Well, no. Just interesting to see them hanging out in Mexico instead of being, for example, holed up in a studio.
I'm not sure how they're not on track for a 2014 release ?
I didn't look at all the pages in the thread, was this posted already ?
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How? Because we've been down this road before already. And guess what? No album! Holy cow!
I mean such a shocking opinion to have!
I think the absolute best possible scenario right now is something like this:
(And we should all be praying for this)
1. About 75% of the Danger Mouse material is a keeper, say the 6-7 songs Edge mentioned; they are really strong and in a lot of ways much better than OL or Invisible....much more U2 hitting it strong as opposed to "let's write some hits".
2. The recent sessions this year with Epworth or whatever produced 4-5 new songs that are even stronger than the DM material, because he gave the band a fresh voice of confidence and let them write what came out naturally....this produced some gems.
3. They also have 3-4 songs they recorded sometime between 2009 (NLOTH leftovers that were actually really good) and 2012, all of which are also strong.
4. They are choosing 12 of the best to be mixed and mastered this summer and the album is out November. Tour begins early next year.
If those things are not happening, I don't know what else to conclude other than the writing has dried up and they simply cannot produce quality material anymore....maybe we'd all think what they have is great....but maybe they think it's sub-par....I dunno.....I mean, they claim to have 30 tunes on the block or something like they always do....and whatever you think about their quality we got ATYCLB, HTDAAB, and NLOTH.....so we should get SOMETHING by November....
Each time Coldplay get a song into the BB Hot 30, U2 suffer a massive crisis of confidence in their own stuff. Ergo, three crises in the last month alone. No wonder they're drowning their sorrows in exotic locales. (I wish I were joking, but fear this is uncomfortably close to what they're thinking).
dismantlemyfly
The Fly
They were playing Desire in Mexico without a bass player? Now I'm convinced that all this time they've been working on that Rattle & Hum 25th Anniversary Remastered Edition That Isn't a Really Remaster.
Yay.
Yay.
Super Yo
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Uh oh, Adam's missed another gig! We all know what happened the last time he missed a gig!!! THIS IS THE END FOLKS!!!!
I am 100% certain that we'll have an album either at the end of this year or the first quarter of next year. I'm sure they'll want to tour next year. About the most concrete thing we have to go on is Rolling Stones crew members saying they'll be touring with U2 in 2015. That means more to me than Adam "hoping" they can finish the album by the end of the summer.
I am 100% certain that we'll have an album either at the end of this year or the first quarter of next year. I'm sure they'll want to tour next year. About the most concrete thing we have to go on is Rolling Stones crew members saying they'll be touring with U2 in 2015. That means more to me than Adam "hoping" they can finish the album by the end of the summer.
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