{"id":2219761,"date":"2026-01-02T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219761"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:34:08","slug":"u2-to-release-first-album-of-new-music-in-9-years-bono-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/u2-to-release-first-album-of-new-music-in-9-years-bono-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 to release first album of new music in 9 years, Bono says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LWSGM5NBLNCJVIKWGL3JO4QQEA\">A legendary rock band is planning a comeback in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BWQUVGMMARGJ3GMYAYVCA7OD2E\">U2 has been working on its first album of new music in 9 years, lead singer Bono told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/music\/a64903605\/u2-new-album-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/music\/a64903605\/u2-new-album-tour\/\">Esquire<\/a> in a recent interview. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group last released \u201cSongs of Experience\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YY35LFLKJRCBNLMVMWAGAG5PJ4\">\u201cEveryone in the band seems desperate for it,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2025\/05\/how-to-watch-bono-stories-of-surrender-online-for-free.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/tv\/2025\/05\/how-to-watch-bono-stories-of-surrender-online-for-free.html\">Bono<\/a> told the magazine. \u201cIt\u2019s like their lives depend on it. &#8230; And, as I tell them, they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WMNAAMSBTFBSFBSBWR327GBRSU\">An album title and release date have not been announced, but the 65-year-old singer said in June one song would tentatively be titled \u201cFreedom Is a Feeling.\u201d He also confirmed U2 is reuniting with famed producer Brian Eno, who previously worked on classic albums like \u201cThe Joshua Tree,\u201d \u201cAchtung Baby\u201d and \u201cZooropa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I5EOO7ZQF5AJPG24GMYE73HU2Y\">Guitarist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2024\/11\/legendary-rock-band-may-do-irish-folk-music-on-new-album-crazy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/entertainment\/2024\/11\/legendary-rock-band-may-do-irish-folk-music-on-new-album-crazy.html\">The Edge<\/a> previously told BBC Radio 2 that some of the songs might sound like \u201csome crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZUAWQ6YMLVEVJAN32EUS4MGCVE\">\u201cPart of our kind of process is to go so widely away from, off track, and \u2026 the process of bringing things back on track is kind of how you get sort of unique sounding music,\u201c The Edge said in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7BGOMXORZJFO3JRSXTRFN7YLEE\">The album is also expected to include \u201ca bunch of beautiful Irish musicians\u201d like U2 bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who returned to the band after undergoing surgery in 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CSAUH62N5ZFXZHJ5XFCSDQX35E\">U2 is a Grammy-winning rock band from Ireland known for hit songs like \u201cWith or Without You,\u201d \u201cSunday Bloody Sunday,\u201d \u201cBeautiful Day,\u201d \u201cOne,\u201d \u201cI Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For,\u201d \u201cPride (In the Name of Love),\u201d \u201cDesire\u201d and \u201cAll I Want Is You.\u201d The group last released \u201cSongs of Experience\u201d in 2017, but have kept busy in recent years with reissues of albums like \u201cAll That You Can\u2019t Leave Behind\u201d and \u201cHow to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,\u201d plus 40 reimagined versions of iconic tracks on 2023\u2019s \u201cSongs of Surrender\u201d album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XTRU6GZ7BNF5VJOGKG3U5NJJLM\">U2 also made headlines in 2023 and 2024 with an acclaimed residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Bono said the new album could also mean a tour later this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of U2\u2019s formation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GTSU4VM5CBFADOGQGHDM335MNA\">\u201cI hope they\u2019re going to still be there for us,\u201d Bono told Esquire of the band\u2019s fans. \u201cWe\u2019ve pushed them to their elastic limit over the years. And now it\u2019s a long time that we\u2019ve been away. But I still think that we can create a soundtrack for people who want to take on the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.syracuse.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legendary rock band is planning a comeback in 2026. U2 has been working on its first album of new music in 9 years, lead singer Bono told Esquire in a recent interview. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group last released \u201cSongs of Experience\u201d in 2017. \u201cEveryone in the band seems desperate for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[25741],"class_list":["post-2219761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-london"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219762,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219761\/revisions\/2219762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}