February 17, 201411 yr Author Wee Daniel would have had 20 albums released in that time..... Wee Daniels wife Majella is ill , she has breast cancer, she's ok so far though which is great Edited February 17, 201411 yr by Sydney
February 17, 201411 yr Oh look. And here is the reason for the album delay. Ordinary Love is to blame! Full story here http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/...tor-album-delay
February 19, 201411 yr This new album is nowhere near finished, is it? <_< <_< <_< From http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/201...gs-to-be-right/ The Edge on U2’s Upcoming Album: “We Really Want the Songs to Be Right” 19 February 2014 U2 fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of the band’s next album, but they better not hold their breath. Guitarist The Edge admits they’re “in the studio still” and hints it may be a while, telling Rolling Stone, “We really want the songs to be right.” In an interview with the magazine, The Edge says the group has about 30 songs “that we’re excited about, in various states of being finished.” He says of those songs, “six or seven are mixed and ready to go” and that there is “a common thread” to the songs. “The period of music, in our lives and history, when we really came into being, turned on by music, the seeds that made us want to be in a band,” he says. The new album was expected out last December, but is now tentatively set for a summer debut. The Edge tells Rolling Stone, “We really want the songs to be right. That’s the only reason why we’re not on tour — because we’re so good at starting, not so good at finishing. That’s always the way it’s been.” Asked if the new album has a title, The Edge replies, “Not yet. We have a few. That’s the problem.” U2 flew back to Dublin following their Monday night appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The band performed their new tune “Invisible” on the frigid outdoor observation deck atop the 70-story GE building in NYC. After the outdoor performance, U2 retreated indoors to Fallon’s couch for their second-number, an acoustic version of their Oscar-nominated song “Ordinary Love” from the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
February 22, 201411 yr Author Is that a recurrence? I thought I heard ages ago she had cancer? :unsure: She had an Op & all is good, she was on tv last night. She said that Daniel is in Australia working & that he will take a step back from performing next year, he will be out for nearly two years.
February 23, 201411 yr Author A whole 2 years? That'll be him missing about 8 albums then! :o He still does bloomin well :o , his tours always sell out
February 25, 201411 yr Author U2 wants to avoid the 'esoteric' on new album, win an Oscar http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envel...y#axzz2uJ8gUfjM Gosh the boys are getting really old looking , Adam is the only one that's wearing well, I think it's the hair, he has not dyed it :mellow:
February 25, 201411 yr What about Edge? Does he dye his hair? Has he still got hair? He never takes his beany hat off so who knows???? :lol:
February 27, 201411 yr Author Bono Says New U2 Song 'Invisible' Not New Album Single On Tuesday Bono Says New U2 Song 'Invisible' Not New Album Single was a top story. Here is the recap: (Radio.com) Amongst the deluge of high-profile commercials that were showcased during this weekend's Super Bowl, a Bank of America spot featuring new U2 song, "Invisible," is amongst the most talked-about spots. The commercial, which introduced a new partnership between Bank of America and (RED), the global fund dedicated to eradicating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, features U2 performing their new song. The track is expected to be part of the band's much-anticipated new album, tentatively scheduled for a June release. "We're taking all the energy around the Super Bowl and interest in what U2′s doing and flipping it into the fight against HIV AIDS," Bono told USA Today. Bono also used the opportunity to announce that despite appearances and rumors to the contrary, "Invisible" is not the first official single from the new album. "We have another song we're excited about to kick off the album," Bono explained. "This is just sort of a sneak preview - to remind people we exist," adding that "it's the first one we finished" and that the group will be working on the full-length antimusic.com
February 27, 201411 yr Hah! I said as much. Too long a gap between 'Invisible' and the album. No way could it have been the lead single. -_-
March 5, 201411 yr Author Hah! I said as much. Too long a gap between 'Invisible' and the album. No way could it have been the lead single. -_- See !! I said it as well <_< Edited March 5, 201411 yr by Sydney
