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11/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2026 09:42
MEMBERS OF THE LEGENDARY ROCK BAND U2 SAY THEIR SONGWRITING PROCESS IS “FUNCTIONALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL” IN AN INTERVIEW FOR “CBS SUNDAY MORNING” AND “ALCHEMY WITH ANTHONY MASON”
Fifty years after U2 began, and as their latest album launches to strong critical reviews, the band members say their songwriting process is "chaotic" and "functionally dysfunctional" in a wide-ranging interview with Anthony Mason for CBS SUNDAY MORNING and "Alchemy with Anthony Mason." The interview will be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 15 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network, streaming on Paramount+ and featured in full on a special edition of Mason's "Alchemy" podcast, dropping Sunday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The four band members, Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr., opened up about their songwriting process, returning to the school in Ireland where they met, their new album Carnaval de Luz, their upcoming tour, Mullen's return to drumming after surgery and their legacy.
Here's an excerpt:
ANTHONY MASON: Do you guys write the same way you've always written? Has that process changed?
BONO: It's just chaotic.
MASON: Is it?
THE EDGE: Nicely chaotic.
BONO: The way U2 works is, is, very functionally dysfunctional … But if you heard it, you would be shocked at just how raw it is and how just about to collapse.
THE EDGE: We're not precious in any way. And, um, until almost the record is in the store, we will try and improve and change and develop.
MASON: You can drive yourself nuts doing that.
THE EDGE: Yeah. Yeah. We do.
The Edge also revealed how he woke up one morning to write a treatment for a sequel to the hit holiday classic "Elf." Watch here.
CBS SUNDAY MORNING airs Sundays (9:00-10:30 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network and streams on Paramount+. Rand Morrison is the executive producer.
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