Originally posted by thefly07:[..]
the clips of music they used are the best things i've heard so far....that clip where they first show them in NY. Is that Stand Up? if so my feelings for that song have drastically improved!
Originally posted by drewhiggins:There's supposedly enough material for another six albums; because they recorded that much.
Originally posted by nowiamthemaster:[..]
Yeah, but actually getting around to releasing them is the trick. Hearing Bono say that's potentially on the cards, even maybe later this year, is all good news!! Gets away from the staid 4-year formula of release, tour, record, release etc.
Originally posted by drewhiggins:[..]
And there's no reason why little EPs of five or six songs (no remixes or live B-sides), whether digitally or physically, can't be released every few months. It gets people excited about the music and always have new stuff to play on tour - which can only be a good thing.
I hope they follow through - it would be a great thing.
Originally posted by nowiamthemaster:[..]
Couldn't agree more - EPs, new songs, lesser timeframe - bring it on!!
U2's private gig for three amazed fans
Observer, February 15, 2009
Henry McDonald
Three Central American U2 fans who delivered a 60,000-name petition pleading for the band to play in El Salvador were rewarded last week with a private concert. The planet's biggest rock group played a short impromptu gig for the trio in Dublin last Thursday evening.
Frankie Rivas, a DJ and exile from El Salvador during the country's civil war of the 1980s, said: "We were meeting on Thursday with U2's publicist in Dublin, Lindsey Holmes, when she turned around and said, 'Would you like to go and see the band's studio?' We didn't think for one moment that we were actually going to meet the guys.
"When we got there Bono and the lads said hello and all of us were stunned. Then they played [new songs] 'No Line on the Horizon' and 'Breathe' for us. I couldn't believe it." He said the band had refused to give an answer as to the possibility of playing El Salvador on the world tour but would think about it.
Rivas described having a private audience with U2 as "a truly amazing experience." He co-runs a campaign back in El Salvador called "U2 Veni" or "U2, come here."
U2 are adored in El Salvador because they dedicated a song -- "Bullet the Blue Sky" -- to the country and the plight of its people during its bloody civil war on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
"Back home at present 'U2 Veni' is a national campaign. The slogan is all over billboards, taxis and newspapers. We are currently aiming to get one million online signatures to petition U2 to come over to El Salvador," Rivas added.
© Observer 2009.
Originally posted by drewhiggins:How cool is this?
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Originally posted by markp91:[..]
What about a full album every year, without having an immense tour? Just release the thing, play 20 shows (few in America, few in Europe, etc.) and have a real tour every four years...
Just a thought.