But it's not to be - this year, anyway. Bono says on U2.com that the follow-up to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb won't arrive till 2009: "We've hit a rich songwriting vein. We've found diamonds, not coal. I thought a while back we might have the album wrapped by now, but why come up above ground now if there's more priceless stuff to be found?"

Thor Christensen
The Dallas Morning News