No record label still in business today would have let them release a third album after the battles around the second one, October. The traditional path to success in the music business pretty much no longer exists, and even if it did, a band like U2 would never, ever have gotten the creative control they asked for and received.
Yes, they own houses in the south of France, they show up in the occasional gossip column, and Bono jets off to Davos every year, but they are still very much a band. No one has overdosed, no one’s been fired, and no one’s left the group in pursuit of a solo career. put up a notice at Mount Temple Comprehensive School: “Drummer seeks musicians to form band.” U2 is, at this point, the only rock band of its stature that still has its original lineup. On the occasion of the release of U2’s 14th studio album, Songs of Experience, it is worth noting how remarkable it actually is that this band has remained a going concern for over 40 years, since Larry Mullen Jr.
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