When Bono dropped the news of another new album called Songs Of Experience on the same day that Songs Of Innocence was released, the first question that many fans asked was ... when? Bono's original letter on U2.com said the second album would be out "soon enough," but in a recent interview with Brazil's Radio Cidade, he got a little more specific.

Admitting that he's not the most reliable source when it comes to U2 album releases, Bono said it could be 12-18 months before Songs Of Experience is released:

"There's a poet called William Blake who had a big influence on me growing up, and he had these two books of poetry -- Songs Of Innocence and Songs Of Experience -- and it gave him a device, really, to be able to write about the past ... gave us a device to be able to write about the past, while at the same time writing about what's going on now. But I kept those thoughts for Songs Of Experience and they'll be coming out when they're finished, which, I don't think will be too long -- a year, year-and-a-half maybe. But I'm not very reliable on release dates!"

You can listen to clips from the interview on Radio Cidade's website. This quote is from Bono's second answer on that web page.

[www.atu2.com]