U2 bass player Adam Clayton has said the band are not likely to use any material recorded with Lady Gaga producer and collaborator RedOne, because the results weren’t ‘the right fit’.
According to Clayton, a ‘club sound’, which frontman Bono had previously maintained was his desired direction for the new U2 album, is no longer a priority, with them now instead merely focusing on the best of what they have available.
“We have to focus on what we do best, and the work we did with Danger Mouse came closest to that,” he explained. “We want to be in the clubs and make pop music as well as the thing U2 does, but in the end, the thing we did with RedOne doesn’t feel like the right fit.”
Clayton has also admitted the band are ‘gutted’ to not be able to release any new material this year.
The Irish supergroup had originally intended to have fresh work available not long after their record breaking 360 Tour had been wrapped but, speaking to Rolling Stone, Clayton revealed a quick look on schedules made it clear this would in fact not be possible.
“We had to have a meeting and look at the schedule to see if we could pick up any extra time to work on it, and we just realised that we couldn’t,” he said. “To be honest, everyone was a bit gutted. But it was the only sensible decision.”
U2 will make their long awaited bow at the Glastonbury festival at the end of this month, headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night.