Larry Mullen Jr. is “back on his stool”.
Larry Mullen Jr is ‘back on his stool’
The 63-year-old drummer was forced to miss U2’s residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas after undergoing neck surgery but he is on the road to recovery and feeling “much better”.
His bandmate, Adam Clayton, told The Sun newspaper: “He’s back on his stool. Look, we are a little bit like athletes, but have a longer shelf life.
“Larry’s body had taken a battering over the years and his primary issue was pain.
“He’s finally feeling much better and is very enthusiastic about playing again.”
The ‘One’ group formed in 1976 but have no plans to slow down or stop making music together.
Adam said: “I feel, I hope not mistakenly, that we still have a lot to give.
“No matter where our lives have led us, the constant is mucking about in a studio, creating music together.
“That is the greatest reward.”
The 64-year-old bassist thinks the process of making a record has changed hugely in recent years as artists seek to find more economical ways of getting their music out for public consumption.
He said: “Compared with 20 years ago, music today is made in an entirely different way.
“Back then, records were based on people in a room, playing instruments together.
“Now that’s become uneconomical. Artists are in their bedrooms or home studios, creating music alone, and that is being streamed.
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