Originally posted by bazzzz:i think after next tour they will make in 2021 an Achtung Baby 30th anniversary tour and in the same year "song of ascent" new and last record with tour like jtt and soe.
Afterwards only unplugged concerts. They will never stop like Rolling Stones, imo
Originally posted by sparko:Their current Live Nation contract ends in 2020. As much as I love the idea of getting another 2 albums before they call it a day, I guess we can call ourselves very lucky, if we will get even one album.
They actually back then planned taking i+e outdoors, so that might happen in 2019 then. Or at least, they will use 2019 to finally take that i+e stage to the rest of the world (South Africa, South America, Oceania).
That would leave just one more year for another album & final tour. We all know U2, we know they need several years to produce anything.
The idea of stretching it up until the 50th anniversary sounds nice, but I don't know if they would do that. Quite actually I have a feeling, they realised their time's running out, they don't live forever, and they are not in their 20s anymore.
At least, they have so much unreleased stuff, they can feed us from their retirement without doing any kind of work for another 2-3 decades.
But surely we will get a third TJT anniversary in 2027, instead of giving POP some love
Originally posted by JuJuman:I think they are still eager to make music. Normal folks retire at 65 or later. And they can - will - downsize touring. I think they have another 2 to 3 albums in them. If not more. I actually think they'll keep making music in their older age. Bowie eventually did. TNT and Blackstar are both fantastic records. I'd be surprised if U2 didn't want to do something along similar lines. Or, at least, it'd be nice if they did.
Originally posted by u2_michaelc:[..]
I remember either Edge or Bono saying year's ago ''If your not in the music business to be as good as the Stones and The Beatles , you shouldn't be in the industry" idk something along those lines, if health permit's it i'm sure they will get to at least 50 years together.
Already the longest's band in history with original lineup! that's something we as fans can be proud to tell people!
Originally posted by sparko:During the 360 tour there was that interview with Adam and Edge where Adam stated "we will do that 5 more years, maybe 10 but I don't think we will still be doing it in 15 or 20 years" - something like that. I guess that pretty much sums it up.
They mentioned often enough, they don't want to end up like the Rolling Stones.