As Irish rockers U2 prepare to launch a massive reissue of their popular 1991 album, Achtung Baby, frontman Bono admits he doesn’t know what lies ahead for the band, if anything, reports Rolling Stone.
"I’m not so sure the future hasn’t dried up," said the singer, who admits his bandmates don’t necessarily agree: "The band are like, ‘Will you shut up about being irrelevant?’"
Bono hopes the band can reinvent themselves as they move forward: "Ironically, being forced to look back at this period reminds me of how we might re-emerge for the next phase," he said. "And that doesn’t mean that you have to wear some mad welder’s goggles or dress up in women’s clothing. Reinvention is much deeper than that."
Still, Bono insists, he’d be all right with ending the legendary band: "We’d be very pleased to end on [2009’s] ‘No Line on the Horizon,’" he said, before immediately admitting it’s not a likely scenario: "I doubt that."
A special reissue of Achtung Baby will be released November 1 in recognition of the album’s 20th anniversary. The album – which includes hit singles Mysterious Ways, One and Even Better than the Real Thing – will be available in five different formats with a wide range of bonus material.