Jimmy Fallon has announced that U2 will be taking on a weeklong residency at The Tonight Show starting Monday, Nov.17. This appears to be a recent trend on late night shows, considering those very same days, Metallica will be performing a weeklong residency on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and just last month Foo Fighters ran through a weeklong residency on Late Show With Daivd Lettterman. Luckily for U2 and Fallon, the Metallica performances won't overlap as Ferguson's show has a different timeslot.
This won't be Bono and company's first time on the Tonight Show since Fallon took over as host. The band previously appeared on Fallon's debut episode back in February to chat and perform their single "Invisible" as well as a Roots-assisted version of "Ordinary Love." This also won't be the first time that U2 has taken on a weeklong residency on a late night program. The band previously took on a residency on Letterman after releasing No Line on the Horizon back in 2009, as Stereogum notes.
U2 released its latest LP Songs of Innocence, which was given away for free on iTunes, back in September. The band is also working on a follow-up album called Songs of Experience.
"Early on it became obvious that we were working on two separate albums," The Edge told Rolling Stone. "The majority of the unfinished songs are worthy of becoming part of Songs of Experience and some are already as good or better then anything on Songs of Innocence. The Songs of Experience album will be released when it's ready. I hope it won't take nearly as long."
Last week, the band revealed potential plans for their upcoming tour, saying they might perform two nights in each city — one acoustic concert and one typical stadium show.
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