irishabroad.com: The next U2 album will be released this year, according to the band’s manager Paul McGuinness. He said the eagerly-awaited follow-up to All That You Can’t Leave Behind will hit the shops in November.
But he played down speculation that the band would embark on another huge stadium world tour. He said: “In the case of U2, it’s more a function of what kind of music they want to do, rather than what kind of box-office gross they want to achieve.
“Certainly playing indoors is much easier, and the logistics are much more controlled.
“If you’re going to take the audience to a big outdoor event, you’d really have to be doing something very, very good, and we would take that responsibility very seriously. “If we decide to go outdoors, it will be because it’s worth doing something on a grand scale.”
But he played down speculation that the band would embark on another huge stadium world tour. He said: “In the case of U2, it’s more a function of what kind of music they want to do, rather than what kind of box-office gross they want to achieve.
“Certainly playing indoors is much easier, and the logistics are much more controlled.
“If you’re going to take the audience to a big outdoor event, you’d really have to be doing something very, very good, and we would take that responsibility very seriously. “If we decide to go outdoors, it will be because it’s worth doing something on a grand scale.”
