BBC– It’s official. U2 are back in the studio making new music, after a gap of eight years. The four-piece had been on an extended break, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr recovered from neck surgery. Prompted by years of onstage damage to his “elbows, knees and neck”, it stopped him recording new material (2023’s Atomic […]
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U2 frontman Bono has shared a further update on their forthcoming new album, reiterating that it will be “an unreasonable guitar record”. It comes over a year after he previously expressed his desire to release “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album”, citing AC/DC as an influence. Now in a new interview, he has also said […]
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Bono Wants U2 to Make a “Noisy, Uncompromising, Unreasonable Guitar Album” U2 have nearly finished the new album Songs of Ascent, but according to Bono, “we’re not putting [it] out.” Instead, he told the New York Times, he wants to “make our fuck-off rock ‘n’ roll album.” Bono clarified that when it came to Songs […]
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“We are firmly locked in the tower of song and working away on a bunch of new things,” said U2’s Edge, while working on a new song with bassist Adam Clayton. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of U2’s seventh album Achtung Baby, the band is already well into a follow-up to their 2017 release, Songs of […]
Read More U2 band member The Edge has revealed that he was working on new material with Bono before the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on The Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 2, The Edge explained that he had to decide quickly where he was going to spend lockdown. ”I was actually working on some new songs with […]
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The Irish band are busy preparing for the next leg of The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 but have reportedly began work on a new album. It’s news that could go some way to quashing any notion of the group potentially retiring with Bono previously hinting that U2 could look to wind things down. According to […]
Read MoreBono revealed to the Spanish fan group ‘U2 en Espana’ that a new album and tour are in the works. “It’s [the new record] not finished yet but you will like it. In terms of lyrics it is stronger than WAR, it has more clarity,” Bono said. “The second part of the tour is for […]
Read MoreSo who saw that coming? Not this guy, that’s for sure. For those of you who aren’t in the know, U2 just released their long-awaited (and I do mean LONG) 13th studio album “Songs Of Innocence” for free on iTunes. This Earth-shattering announcement followed immediately after a simply awesome performance of new song “The Miracle […]
Read MoreThe New York Times has reported that U2 will play a significant roll in Tuesdays Apple event. Citing sources close to the event U2 will be performing and announce album plans: “Extending a decade-long connection with Apple, U2 will play a significant part in Apple’s event, which will be held at a performing arts center in […]
Read MoreWe are quickly reaching the end of August and the U2 new album rumors are as hot and heavy as ever. Rumor is that U2 could be in LA this week. “U2 is recording some material” according to The Edge’s cousin Ciara Lawrence who tweeted about this on August 22 2014. But as with all informative tweets related to the new […]
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