If you find my travel stories not enough to believe that Fez’s breathtaking surrounding is so good that it inspires creativity, then ask Bono and the rest of his band. U2, the Irish rock band that gave us chart-topping hits such as “One” and “Elevation”, confirmed the news that they are in Fez city in Morocco and writing songs for an upcoming album. Keeping them company are Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, the production team behind U2’s successful previous records.

Being a hardcore music enthusiast and U2 fanatic, that news is definitely music to my ears. Their album U218 Singles, which is a collection of the band’s Billboard number 1 songs, is one of the few CDs I bring along in my Moroccan travels because the songs never fail to make my feet tap and my head bob. However, what I love most about U2’s music, aside from its hip and cool sounds, is the fact that the words inside each song aren’t just blahs. Anyway, back to U2 in Fez news, the Moroccan blog The View From Fez reported that a Fez Riad in Batha serves as temporary abode to the band’s lead vocalist, Bono.

Expect this U2 album filled with songs made in Fez city in Morocco to be on the list of top-selling albums real soon. And when that happens, expect me to be doing another first in this blog – an album review

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