

While the band has been working for way too long on their new Songs Of Exprience album the world took a quick and slightly bad turn in 2016 and since it’s about time to save the planet again you can bet your favourite sunglasses that Bono will jump on that bandwagon. U2 are finally embracing their age and legacy status, so what happened? Well, obviously Donald Trump happened. It’s kind of an interesting move for a band that’s been trying so desperately to stay relevant in the past years while ultimately failing to do so in the end. They are even heading onto a big 30th anniversary tour this summer (which is already pretty mich sold-out), playing the record in its entirety for the very first time. The second part is apparently what Bono and U2 did and what forced them to take another look at their legendary best-selling 1987 album The Joshua Tree. Some artists might get a new political self-understanding while others are spontaneously dropping all current plans. Some might tend to loose all hope and isolate themselves from any political subjects, others will stand up and fight against the oppression in a more active way. There are multiple ways on how the forthcoming presidency of Donald J.
