U2 Album About To Be Wrapped Up

7.12.00 - music365

U2 are expected to finish their new album in the next few weeks - and will tour their album in 2001.

The band's management have released a statement saying the album will definitely be made available before the end of the year.

The statement reads: the band is currently in the studio and the new U2 album is due to be finished in the next few weeks. It's all on schedule for a late autumn release, but exact dates aren't yet fixed. Full details will be announced in due course once tracklisting, title and release dates have been fixed."

The album is being wrapped up in Dublin. It has been produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.

It has been confirmed that the band have definite plans to tour the new album next year, though it's not yet known how extensive the tour will be, or when the tour will start. The band's PopMart tour for 1997's 'Pop' was their most ambitious live undertaking.

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