Originally posted by iver54:I think they realized they can't afford to release albums at such a slow pace as they are getting older and need to get things out more quickly because they won't be around forever,
5 years between HTDAAB-NLOTH and NLOTH-SOI,
I recall Larry saying in 2015 that the days of 4-5 year gaps between U2 albums was over.
Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]
"We'll never spend four-and-a-half years writing and recording a record again. Those days are gone." - Larry Mullen jr, 2015
Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]
"We'll never spend four-and-a-half years writing and recording a record again. Those days are gone." - Larry Mullen jr, 2015
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
That's a very ambiguous quote. It might mean they intend to release albums more often or quite the contrary, as in "we're going to tour longer because record sales just don't pay the bills anymore, so we'll be needing more and more time between records". It's anyone's guess.
Originally posted by Sev00:[..]
Among the band members I really don't think there's any incentive or notion of needing to "pay the bills" though