U2 tease new music: “The fight is for our future”
nme.comU2 have said they have some “amazing new songs” in the can, teasing that they will be “ready soon”.The Irish group are currently a week into their spectacular residency at Las Vegas’ groundbreaking new venue, Sphere.
Ahead of the first show last Friday (September 29) Bono and co. released a standalone single called ‘Atomic City’.Now, the band have taken Zane Lowe on another behind-the-scenes tour of the Sphere in a video for Apple Music.
During the conversation, Bono and The Edge spoke about what’s to come next for U2.“Well, I think new music, new tunes,” the latter said. “There’s a lot that we have ready and some that need a little dusting off, but will be ready soon.
I tell you, we’ve got some amazing new songs. Really exciting.”Bono added: “Edge has about 100 in the bag. I have about 20… but [bassist] Adam [Clayton]’s got something to contribute.”The frontman went on to explain that drummer Larry Mullen Jr – who is absent from the Vegas concerts due to various injuries – “will be sitting there going through the bag going, ‘Yeah, no, that’s shite.
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