last unicorn
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I agree with a lot of what Ernie is saying, but I don't believe they "booked" the Super Bowl and Fallon in advance if they didn't have a release date for that album. That would be crazy. And changing plans afterwards would be even more crazy. It's not like they said: Hey, we won't have an album to announce, so how about doing something for (RED), maybe we can at least use one song from the album that's ready now? I don't believe they would do it. Invisible for (RED) was in the works before any album release date discussion, maybe there were plans to announce the album release around the time Invisible was released, or maybe there was also talk about making Invisible the first real album single, but I don't think the (RED) thing was a filler. IMO, album and (RED) were two different things and U2 would never have tied the album announcement to the (RED) thing on the Super Bowl.
As for Fallon, as far as I know it was arranged in January. U2 knew there wouldn't be an album in March or April in January. I think Fallon, being a big fan, just asked them and they accepted, album or no album. But OF COURSE there is still the chance of an album announcement (release date, title, first single) on Feb 17.
As for Fallon, as far as I know it was arranged in January. U2 knew there wouldn't be an album in March or April in January. I think Fallon, being a big fan, just asked them and they accepted, album or no album. But OF COURSE there is still the chance of an album announcement (release date, title, first single) on Feb 17.