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  1. I can think of one reason... And I hope it doesnt happen for years. Health issues or worse, death of a member.
  2. Originally posted by muzika:[..]
    I can think of one reason... And I hope it doesnt happen for years. Health issues or worse, death of a member.
    They’d be alright if it was Larry though (or even Adam). One thing that the Sphere taught us is that U2 really is only Bono and Edge to some people.

    Not an opinion I share.
  3. Disagree. The other 3 would not go on without one of them missing.
  4. Originally posted by iTim:[..]
    They’d be alright if it was Larry though (or even Adam). One thing that the Sphere taught us is that U2 really is only Bono and Edge to some people.

    Not an opinion I share.
    Whether the Sphere residency was contractual/financial/obligatory/didn't want to let the companies or crew or the fans down/whether they just did want to play it/whether Larry said do it - whatever, they still played it and what it did show us was that the band would carry on without the original 4 members when it has/wants to

    I would go and see the band without both Larry and Adam - as long as they changed their name slightly to something like U2* (whatever) - but not without Edge and definitely not without Bono

    But obviously, I rather see the 4 of them till they call it quits

    I can envisage a Bono and Edge tour though definitely
  5. Well they did the Sphere without Larry so the possibility of them carrying on without one of them is pretty real.
  6. They would not have played the Sphere without their band founder if he wouldn't have been okay with that. Probably he was already out, when the offer came and Larry said "heck go for it if you find someone". For sure, 95% of the attendees didn't even notice, that the drummer isn't the same. But most def the band noticed. Bram is surely a great drummer. But he is not Larry and when after 47 years your best friend is replaced, it IS different and will always be. But they knew it was temporary and that Larry will return.

    U2-1 - they even played without Bono, remember?

    But if one of them is absolutely unable to return to the stage with the others, they will quit the project "U2". Bono & Edge might do a bit here or there together, but that will then be some acoustic stuff or add Edge's macbook to it (like with the "A man and a woman" on what was it? Clinton something?). But U2 will be history once one of them becomes truely "unavailable" for whatever reason (not naming the worst).
  7. It's not the same without Larry. U2 are the core 4 members. One off appearances without one member like U2 minus 1 or Sydney 1993 are fair enough due to the circumstances. Again as a one off.

    Larry's described the band now as a benevolent dictatorship. So Bono and The Edge are making a lot of the decisions probably.

    Now that Larry has had his operations, hope we can see him on stage in 2025. I'll be there with a Larry Mullen band t-shirt
  8. Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:It's not the same without Larry. U2 are the core 4 members. One off appearances without one member like U2 minus 1 or Sydney 1993 are fair enough due to the circumstances. Again as a one off.

    Larry's described the band now as a benevolent dictatorship. So Bono and The Edge are making a lot of the decisions probably.

    Now that Larry has had his operations, hope we can see him on stage in 2025. I'll be there with a Larry Mullen band t-shirt
    +1
  9. For a contractual series of shows and under not clear circumstances (ie did they know Larry cant perform when they agreed to the Sphere shows? How did it affect their relationship?)
    Sydney happened without Adam, and Springsteen stepped in for Bono that one time.

    However album recordings and full tours? If one of them cant go on its over.
  10. Larry's point is understandable, you can't let companies down, you can lose credibility... there's a big difference between losing a member temporarily/one time and losing a member forever.
  11. I think they will go on tour, many men of their size or age do, my fear with them today is that they fall into nostalgia, there are albums that I love by them but am tired of tours or releases about the past (SOS made me sick). It's not the U2 that fascinated me in the first place, that U2 that years ago could have lived only on tours of great hits and yet kept going releasing new music, I need that, I want them to continue surprising me
  12. Yes, I think they are seen as a nostalgia band by many - but they ain't really as they've released plenty of new stuff (though maybe a bit past their zenith creativity wise)

    Thing is, when I go to a U2 show I want to hear the hits too - well, maybe not ALL the hits

    My main gripe is that I want exciting music not lullaby, 'nice' and safe music that sounds like it's from a corporate stance

    Give me some raw power - make an album that they don't care if it sells or not - they have enough money to see you them through their dotage - turn the amps up to fuckin 11 man!