U2 WILL have a new album out early in the new year, the band’s manager Paul McGuinness has said. McGuinness said the band has already debuted several of the songs live, including Mercy, Every Breaking Wave, and Boys Fall from the Sky . The album has been provisionally titled Songs of Ascent.
“I would expect a new U2 album sooner than anybody thinks. I would guess early 2011 before the next leg of the American tour which starts in May,” he said.
McGuinness defended sales figures for U2’s last album No Line on the Horizon , which he said had held up “remarkably well” despite the perception that the record had been a flop.
It sold “roughly” five million copies, while its 2004 predecessor How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb had sold twice that number.
He said record sales across the industry had declined by half because of illegal downloading.
McGuinness accused internet service providers such as UPC of being “utterly disingenuous” in stating that they could not be responsible for the behaviour of their customers.
Several shows have been confirmed: A brand new show has been confirmed for next summer - Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on July 26th, 2011 and the so awaited return to South Africa for the first time since the POPMART Tour in 1998.
With two U2 360° dates in 2011 they will make history as the first band to stage live concerts in the Soccer World Cup Stadio in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.
U2 will play on Sunday, February 13th, 2011 in Johannesburg (Gauteng) at the FNB Stadium and on Friday, February 18th, in Cape Town (Western Cape) at Cape Town Stadium.
Rumours go that they will add Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,and Brazil for March 2011. Still waiting for confirmations...
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