New Album Discussion 1 - Songs of..... - Unreasonable guitar album

[DaveC]

i 100% would have spent all my money to see these shows if U2 had travis barker on drums. alas

[DeVaul]

Bill Berry would’ve been something

[DeVaul]

Originally Posted by clerks

you're all being a bunch of overhang bitches.

Proudly, I might add

[ascender_RS]

U2 always have tons of material to start with but that's never been a reliable indicator as to how long it will actually take for it to see the light of day.

I do think we're going to be in to a productive period for the band with an album and proper tour next year. This year has clearly been setup to allow Larry to recover properly.

That said, I do think there's a chance of what Headache says coming to fruition in an album or two's time.

[ascender_RS]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

And you know that Larry approved him because...

I'm guessing his cut of the £10M (or whatever it is) appearance fee for The Overhang Sphere helped soften any objections he may have had.

I'm still in the camp that this whole Larry thing has been handled badly from the outset which is weird for a band who should have the best PR people in the world advising them.

Combine that with their secrecy about everything and it's no wonder people have continued to speculate. But if Larry was really unhappy and going to quit, I think they would have mentioned it - the Vegas run would be an ideal time to announce if the new guy was a permanent fixture or not. An easy introduction to the band and fans by playing AB and all the hits... Then in to the studio.

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by Headache in a Suitcase

And you know that Larry approved him because...

Brad Stevens told him so

[Gonna Run 2 U]

Originally Posted by ascender_RS

I'm guessing his cut of the £10M (or whatever it is) appearance fee for The Overhang Sphere helped soften any objections he may have had.



I'm still in the camp that this whole Larry thing has been handled badly from the outset which is weird for a band who should have the best PR people in the world advising them.



Combine that with their secrecy about everything and it's no wonder people have continued to speculate. But if Larry was really unhappy and going to quit, I think they would have mentioned it - the Vegas run would be an ideal time to announce if the new guy was a permanent fixture or not. An easy introduction to the band and fans by playing AB and all the hits... Then in to the studio.

The thing is, this still can be the introduction by the band and then into the studio. If Bono wants unreasonable guitars and this guy can do unreasonable drum fills that add another level into u2’s sound, it might at least slightly interest the band if Larry doesn’t want to go on.

Is there any video out there with this guys drum skills?

[Hewson]

Originally Posted by Gonna Run 2 U

Is there any video out there with this guys drum skills?

[DeVaul]

Brammy’s Gonna Play For Your Smashed Arms

[ferball415]

Originally Posted by ascender_RS

I do think we're going to be in to a productive period for the band with an album and proper tour next year. This year has clearly been setup to allow Larry to recover properly.

Unless I missed or forgot a particular quote or two, I don't see an album in 2024--the rest of this year is probably more or less going to Sphere rehearsals, and Larry recovering, so it probably doesn't even get "properly" started until early next year.

That being said, yea didn't some permutation of them say something about wanting a full tour next year? I don't know. In their case, (but not say, Pearl Jam's) that requires an album.

[JamietheEdgefan]

Based on the initial rumours of SoS releasing in November '22, a new album in March '23, stadium tour summer '23, and a few different reports last year of new album work being largely complete, only for all those rumours to all go out the window very suddenly, I do wonder if they essentially have an album ready to go, but had to put it on ice to let Larry recover.

Admittedly they were only rumours, but it doesn't seem that implausible that they'd have a new album largely finished 5+ years after the last one came out. Also doesn't seem implausible that they'd keep that under wraps, rather than eventually release it around 2024 and say "yeah we finished this a year ago but Larry wasn't ready so we had to let it gather dust".

If there was any truth to those reports, then once Larry is ready to perform again, they could in theory drop a new album fairly quickly.

[JamietheEdgefan]

Of course, Bono's talk of still searching for a producer, and Adam saying they haven't really started does go against all that. But I wonder if those more recent comments might refer to re-recording the new material they have, to give it that raw, 70s rock sound they're apparently after. They have a precedent for that with SoE, after all. And it wouldn't (necessarily) take nearly as long as starting/writing from scratch.

[ferball415]

No but this century they've gone: 4 years, 4.33 years, 5.5 years, 3.25 years, and now going on 5.5 years again (excluding SOS) between albums--one wonders if they sort of feel like SOS has bought them time to the kick a bit further on a "proper" studio album.

Regardless of their typical tinkering, Larry's health is obviously a real wild card this time.

[dan_smee]

Originally Posted by JamietheEdgefan

Based on the initial rumours of SoS releasing in November '22, a new album in March '23, stadium tour summer '23, and a few different reports last year of new album work being largely complete, only for all those rumours to all go out the window very suddenly, I do wonder if they essentially have an album ready to go, but had to put it on ice to let Larry recover.

Admittedly they were only rumours, but it doesn't seem that implausible that they'd have a new album largely finished 5+ years after the last one came out. Also doesn't seem implausible that they'd keep that under wraps, rather than eventually release it around 2024 and say "yeah we finished this a year ago but Larry wasn't ready so we had to let it gather dust".

If there was any truth to those reports, then once Larry is ready to perform again, they could in theory drop a new album fairly quickly.

This is kind of where I’m coming from. The quotes we are seeing are a preferable message to “we are ready, but Larry is crocked”.

I think that because they are always writing, there is every chance they have added to an album that was completely/largely finished based on the U2songs rumours, and they don’t yet have a producer/plans for Larry being in the studio to record the new material they have written with the unreasonable guitars.

This is u2 and they may “hit a rich vein” and just write a whole new thing. But I just can’t see them not having anything done over the 5.5 years in the way of new music when rumours 6 months ago were that an album was in the can be being released March 2023.

[DeVaul]

It wouldn’t be a modern U2 album if they didn’t second guess it five times while beating the spark out of it with 3 different producers.

[ascender_RS]

Yeah sorry, I lost track of the years (its an age thing)... 2025 for an album and tour would be the realistic dates but I guess there's a very slim chance of an album towards the end of next year?

In amongst the tens of "songs" they always have on the go, there's bound to be some which are close to being fully formed and could be recorded quickly, but its about the collection of songs that make up the album and where the band's collective head is at.

Between rehearsals and gigs, with Bono's solo stuff just wrapping up, nothing else is going to happen this year though.

[DeVaul]

Originally Posted by ascender_RS

Yeah sorry, I lost track of the years (its an age thing)... 2025 for an album and tour would be the realistic dates but I guess there's a very slim chance of an album towards the end of next year?

I feel like once the album is done, release will depend on tour timing… which itself will depend on if they’re booking stadium vs arena.

[ferball415]

And for every album/tour this century besides NLOTH/360, it's been album release in autumn/tour the following spring.

[DeVaul]

Originally Posted by ferball415

And for every album/tour this century besides NLOTH/360, it's been album release in autumn/tour the following spring.

Kinda what I was leading into, weather being a factor against a possible stadium run depending on where they wanted to start it.

[ferball415]

Originally Posted by DeVaul

Kinda what I was leading into, weather being a factor against a possible stadium run depending on where they wanted to start it.

Yea. But you don't see a legit tour until '25 at earliest, right?