Sweet! We all kinda figured it would come out in March, but it's nice to hear some somewhat official word. I know that it's all hearsay, but it's not the kind of hearsay someone would really lie about. Anyway, great news. Let's look at U2's history of releasing albums.
Boy- October 1980
October - October 1981
War - March 1983
UF- October 1984
JT- March 1987
RH- October 1988
AB- November 1991
Zooropa- July 1993
Pop- March 1997
80-90- November 1998
ATYCLB- October 2000
90-00- November 2002
So as you can see, U2 release their albums either in March, or October/November. Zooropa is the oddball, but oh well. These are the two best times to release albums, as marketing research shows.
I hope it's on March 15th (World) and March 16th (USA). I live in the USA, and march 16th is my birthday. That'd be great. However, March 2nd would be better, cause I'd get it two weeks earlier. I'm sick of waiting. Just get it to my CD player as soon as possible!