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

Originally posted by stj0691:I have a feeling we'll be hearing from the boys by Nov 18th (when the album supposedly was gonna come out)

Originally posted by stj0691

So if they've "understood" the world, mortality and whatnot, what's this next album about? Old age? In the words of Keith Moon, talking about "Tommy" (something about a geezer...)

So, I then learned the Who are working on a non-conventional Who album. Odd, since my favorite band always had a theme in their music.

That got me to think this:
Wait, so if they're not a theme band, then why did rmann83 list a common theme in all the songs pertaining to their album? Are U2 going to work on a rock opera (just throwing that out there).

Originally posted by AllBecauseOfU2:From an Interference post:

"A good friend was at the event in Half Moon Bay. As the newspaper account said, it was the annual meeting for Elevation.

They played 2 tracks off of the new album and spoke about the creative / song writing process. Bono and Edge were being interviewed (a la a fireside chat) by a music journalist (my friend didnt recall who the journalist was). They did say at the event the album would be out "in the early part of 2009"

Elevation's limited partners (ie, the people who give Bono and Roger McNamee and the group their money - usually endowments and pension fund managers) were in the room.

Despite working closely with Elevation, my friend is shockingly/disappointingly not a huge U2 fan so he didnt have much detail on the new songs that were played over the PA system other than to say they were "mid-tempo" and sounded "cool".

As an aside, Bono supposedly is pretty active at Elevation - including dialing in to their weekly investment review call on Mondays...even when he is on tour.

The whole thing lasted a couple of hours."

http://u2.interference.com/f196/

Originally posted by thefly07:[..]

lol definitely an interesting concept. so does this mean that we have a concept album on our hands? I kind of hope not, at least not a traditional concept album. I'm fine with album's having over all themes like Achtung Baby, but wouldn't call it a concept album

Originally posted by yeah:[..]

The article just says that he was chosen to act in all new videos for the singles taken off the new album.

And yes, that's him. Watch La Haine if you get the chance. Amazing movie.

Originally posted by Yogi:Anyone remembers McGuinness talking about U2's new album cover? Maybe he was talking about thing called e-ink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ink

How does this work in reality? Video: [YouTube Video]

Fuckin' awesome if you ask me.

Originally posted by Yogi:Anyone remembers McGuinness talking about U2's new album cover? Maybe he was talking about thing called e-ink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ink

How does this work in reality? Video: [YouTube Video]

Fuckin' awesome if you ask me.

Originally posted by roxrios:[..]

If I may add a third to that !!!!

In U2 album release years, it's really not that far away!!!

So close, Yet so Far!!!

Originally posted by ad87:[..]

at least 8 months...such a long time

Originally posted by kisho8:Anyone thinks that the remasters will delay the new album release ? or im being pessimistic

Originally posted by AllBeacauseOfZoo:[..]

Any day now then!!!

Originally posted by bones44044:All I want to say is that I love november . birhtday Nov 24. what a great treat every couple of years a new album is released right around my birthday . and every coulpe of years here in the states Thanksgiving falls on my b-day so I get a big ass meal cooked for me and I can pig out and listen to U2 all day

Originally posted by palmito:yeah, great news, I can't wait, it will be long to november!

Originally posted by markp91:[..]

Because it's exactly in between of end October, begin November...

Originally posted by dieder:about the date of release... look at this:

--link removed-- germcevoy

release date october 31

Originally posted by yeah:[..]

Albums in Germany are released on Fridays, so the 14th would make sense...

Originally posted by markp91:[..]
If we knew back then what we know now...

Poverty campaign inspires new U2 song, says Bono


WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - When 116 million people recently stood up against worldwide poverty, their coordinated cry failed to make big headlines -- but they did inspire Irish rocker and activist Bono to write a new song for his group U2.

In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Bono said the Stand Up and Take Action campaign in 131 countries had moved him to start creating a song called "Stand Up".

"It's not finished yet but it's inspired by this concept of stand up. It's a little diamond, though," Bono said, speaking by telephone from Los Angeles.

"It's not a 'let's hold hands and the world is a better place sort of song.' It's more kick down the door of your own hypocrisy," he said.

Organizers said the 116 million people who called on global leaders not to forget their promise to reduce world poverty and hunger by 2015, represented nearly two percent of the world's population and was a Guinness World Record "for the biggest mass mobilization on a single issue".

World leaders set a series of agreed targets on poverty, education, health, equality and malnutrition known as Millennium Development Goals or MDGs, eight years ago.

But developing countries fear rich nations will use the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression as an excuse to scale down their promises.

African leaders have already accused rich donor nations of not keeping to their aid commitments, which has become critical to combat the effects of higher world food prices.

"Although they were not a legal contract, and we wish they were, there is a moral contract that was made," Bono said.

"To break a promise to yourself, to your partner, to your family, a politician to his constituents, are all bad things to do -- but it's a heinous crime to make a promise to the poorest most vulnerable people on earth and break it. That's just not acceptable," he said.

He said while the MDGs may be "the worst acronym in the history of activism," the Stand Up and Take Action events around the world on Oct 17 to 19 showed that people knew what they stand for.

"The numbers show that people are aware that those promises were made and why politicians can't think 'oh we can get away with it because no one really knows about it'" Bono said.

For years, Bono has used his celebrity to raise money and draw attention to global poverty and highlight how aid, when used properly, can help prevent and treat diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS.

"It is dreadful to think that we could take the foot off the pedal at our end and they run out of road on theirs," he said of concerns that less aid will slow Africa's progress.

Still, Bono said the region had demonstrated significant economic potential after several years of strong economic growth, led by a new generation of leaders.

"I have faith in Africans who are becoming very adept at this balancing act between necessary aid flows and realizing that business, commerce and investment can take you out of catastrophe," said Bono.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton. Editing by Alan Elsner)

Originally posted by yeah:http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN22407329.html
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"It's not finished yet but it's inspired by this concept of stand up. It's a little diamond, though," Bono said, speaking by telephone from Los Angeles.