so ...

a dude attended a meet & greet with daniel lanois over the weekend and says part of the discussion with lanois touched on the in-progress (?) u2 album. the fan posted on interference that:

Specifically, he spoke of those two weeks spent "mixing" in NY. In the end, instead of mixing, he said that the band completely rewrote a few of the songs that were finished. This was a good thing, because he then said that they are now better songs than before... [more]

(grain. salt. all that.)