U2 in the studio with Brian Eno, “to lay the foundations of the new album”

Engaged in promoting his new documentary “Stories of Surrender”, Outgoing on May 30 on Apple TV+, Bono He gave an interview to the British Sunday magazine “The Observer” making him know that he and The U2 have recently gathered in the studio Together with the longtime collaborator Brian Eno“To lay the foundations of what their sixteenth album will be“.

In the long chat, the journalist Sean O’Hagan pointed out to the frontman of the Irish band who in recent times and his companions “They were rather nostalgic “, publishing – among other things – in 2017 the reprint of”The Joshua Tree “with a concert at the Madison Square Garden of 1987 and celebrating” Achtung Baby “from 1991 with the Long Residency at the Las Vegas SPHERE last year. “We dedicated ourselves a little to nostalgia“, Bono explained:” But I would say that You have to know where you come from to be more effective in the present and in the future. This is how, even if in a different way, with the book, the theatrical show and now the film. I have a trace of all this, but now I have to go back to look forward, towards the future: that’s where U2 have always lived“. During the interview, the 65 -year -old musician thus came to talk about the new project he is working with the band together with Brian Eno:

“We are committed to writing a new reason to exist as a band. I find that Brian is still an extraordinary inspiration, and I am sure that he still finds me rather frustrating. But I know he will continue to defend our right to be ecstatic in our music”.

When asked if “It is more difficult to do it as you age“, Bono then replied:”Not from a musical point of view. It becomes more complicated, especially for men, to manage mutual ego. ” the writing of an autobiography“Surrenter” of 2022, and subsequent re -establishments for theater and cinema, have led him to reflect differently on his role in the bandthe U2 frontman added: “He certainly opened new questions. In the end, our art is more interesting than ourselves, and I think that one of the wrongs I made to the band was to divert attention from their greatness. There is something that belongs to us – an imprint, a genetic code – and I feel I have not honored it enough, which requires all my attention “.