cseggleton
War Child
If they can ever figure all of this out they have a chance to be a really good band….maybe even great.
New Album Discussion 1 - Songs of..... - Unreasonable guitar album
- Thread starter dan_smee
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
Uh.. no.
Do you know the Larry situation ?
Maybe. Neil can say a lot of things. Doesnt mean it will happen.
Do you?
david
ONE love, blood, life
Bono knows the muffin man.
Who lives on Cedarwood Road?
super fly guy
New Yorker
Adam saying they won't decide what to do next until after the sphere,and they see what's happening with Larry. So likely new album late 2024?
Hewson
Blue Crack Supplier
2027 it is.
What did he actually say, that's a bit worrying if they're assessing Larry's situation... hope it isn't concerns that he won't be able to play and quits.
super fly guy
New Yorker
It merely sounds like they can't decide what to do next until they know for sure what the deal is with Lar Lar.
OP
OP
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
This is exceptionally wishful thinking, but considering last new album was 2017… this could mean flipping the release order of SOA and the guitar album. Unlikely to tour extensively off SOA. They could drop it while they record guitar album - so SOA March 2024, some Bono/Edge promo stuff, and songs of filthy guitars Nov 24/Mar 25.
Methinks they’ll want to tour both. If they line up the releases they could conceivably get a stadium run and an arena run similar to JT30/I+E. Moreover, Vegas buys them some time. Kennedy Center Honors, Bono’s book and book tour, SOS release and then they do the Vegas dates and that’s all roughly within a 12 month span.
They could take 2024 out of the public eye and be back in 2025 with *something* but it all comes down to Larry.
ascender_RS
Refugee
Yip, they've been pretty consistent on this point at least. With Bono's shows, rehearsals either side for the Sphere shows and then those shows, that's going to be all of this year taken up.
Assuming Larry is then fit and raring to go, I'm going to guess next year will be recording the album, so release and tour to come the year after.
Gonna Run 2 U
New Yorker
Additional 7 dates added to Vegas. Sorry Adam looks like you’re not getting this out of the way so quickly. $$$.
plan has always been to do shows from 9/29 through the second week of november.
they just held off on adding the other 7 shows because, um, they're dumb? maybe? i dunno
they just held off on adding the other 7 shows because, um, they're dumb? maybe? i dunno
OP
OP
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Original rumours were up to 12 shows - adding the Wednesdays from the start is interesting. 12 shows and we haven’t hit November yet.
my guess is this... they committed to 12 shows, and will hit the 12 - but left some space open to add more if demand allows.
but, at the same time, if demand doesn't allow? they want to be in and out and not hanging around fabulous las vegas nevada into november for a show here, a show there - thus the approach they've taken here.
And the registration approach lets them see demand before a single ticket is sold.
Yup.
I've been saying since these rumors first started that the people who thought this shit was going to be at least a grand to get in the door were nuts.
It's a 20,000 seat arena. Even the band wanted to make sure tickets would sell before going all in.
OP
OP
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
One of the guitar magazines interviewed edge in the last couple of weeks and he mentioned that they have “tons” of new material to pick from for the new album. I don’t think they are starting from scratch - maybe they just think SOA on the back of SOS might be a bit too mellow and they are mining their unreleased catalogues for a more update release. Either way, after 6 years of no new music I’m sure they will drop something next year.
All comes down to Larry’s readiness. Will they go work in the studio without him able to play?
OP
OP
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I’m sure there’s lots they can progress in terms of writing and demoing. And if there’s stuff from the last few years they’ve put on tape they will certainly have a jumping off point. I think we can be hopeful that Jan 2024 isn’t the very start of the process.
Flying FuManchu
New Yorker
“I’m not sure U2 are going to turn into AC/DC exactly," Edge warns, tempering expectations fuelled by Bono recently that he might pull an Angus Young on the next album.
"I’ll still be trying to find ways to use the instrument that are new and unfamiliar. But I’m absolutely convinced that the guitar is going to be front and centre within mainstream music culture in a year or two, and I want to be part of that revival.”
I wonder what Edge is listening to for him to believe that guitar is going to make a comeback in today’s pro tools- hip hop world? Any guitar resurgence seems related to the niche instagram/ TikTok virtuosos or church worship music crowd.
Unless Edge was listening to this https://youtu.be/kwbJrxxqDtI
And was thinking to himself, U2 can do something more interesting than the above.
"I’ll still be trying to find ways to use the instrument that are new and unfamiliar. But I’m absolutely convinced that the guitar is going to be front and centre within mainstream music culture in a year or two, and I want to be part of that revival.”
I wonder what Edge is listening to for him to believe that guitar is going to make a comeback in today’s pro tools- hip hop world? Any guitar resurgence seems related to the niche instagram/ TikTok virtuosos or church worship music crowd.
Unless Edge was listening to this https://youtu.be/kwbJrxxqDtI
And was thinking to himself, U2 can do something more interesting than the above.
Flying FuManchu
New Yorker
By the way, in retrospect, ATYCLB or HTDAAB were probably the last interesting Edge guitar moments!
too bad bono vomited all over the track.
Similar threads
- Locked
