En una de las últimas entrevistas a MTV para la promoción del musical 'Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark' en New York, Bono comentó lo siguiente sobre el nuevo disco de U2 en 2011:
"When we were here last year, we were just getting used to how to play like that... We did some really good shows, [but] they just keep getting better and better, though, we're getting harder and harder; tougher. More attitude, more punk rock and more emotional, in another way. This strange thing has happened as the tour's went on; we've been playing new songs. We may even have a new album by the end of the tour."
"The thing about the 360 Tour is, the spectacle is not actually this spaceship that lands in the middle of the stadium ... the spectacle is the crowd, and the ability of the crowd to see each other and involve each other," he said. "There's this kind of call and response that goes on with the band and the crowd, and this sort of strange electric shock that goes through the stands, like a big Mexican wave of music that just travels around this virtuous circle."