Originally posted by stj0691:[..]
I actually see that the opposite way. U2 fans not liking coldplay etc etc
But I can be wrong
AND
I can't wait for the new album!!!!!!!!
Following on from Bono's comments that 2009 will be their year, it's confirmed: there will definitely be no new U2 album this year.
A band insider confirmed to Hot Press that February 2009 is now the likely launch date for the band's long-awaited follow-up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. That new target was set, Hot Press understands, at meetings that have taken place over the past 36 hours in Nice, where the band have been based for the latter part of the summer.
"There's still some details to be decided before the date is confirmed one hundred percent, but that's the plan," the source confirmed.
Bono has already spoken about how U2 intend to make 2009 their year.
“This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again,” he enthuses. “We have what it takes, we have the songs, new rhythms and a guitar player who is not ready to re-enter earth's atmosphere until he's taken a slice of the moon!
Originally posted by yeah:Sorry for interrupting Coldplay debate No. 7391...
From Hot Press:
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Originally posted by QOther notable tracks include the eight-minute-long "Moment of Surrender" and "No Line on the Horizon," inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.
Originally posted by haytrain:[..]
Sounds pretty official. Oh well...I can wait that long.
Could we have a single before then? 
Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]
It's gonna be hard for me. February's a looooooooonnnnnnnnngggg way away!
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Absolutely, a month before the new album arrives a new single will be released. Maybe January 1, just like Window In The Skies.
That month or so between the first single and the album release is gonna be phenonemnal! The excitement in the air will be electric! 
Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]
Well then I think I could handle it.
Originally posted by zooTV4all:I think they have problems to come up with a decent title for the album. That's the reason for the delay.