Adam is recovering from COVID in Dublin, and took calls for an hour. He confirmed that they have recordings that will be coming out between now and the new year but few details beyond that. Said they are looking forward to getting out on tour again when it happens.
Snippet from U2 songs on Twitter,Adam was on U2 radio X.
And he was wonderful! I heard part of it. We can discuss the small details all we want, I'm as guilty as anyone, but these are 4 of the most thoughtful, genuine, HUMAN people in the business. Period.
They truly love what they do and anyone who doesn't think they're still inspired isn't following the same band I am! I will never understand the idea popular with some here that they're somehow in reverse mode or going over old territory again. Quite the opposite. They're artists in the true sense of the word. This is what they do. If they're feeling different interpretations of older work and would like to present it in a fresh way, I'm all ears. Happily.
They really didn't nail the Fly until Vertigo (then it got better, IMO, on 360 and E&I). I think Wild Horses on E&I closing set 1 is the ultimate version of that song. As someone else mentioned earlier, the 2018 version of New Year's Day is quite good. How about the end of Exit on JT 30? I realize these examples are live, but I for one am excited to see that same energy brought to studio.
Overall, I just don't see what's wrong with leaning into the fact that they have one of the best back catalogs in history!! They're in their 60s! They don't mail in ANY show and if their only goal was to look back to the past as so many here accuse them of, they could've done half assed back catalog tours and remasters ONLY for literally 20 years by now!
Instead, they're always working on new projects. Maybe not on the timeline we'd like, but that's them, not us or anyone else. Maybe this stuff for the most part doesn't stand up to the classics. So what. There's still plenty of flashes of brilliance.
They have been working non-stop since 2013, on new material and innovative tours. Even this Surrender will be accompanied by what looks to be a very promising autobiography and followed up very quickly by an album of all new material.
WHAT MORE do people realistically want from them this last decade??!!
An aside, I just haven't been listening to much U2 for a while (no reason really) and the songs I heard on XM today were:
Sometimes
A Sort of Homecoming (live)
In God's Country
Acrobat
Discotheque
I got chills up my spine listening to every single one of them. Yes, very much including Sometimes!
Critical is fine. However, we don't step back and appreciate just how damn good this band is! And how lucky we are to still have them around- never mind at this level!