March 7, 201411 yr Author No U2 Album, Tour Until 2015 (Exclusive) http://i62.tinypic.com/r2q4c3.jpg Fresh off the Oscars, the band quietly delays its fall tour and album, while inviting Ryan Tedder and Paul Epworth into the studio The media blitz U2 has enjoyed during the first two months of 2014 has been virtually unrivaled - unless you're maybe Pharrell Williams and his Vivienne Westwood hat. Since mid-January, the band has performed at the Golden Globes, the premiere of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and the March 2 Academy Awards; appeared on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter; and starred in a Super Bowl commercial funded by Bank of America and (RED) that debuted the track "Invisible." Such momentum certainly signaled a proper return to music and touring was in the cards for U2 in 2014. The group had been diligently working with producer Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton) on an album still described as "unfinished" in mid-February to The Hollywood Reporter. Billboard has confirmed with multiple sources, however, that the album has now been pushed back until 2015, with the band recently scheduling additional sessions with producers Ryan Tedder and Paul Epworth. (Danger Mouse remains onboard as the project's central producer.) "It seems to be taking longer for them to finish an album as they get older, but the great thing about U2 is that the whole of a record is always better than the sum of its parts," says a source close to the project. "That magic that the band always seems to capture ... they have yet to capture it." While an Interscope representative maintains that with a release date never announced the album shouldn't be considered delayed, Billboard has learned that a tour initially on track for a mid-March announcement and September start date, booked by Live Nation's Global Touring division, will now begin in summer 2015. Delays are nothing new in the world of U2 - the band's 360° Tour, itself set back with postponements related to the making of 2009's No Line on the Horizon, went on to become the highest-grossing tour of all time, with more than $737 million in receipts from three legs in 2010 and 2011, according to Billboard Boxscore. Live Nation, which declined to comment for this story, would of course always love to have U2 dates on the books for any given year. But at best, the band would only have been on the road in the fourth quarter, and any dates that would have happened in 2014 will be made up next year. (Live Nation Entertainment had a record year in 2013, even without top-grossers U2 or Madonna on the road, reporting a whopping 19 percent increase in concert attendance and total revenue up 11 percent to $6.4 billion.) No one has struggled more with U2's living legacy than Bono himself, who's spoken about the next album (U2's 13th) and its many challenges in recent years. At a September 2011 press conference at the Toronto Film Festival, Bono, 53, feared the band was "really close to the edge of relevance," noting "there's a giant chasm between the very good and the great, and U2 right now has a danger of surrendering to the very good." He reiterated those sentiments to The Hollywood Reporter in February when he noted that "to be relevant is a lot harder than to be successful." Such remarks were no doubt prompted in part by 2009 album No Line on the Horizon's disappointing sales figures, which at 1.1 million units in the United States were a third of 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (3.3 million) and a fourth of 2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind (4.4 million), according to Nielsen SoundScan. And U2's first two new tracks since No Line on the Horizon, though never officially touted as singles, have both gotten off to relatively quiet starts. "Ordinary Love," the Oscar-nominated song composed for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, has sold 115,000 copies, peaking at No. 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 45 on the Digital Songs chart for the week ending March 2. "Invisible," initially launched through the Super Bowl, was downloaded for free 3 million times globally as part of a 24-hour campaign with iTunes, (RED) and Bank of America, thus making those downloads ineligible for Billboard's charts. The song has since started picking up steam at radio, peaking at No. 28 on the Alternative airplay chart and No. 15 on Rock Songs, with sales of 64,000 copies to date. Teaming with current hitmakers like Tedder and Epworth, both key players in Adele's best-selling 21, would appear to be U2's play to take a step back from the "edge of relevance," as Bono said. As does tapping Guy Oseary to take the day-to-day reins of management while longtime manager Paul McGuinness goes into semi-retirement. (Live Nation acquired Oseary's Maverick Entertainment and McGuinness' Principle Management in November for a reported $30 million.) Tedder, a previous U2 tourmate with his band OneRepublic, told Billboard in October that the current success of his group's spiritually minded "Counting Stars" was in line with the thoughts Bono shared with him about U2's approach to songwriting. "He said, 'I feel a responsibility to actually write and sing about things that have a level of human gravity to them,'" Tedder recalled, adding, "I have a feeling I'll be around [bono] a lot more in the coming years." Billboard.com
March 8, 201411 yr I just read about the album/tour delay earlier today....sounds as if they're not happy with it, going through to tweak it some...
March 8, 201411 yr *wheels in for Jups 3 55 gallon drums of Bailey's to drown her Irish ire at the lads of U2....*
March 9, 201411 yr Author In other words they have run out of ideas .... how long more can we hang on :cry:
March 9, 201411 yr Author A very impassioned plea to U2 .... please read this ... https://twitter.com/atu2/status/442509549941972992/photo/1 Edited March 9, 201411 yr by Sydney
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