Third breakpoint for the Manics - no new album for 2 years

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Originally Posted by Marwood

Excuse me folks, but I've just watched the entire interview twice and I think this thread is wildly off-kilter.

What James actually says is that the new album will not be out this year or next year, "to give the audience a break", and so that they can decide "what sort of album it should be". James says he isn't keen on the "70 Songs" idea at all but that they are still having "internal arguments" about whether or not to do it.

The interviewer then asks if this is "the third breakpoint" for the band having earlier discussed breakpoints post-THB and post-Lifeblood, and James laughs at the question and says "it might be" in a way that suggests he hadn't even thought of it in those terms.

At no point whatsoever does he even mention the greatest hits or touring later in the year at all, he certainly doesn't say they're off the cards. At no point whatsoever does he say the band are taking two years off. The ONLY thing he says here is that they're taking their time with the new album. It certainly suggests they're slowing down a bit so that they can do something good with the new album, but it doesn't really suggest that they'll be disappearing or that the Greatest Hits and tour are scrubbed.

The only reason I didn't watch the interviews last night is that I was reading the thread on my iPhone, and assumed that four pages worth of posts meant people actually knew what they were on about In other words, steady on chaps!

Regards,
Marwood.

If you want to give your audience a break, you won't tour a greatest hits, don't you think?

And he said: no album next year, it means 2 years without a new album.
And they won't release a greatest hits without touring it, right?

Problem solved, I think i earn my job at the Sun, no