Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I know it's been 3 years since No Line, but does anybody else feel like they can wait a bit longer? To me it feels like U2 JUST got off the road still, and that asking for music at this point would be early or something. I know it shouldn't take years after a tour finishes to write 11 songs, but I dunno. As with anything else, especially U2, these things take time. Look at The Killers, they haven't been on tour since like 2010, and haven't released an album since 2008, and there still isn't any concrete word from them when we'll hear from them next. I feel like at this point I'm still enjoying a little bit of a break from U2.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I know it's been 3 years since No Line, but does anybody else feel like they can wait a bit longer? To me it feels like U2 JUST got off the road still, and that asking for music at this point would be early or something. I know it shouldn't take years after a tour finishes to write 11 songs, but I dunno. As with anything else, especially U2, these things take time. Look at The Killers, they haven't been on tour since like 2010, and haven't released an album since 2008, and there still isn't any concrete word from them when we'll hear from them next. I feel like at this point I'm still enjoying a little bit of a break from U2.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I know it's been 3 years since No Line, but does anybody else feel like they can wait a bit longer? To me it feels like U2 JUST got off the road still, and that asking for music at this point would be early or something. I know it shouldn't take years after a tour finishes to write 11 songs, but I dunno. As with anything else, especially U2, these things take time. Look at The Killers, they haven't been on tour since like 2010, and haven't released an album since 2008, and there still isn't any concrete word from them when we'll hear from them next. I feel like at this point I'm still enjoying a little bit of a break from U2.
Originally posted by aussiemofo:[..]
No a new album couldn't come sooner imo. They average about a 3-4 year break. End of the year would be a good release date for me. They're not getting any younger so the more albums of high quality they can produce before they throw in the towel the better as far as I'm concerned. If you look back at their early days and even into the early 90's, they were pretty quick follow-ups. They boast how they have all this unused material now. Well let's see it. I don't think they should feel obligated to quickly follow the new album up with a tour straight off the bat. They can let it go a while if they want and maybe tour on second quick follow up album.