phillyfan26 said:Edge did say, and I'm sure, that any tour after this couldn't top the Vertigo Tour, and a lot of people took that to mean they'd stop touring.
AtomicBono said:I think and hope the next tour will be 2008. I really think they can get an album out in fall 2007.
phillyfan26 said:Edge did say, and I'm sure, that any tour after this couldn't top the Vertigo Tour, and a lot of people took that to mean they'd stop touring.
macfesto said:That comment regarding Edge and touring sounds completely out of character.
LuvandPeace1980 said:
Axver said:Here's my optimistic prediction:
Late 2007: New album
Early 2008: Tour's 1st leg, North America
Mid 2008: Tour's 2nd leg, Europe
Late 2008: Tour's 3rd leg, North America
Early 2009: Tour's 4th leg, Latin America, Oceania, and Japan
For the pessimistic prediction, make everything a year later and remove the fourth leg.
Bono in Melb said:"John Lennon was once asked whether Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world, to which he responded "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles".
Blue Room said:I just dont see U2 gearing up for another tour a year from now. They are still on tour now. That is why I dont think there will be an album next year. If there is, my guess is they arent touring for it.
thatsnotmypuppy said:
Just to counter that, at this point all going to plan U2 would be 7 months into a vacation if they didn't have to postpone the tour - and as such, they could very well have pencilled in recording time for March/April 2007 - resulting in a late 2007 release. I wouldn't read too much into them being on tour right now as that wasnt originally part of their overall plan.
Just my two cents worth.
ramblin rose said:Well, the good news is that at least they're talking about the next tour.
From Willie's Diary
24.11.2006
Show day, Auckland.
It’s thirteen years since the last time U2 played in New Zealand. Joe and I have done shows here with R.E.M. since then, but even that seems like another lifetime now. The band came in for sound check and a noodle around, I think as much as anything to limber up and get a feel for where we are. This meant we had some time to kill between sound check and show countdown, so we continued a discussion that we have begun about (don’t laugh) “the next tour”. I think all of us can feel that whenever U2 goes out again, we need to advance the form to some degree. Now that every big touring show out there looks like a cross between ZooTV and PopMart, the onus appears to be on us to figure out what comes next. The alternative would be to continue in the same vein but when the parameters of the show remain the same, ultimately it becomes impossible not to repeat yourself. Take, for example, the last four Rolling Stones tours which, magnificent as they are, have very much settled into a consistent format. I’m not sure whether it’s possible for us to break the mould again, but whilst we are all together it seems like a good idea to talk about it, at least.
Back on the subject of today’s show, there was some debate about where to place One Tree Hill in the set. Given that the song hasn’t been played properly in public since about 1989, I was a little nervous about closing the show with it, just in case the wheels came off. Consequently, we put it before Sometimes, where it seemed the song would sit nicely.
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theu2fly said:The next DVD will be filmed in New York...