Making an appearance on the most recent episode of the Rockonteurs podcast, U2 bassist Adam Clayton told hosts Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt that he and the rest of the band—guitarist Edge and drummer Larry Mullen Jr.—would “encourage” Bono’s solo career.

“If Bono wanted to go off and do a solo record, I would encourage him, and certainly everyone else would,” said Clayton.

Clayton also added that he believes “the band is elastic enough” to accept if someone wanted to do their own thing and then “come back.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Clayton also hinted at new U2 projects. He revealed that the band is currently prepping “some acoustic versions” of their past songs while also having a track ready for Universal’s animated musical comedy Sing 2.

You can listen to the entire interview below.

Bono’s most recent ventures outside the U2 were “We Are the People,” the official song of the UEFA Euro 2020, on which he teamed up with Edge and Dutch DJ Martin Garrix, and the single “Let Your Love Be Known.”

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“It’s crazy. It got like a Miami feel to it. I feel like I want to shoot the video here,” DMX told the hosts.

DMX was introduced to Bono by the rapper’s longtime friend Swizz Beatz, who is executive producing the upcoming album.

The upcoming album is DMX’s ninth studio album, a follow-up to 2012’s Undisputed. The album will feature Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog, Alicia Keys, Usher, and members of the Griselda crew, including the late Pop Smoke.

This won’t be the first time Bono has made his way into the hip-hop world. He and U2 guitarist The Edge teamed up with Jay-Z and Rihanna on the Swiss Beatz-produced “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” in 2010.

DMX also explained that he has just two song left until the album is finished.

Check out the full interview below.

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“The band kept wanting to go to India,” Bono asserted, “but ended up pushing it off time and time again. We kept thinking, ‘well, the next tour we’ll figure it out,’ and ‘the next tour we’ll figure it out,’ and we didn’t. It’s taken us this long.”

According to Bono, the main reason why U2 has never performed in India is technical: India is huge, and in parts, inaccessible. US’s gear is also huge, and lugging it around poses many difficulties. Ideas to perform in a more stripped-down matter were considered but ultimately shut down.

“We could’ve come to India many years ago with a stripped-down show, but we felt that if we are going to go, we want India to see us as we are everywhere else,” explained Bono.

“At one point we were talking about doing an acoustic show at the Taj Mahal,” he added longingly. “That would be a dream. Just the shapes and the meditation on love that it is; we feel our music is that meditation on love.”

We can only hope for U2 fans in India that this love will eventually find a way to bypass the difficulties preventing the band from coming over.

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Making an appearance on the most recent episode of the Rockonteurs podcast, U2 bassist Adam Clayton told hosts Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt that he and the rest of the band—guitarist Edge and drummer Larry Mullen Jr.—would “encourage” Bono’s solo career.

“If Bono wanted to go off and do a solo record, I would encourage him, and certainly everyone else would,” said Clayton.

Clayton also added that he believes “the band is elastic enough” to accept if someone wanted to do their own thing and then “come back.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Clayton also hinted at new U2 projects. He revealed that the band is currently prepping “some acoustic versions” of their past songs while also having a track ready for Universal’s animated musical comedy Sing 2.

You can listen to the entire interview below.

Bono’s most recent ventures outside the U2 were “We Are the People,” the official song of the UEFA Euro 2020, on which he teamed up with Edge and Dutch DJ Martin Garrix, and the single “Let Your Love Be Known.”

The post U2 Will Support Bono if He Decides to Do a Solo Record appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

“It’s crazy. It got like a Miami feel to it. I feel like I want to shoot the video here,” DMX told the hosts.

DMX was introduced to Bono by the rapper’s longtime friend Swizz Beatz, who is executive producing the upcoming album.

The upcoming album is DMX’s ninth studio album, a follow-up to 2012’s Undisputed. The album will feature Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog, Alicia Keys, Usher, and members of the Griselda crew, including the late Pop Smoke.

This won’t be the first time Bono has made his way into the hip-hop world. He and U2 guitarist The Edge teamed up with Jay-Z and Rihanna on the Swiss Beatz-produced “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” in 2010.

DMX also explained that he has just two song left until the album is finished.

Check out the full interview below.

The post DMX and Bono Collaboration in the Works appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

“The band kept wanting to go to India,” Bono asserted, “but ended up pushing it off time and time again. We kept thinking, ‘well, the next tour we’ll figure it out,’ and ‘the next tour we’ll figure it out,’ and we didn’t. It’s taken us this long.”

According to Bono, the main reason why U2 has never performed in India is technical: India is huge, and in parts, inaccessible. US’s gear is also huge, and lugging it around poses many difficulties. Ideas to perform in a more stripped-down matter were considered but ultimately shut down.

“We could’ve come to India many years ago with a stripped-down show, but we felt that if we are going to go, we want India to see us as we are everywhere else,” explained Bono.

“At one point we were talking about doing an acoustic show at the Taj Mahal,” he added longingly. “That would be a dream. Just the shapes and the meditation on love that it is; we feel our music is that meditation on love.”

We can only hope for U2 fans in India that this love will eventually find a way to bypass the difficulties preventing the band from coming over.

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