1. Originally posted by zooropa93:A TFI Friday special was on tonight in the UK, a few related pics on the wall but no mention... Watched The Grand Madness straight after though, haven't seen for 18 years, how cool were they back then?


    Aren't they just. A brilliant interview with a great atmosphere.
  2. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ct-u2-interview-united-center-bono-20150622-column.html#page=1

    So U2 decided to shake things up in a big way this time and work with current hit-making producers such as Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton (who has worked with the Black Keys and Gnarls Barkley), Ryan Tedder (Beyonce, Madonna) and Paul Epworth (Adele). The quartet tinkered off and on for years to get the songs into coherent shape. Finally, it winnowed the many ideas to a single 11-song album, with a follow-up studio album tentatively scheduled for release next year.

    [...]

    "If I'm honest, there is something about the sound of the record that is a little too organized," Bono says in a separate interview. "That's what happens when you're too long in the studio."


  3. Now that they're in Chicago, every time this thread gets bumped my heart skips a beat
  4. I wouldn't hope much in terms of rehearsing something new, but if you want to keep your hopes up about they trying something new after this week long break, then there's a chance that they worked on the "big picture", trying to see how x or y song fits into the setlist and probably working out the visuals/FX needed for it.

    And if it wasn't completed for Chicago, at least there's a chance that they worked on it so we get something different later in the tour.