U2 2023 Tour 'Unlikely' Because of Larry Mullen Jr's Health Update

Heads up, U2 fans, a U2 2023 concert might not be happening anytime soon. The chances for a complete reunion tour might be highly unlikely, but a U2 concert tour might come to fruition depending on the band's ultimate decision.

According to an interview with Washington Post, the band's famed drummer, Larry Mullen Jr., noted that he might be missing from the upcoming U2 2023 tour if ever.

The band is due to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award at the Kennedy Center Honors, hence, the post profile.

Mullen, who had been quite the shy type, as Variety puts it, has opened up to the publication his thoughts on a possible U2 2023 tour coming up.

"He's blunt," the article described Mullen, "says if the band plays live in 2023 it will probably be without him, as he needs surgery to continue playing."

As much as many U2 fans would like to know, that is the only piece of relevant information that Mullen has disclosed in the interview. As of this writing, Mullen has not revealed what illness he has or what surgery he has to undergo.

According to Variety, the questions on the upcoming U2 Tour 2023 have become larger because of recent reports emerging that the band has two albums already on their wing.

One of U2's upcoming new albums, an all-original project called "Songs of Ascent," - is described already as near-finished already.

The other album was the one hinted on Bono's recent memoir - "Surrender," which includes 40 stripped-down versions of U2 catalog songs.

Elsewhere in the Post article, it was also suggested that Bono and The Edge are not still sure, up until now, when to release both albums.

More so, Mullen has also spoken out about the ever-changing dynamics of how the band is now operated. Unlike in the 80s, the band's decisions weren't actually made by them but by what they called "Politburo."

"You only do this if you're having the best time. And not everyone is going to make it because the price is so high. So I think the challenge is for more generosity. More openness to the process. I am autonomous and I value my autonomy. I don't sing from the same hymn sheet. I don't pray to the same version of God. So everyone has their limits. And you only do this if it is a great time you're having, you know?" Mullen said of the Politburo, describing it as a benevolent dictatorship of some sort.