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The kid on the far left appears to be in a deep slumber. Maybe Edge is talking about the new album being a return to their roots.

If there is no album come April, the band should be referred to as U-2 until we see an album, at which point the hyphen can be ceremoniously removed.

Bono doing his best Elvis Costello look there.

Really? Wow. The odds must not have been in your favor. I think I have seen him roll that one out at most every show I attended. Hopefully it was the full band version you saw.

"Where the Streets Have No Name" is the perfect opening song. I am not sure I want them opening every show of every tour with that song, but I'd be 100% okay with them bringing it back as the opening song of this next tour.

"Red Hill Mining Town"... although I seem to recall way back when that Bono had problems hitting the high notes. If true, I guess it doesn't stand a chance now.

"Exit" may have been the best live song played on the Joshua Tree tour.

I'd go around to different record stores and pester the guys behind the counter about release dates...as if they really knew any more than I did. To this day I still comically remember reading of U2 shooting the video to their first single that Rolling Stone mistakenly called "Red Hell Mining...

I remember the days of running to the drug store the day the new issue of Rolling Stone was released, or waiting an hour for two minutes of MTV news just to get the latest U2 tid bits. That was where ya got your music news back the really. In a sort of Zoo TV ironic kinda way, the overload of...

I think that begs the question of how complete are the songs/albums that they have waiting in the wings with Rick Rubin, will.i.am, and perhaps others. They wouldn't necessarily be forced to start from scratch, although they still might opt to do that.

I too have pondered this as a possibility, particularly if the album is not received by the public to a level that meets the expectations of the band. If after this album and tour Bono/U2 truly deem the band to no longer be relevant, which in all honesty is quite possible, then...well...

If this is an ambitious album a la "Pop", "Achtung Baby", etc., they may feel it necessary to maximize rehearsal time. Afterall, it's easier to play "Magnificent" live than say "Mofo", for example. If this were a stripped down album, maybe they'd feel more at ease touring sooner than later...

Thanks. Perhaps I did confuse your comment about Bono setting the tracklisting with another poster. Your analysis as to why it is delayed fits in with my hunch that this may have been more of an administrative decision and perhaps some late track tweaking than anything else. Again, that was...

Fair enough. You had mentioned not long ago that Bono has just finished laying out the track order which of course would indicate that the album is finished. That would suggest to me that the reason for delaying it into March would not be for artistic reasons unless something drastic had...

Based on what you have been told, care to divulge why it is being pushed back?