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I guess Bono's version of a "fuck off" tone is very different from everyone else's.
That was a good interview though. I enjoyed reading the other discussion points.
What difference does the number of songs make in this day and age with the way most people get their music?
Wouldn't SOE have to be a 2017 release if they already have venues booked for the tour??
If its just a matter of mixing the album(Songs Of Experience) and whether 12 or 15 songs are on it and in what order then I think the album will be released before the end of 2017.
SOE...
It's coming soon......all signs point to this......U2 are great marketers...(as well as procrastinators and perfectionists)...
Be patient my young padawans...be patient...
Wouldn't SOE have to be a 2017 release if they already have venues booked for the tour??
Unofficial upload.Also, did anyone notice that The Little Things clip from Kimmel is embedded in the RS interview? Didn't know it was back on YouTube.
Sorry if that's old news.
Why is 2018 a best-case scenario? We haven't heard anything concrete about a JT tour extension, and as it stands they will be available after August 1 to work on SOE if necessary. I'm guessing they've already made headway on album photography/art so it's really about finalizing that, making a video, and choosing which songs to cut.
He literally says in the interview that they need to prune some of the songs, and that the track listing isn't set yet. That sounds like final-stage language to me and that there isn't much, if any, recording left to do.
Steve Lillywhite was brought back to finish it off?
So we didn't want to go in and make that mistake again, so we went in and played the songs again. Steve is the best guy for recording us in the studio with the band playing live, so that's what happened.
Notice he's speaking in the past-tense?
Of course, this is subject to veto by anyone in the band, particularly Edge. Which is why Bono says he's hoping for this year.
Aight, lets get back to talking about Mercy.
The tone seems to be that Bono thinks it's done, and that we're it up to him it'd be out this year, if not last year. But clearly what Bono wants doesn't mean it will happen.
All signs are pointing to the album NOT coming out in 2017. They have said there's more to do. I doubt they work on it much, if at all, during the course of this 3 month tour. After the tour ends on August 1, they'll probably take a couple months off for vacation, work on it some more in the fall, and then roll it out next spring. The only way the album is coming out in 2017 is if it's already done, which I don't think it is. All we need is that final nail in the coffin, when they announce the South American leg as being part of the JT Tour.
I'd bet the farm on a 2018 release. (I actually do own a farm, so I can say that!)