Discussion of U2's future: new singles, new tour, etc.

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Instead of chopping it down...or let's say, U2 will launch their atomic bomb, the one they couldn't dismantle

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Instead of chopping it down...or let's say, U2 will launch their atomic bomb, the one they couldn't dismantle

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

Instead of chopping it down...or let's say, U2 will launch their atomic bomb, the one they couldn't dismantle

Originally posted by Ali709[..]

So are they calling the new album : "How to launch an atomic bomb"?

Originally posted by rmann83Well hello you lot.

Ali I've been very good and i've been very bad. A trip through some of the world's most beautiful countries has a way of breathing new life into you. It's feels like opening all the windows in your house/life and letting a fresh breeze in. But, see recently I'm hitting my 'Fly' phase in life and have been acting like a spoiled rockstar even though I'm not spoiled or a rockstar.
Is this a bad thing? No dude, life couldn't be better
How you doin?

Yogi you and me, same page my friend. U2 is not a theme band, they're not a concept band and they're definitely not a trilogy band. In fact HTDAAB is no sequel to ATYCLB, its got a completely different feel and a whole different color of sunglasses to it.
The only sequels U2 have made were R&H and Zooropa, both on the road albums, far from this next one. But if that's the quality of their sequels, I wouldn't mind another one, would you?

No, I think Bono's done with the cold, dark and heavy. U2's whole career lyrically seems to arc with life itself. We got the wide-eyed baby 'Boy', the burning coming of age in 'War', adolescent and understanding teens in 'Unforgettable Fire', building, searching and making of oneself in 'Joshua Tree' and the flourescent turbulence, tumble and up-down, static-in-the-airwaves freefall through your adult life with 'Zootopia + Pop' (my current phase thankyaveramuch)
The mid-life understanding, mortality and appreciation that would come with age (I imagine)is where 'ATYCLB' found its voice and 'HTDAAB' was a broad look, not only to the world and what it is but a look back at yourself and what you are and where you came from (giving the album a sense of duality which was nice).

No, Bono has never backtracked lyrically and I wouldn't imagine he would with the next (SUPERNOVA!!!) album. The clues are in where he is with his life and I imagine its the sense of his newfound appreciation with music and what it can do to you and what you can see through it . Africa is no doubt playing on his mind and will surface in one form or another in the next album for sure and despite how everyone else feels about that, for that I couldn't be happier.

Because does anyone else remember the effect Africa's beautifully rich light and shadow of poverty cast on Bono? Something about desert plains and dust clouds dissappearing...?

Originally posted by germcevoyExciting but not very believable

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Everything you know is wrong.

Originally posted by germcevoyhttp://www.u2exit.com/2002/02/u2tourscom_rumors_of_an_upcoming_european_tour.php

further rumors. About a European stadium tour. Exciting but not very believable

Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

They will perform for sure...whether it is one night or one month, these rumors must come from somewhere...

Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

from Willie Williams apparently. A stadium tour with no word on the new record? A stadium pre-tour? Something doesn't click