Another source has confirmed that U2's new studio album will indeed be released in 2014.
Rolling Stone reports that a spokesperson for the band said, "We've always said an album is expected this year."
The magazine also notes several other sources, including:
- Tweets from Universal Music Venezuela and Universal Music Colombia indicating the album would be coming out in September.
- A report from French newspaper Nice-Matin that says the band shot a new music video in Nice, France, "the other week."
- A report from The Irish Times that quotes a source saying there will be a single in September, an album in September or October and a tour announced in December, with dates beginning in April 2015. "It is believed," the story says, "the band will release (the album) with little of the fanfare usually associated with a new U2 album."
As previously reported this July, a source close to The Sun discussed the new album, saying: "The U2 comeback is very much on for this year. This album has been a real struggle for them to make. It's taken a long time and Bono didn't find it easy. But they're very confident now and are convinced the wait has been worth it."
Also from July: Some believe that the band's frontman, 54-year-old Bono, has suffered from writer's block and anxieties throughout the production process, which stands as a reason for the lengthy recording session. Perhaps another reason is because both Bono and The Edge have been working with John Carney, director of Once, on a new musical based on the filmmaker's early days as a child.
The same source for The Sun noted the album will mostly likely be out in November. They also hinted at the fact that the band could be performing at London's Roundhouse in September as part of this year's iTunes Festival.
U2 last released a studio album, No Line On The Horizon, in 2009, but they cut a new single - "Invisible" - in February.
