Фонтейнс Ди-Сигийн амжилт хамтлагийг уран бүтээлийн түвшнээ ахиулахад түлхэж буйг тэр хэлжээ.
Боно U2 хамтлагийн 2014 онд гаргасан Songs of Innocence, 2017 оны Songs of Experience цомгуудыг сайн дуунуудтай байсан ч нэгдмэл өнгө төрх бүрдүүлж чадаагүй гэж дүгнэв. Тэрээр эдгээр бүтээлээрээ өргөн хүрээний сонсогчдод хүрч чадаагүйгээ хүлээн зөвшөөрчээ.
Брайан Инотой хамтран ажиллахдаа радио хит дуу бүтээхэд голлон анхаараагүй бөгөөд U2-ийн дууг радиогоор хангалттай эгшиглүүлэх боломж хумигдсан гэж Боно ярьсан байна. Харин хамтлаг шинэ цомгийнхоо дуунуудыг туршилт, тоглоомын явцад бүтээж, “карнавал” гэх санааны эргэн тойронд нэгтгэжээ.
U2 хамтлаг Carnaval de Luz шинэ цомгоо энэ долоо хоногт гаргасан бөгөөд 2027 онд өргөн хүрээний цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэнгийн аялан тоглолтын хүрээнд Их Британид сүүлийн арван жилд анх удаа цэнгэлдэхэд тоглохоор төлөвлөжээ.
Боно Ирландын Фонтейнс Ди-Си хамтлаг цэнгэлдэх хүрээлэнд тоглож буйд баяртай байгаагаа илэрхийлж, тэдний амжилт U2-ийг илүү сайн ажиллахад түлхэц өгч байгааг онцолсон байна. Фонтейнс Ди-Си 2027 онд карьерынхаа хамгийн том аялан тоглолтыг эхлүүлэхээр зэхэж буй бөгөөд Боногийн хэлснээр сайн хамтлагууд бие биенээ улам сайжруулдаг.
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Bono has confessed that he thinks U2 “failed the mainstream” with their last two albums, as he said the success of Irish rock band Fontaines DC is driving them to do better.
The 66-year-old rocker insisted that 2014’s Songs of Innocence and 2017’s Songs of Experience were filled with “really great” tracks, but suggested the band struggled to find a “cohesive sound” for the records.
“I would say that there’s a part of me that felt that we failed the mainstream with our last two albums [Songs Of Innocence and Songs Of Experience],” he told NME.
“You only have a certain amount of agency with that audience. The perfect song, the perfect punk rock song for instance, it is my drug of choice.
“We went in on those two albums and wrote really great songs, we just couldn’t find a cohesive sound to those two albums. The songs were great and the thematics were right. Though they weren’t autobiographical and I don’t know if this is a contradiction, but they weren’t self-indulgent.
“But that doesn’t matter, because people just feel things.”
U2 are back this week with their new album Carnaval de Luz, and are set to embark on their first UK stadium shows in a decade next year, as part of a wider 2027 stadium tour.
Bono said that they tried not to focus on crafting songs that will be played on the radio, while recording with Brian Eno, as the band were convinced they would struggle to get radio play anyway.
“We don’t know if enough people play U2 on the radio any more,” he said. “Are people even interested in radio? For those two albums, it was hard to give up that idea.
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“Maybe it’s just not for us anymore. That’s been taken away from us, that opportunity, and we just let it go. We get into the sandpit. We’re like kids with Brian Eno again as soon as we start making this mess. It all coagulates and the pieces start to fit with this idea of carnival, which we’ve always carried around with us.”
He said he and the band were “delighted” for Fontaines DC and their success, as the Irish rock band prepare to embark on the biggest tour of their career in 2027, and amid rumours that they could be headlining Glastonbury Festival next year.
“It’s incredible to see them doing stadiums, they’re so great,” Bono said. “It all should make you up your game. Bands make each other better if they’re any good.
“I can’t imagine The Beatles being as good as they were without The Stones, I can’t imagine The Stones being as good as they are without The Beatles,” he continued. “Paul [McCartney] writes Let It Be then they put out an album called Let It Bleed, you know, All You Need Is Love and then Street Fighting Man.
“In the Nineties you had Blur and Oasis. You make each other better…” He added: “You have to up your game when people step into the room like Fontaines DC.”
