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Joshua Tree Tour 2017
 Legs (3): Leg 1 - North America, Leg 2 - Europe, Leg 3 - The Americas
Shows: 52
  1. Fascinating stuff about Bono's lobbying efforts in this millennium. People criticized him for "making pacts with the devil", but the results are there. Tell that to the many people still living thanks to retrovirals and treatments they receive now.

    About the next album:
    Bono says that’s his plan now: He’s going to write songs as if they were the last ones he’ll ever write. He pauses for effect—hell, the man is Irish—and then says: “But I sure hope they’re not.”
  2. Based on previous tours, U2 generally has a 4-6 month time period between the release of an album and the start of the subsequent tour. If we assume this trend to hold true, if the album were ideally released tomorrow, we would have a tour starting between August and October. That being said, I think a summer album release and an autumn tour is the most ideal scenario we can get. If we consider the South American dates to be solid and assume the tour will start in South America, we'll most likely get the album in Autumn. I don't think it's a coincidence that Fender put together a small piece featuring The Edge, so hopefully we'll be getting some more news in the next couple months.

    On a slightly related note, we signs are good for a summer album release, we may see those Serigraphs soon.
  3. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    I don't know about that...it's an incredibly personal album, meaning that if you don't really know much about U2, it may not really resonate with you. Sure the songs are all accessible and listenable without knowing the "true stories" behind the writing, but not nearly as much as listening to many of their other albums.

    My main excitement from the album came from the notion that it was the album U2 had never made, an album that would speak to their fans more than anyone else. I saw the tracklisting while I was at work, before I could listen to any of the songs. Seeing titles like "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" and "Cedarwood Road", "Iris" - they immediately got me incredibly excited because it was like "holy shit, U2 finally made an incredibly open album".

    Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that this album could be the one that wins over a new fan, but saying it's one of U2's best albums to introduce people to the band might be a bit much (IMO). I'd always go with something like JT, AB, War, Boy, etc. before SoI. To me, SoI is like the album you get to AFTER becoming a massive U2 fan. You sort of have to earn your true understanding of it's importance in the U2 canon.
    This post -nevermind how offtopic it is- was incredible, Alex, and I think many of us can take it as ours. Very well said!
  4. If U2 decide to go outdoor in South America(inevitable), will they bring the outdoor tour to Europe?
  5. Don't be so sure. The rumor is that the Mexico City shows will be in an arena.
  6. But answering the question, I bet the next European leg will be outdoors.
  7. It would be cool if they do it like in the Joshua Tree tour where on big cities they do a show indoors followed by outdoor shows.
  8. It would be epic if the next European leg was outdoors. The chances of a Cardiff gig happening would be higher. That is no.1 on my 'U2 bucket list'.

  9. "Edge Plays Rugby Football 2"
  12. At least there will be an announcement "fairly soon," whatever that might be.
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