{"id":2492338,"date":"2026-07-07T18:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492338"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:57:13","slug":"check-out-u2s-stirring-jacknife-lee-produced-new-single-street-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/check-out-u2s-stirring-jacknife-lee-produced-new-single-street-of-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out U2&#8217;s stirring Jacknife Lee-produced new single &#8216;Street Of Dreams&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/u2\">U2<\/a> have shared the first taster from their forthcoming album, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jacknife-lee\">Jacknife Lee <\/a>produced \u2018Street Of Dreams\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The video for the single was recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-u2-film-video-for-upcoming-single-street-of-dreams-on-bus-in-mexico-city-3945180\">shot in Mexico City where fans gathered around a bus as the band played the song on the roof<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopped a bus in Mexico City, destination: Street of Dreams,\u201d the band captioned the footage at the time. \u201cJustice an obsession, love is procession down the street of dreams\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent post, U2 revealed that heavy rain and thunder \u201ccrashed the generator for the film shoot\u201d, and a \u201cbewildered but welcoming neighbour\u201d let the band use their balcony to lead the crowd in singalongs of \u2018Vertigo\u2019 and \u2018Desire\u2019 while they waited for the shoot to recommence.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they have finally shared the track, which features <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-edge\">The Edge<\/a>\u2018s trademark anthemic guitar licks as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bono\">Bono<\/a> sings: \u201c<i>La\u00a0calle,\u00a0calle\u00a0de\u00a0los\u00a0sue\u00f1os\u00a0\/ All the doors are open on the street of dreams<\/i>\u201d. You can listen to it and view the official video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Street Of Dreams\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/70X6SFkjCUZ0nRBUGXddTn?go=1&amp;utm_campaign=fAfTD_96_fmly&amp;utm_source=oembed&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_content=5b968323-83c4-42d7-940d-8695c6e4ed10_none_U2_101070072_Street+Of+Dreams_Street+Of+Dreams_20260601_direct_u2_GB_u2.lnk.to%2Fstreetofdreams&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=bf3532eeba6e496c\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"U2 - Street Of Dreams (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hRnS0Wf64Is?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Notably, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. is in the video,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2-discuss-playing-las-vegas-sphere-shows-without-drummer-larry-mullen-jr-3494036\">having missed the band\u2019s Las Vegas Sphere residency in 2023 and 2024\u00a0after undergoing back surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The clip shows the band playing in front of a crowd on a spray painted bus interspersed with shots of them inside of the bus, being chased across the streets of Mexico City by fans.<\/p>\n<p>It ends with the four-piece being disrupted by heavy rain, which forces them to perform on a local resident\u2019s balcony.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish four-piece <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-on-u2-new-album-got-to-deal-with-past-to-get-to-present-3865470\">have long been thought to be working in the studio on their 15th\u00a0album<\/a>, and they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2-mark-good-friday-with-another-surprise-new-ep-easter-lily-3938236\">have released two EPs of new music already this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bono said of the album at the time that their second EP \u2018Easter Lily\u2019 came out: \u201cWe are in the studio, still working towards a noisy, messy, \u2018unreasonably colour xerox\u2019 album to play LIVE\u2026 which is where U2 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe still look to vivid rock n roll as an act of resistance against all this awfulness on our small screens. These are for sure \u2018wilderness years\u2019 for so many of us looking at the mayhem out there in the world. It\u2019s a time that has our band digging deeper into our lives to find a wellspring of songs to try to meet the moment\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band have been teasing a new album as far back as 2024, when\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2s-the-edge-says-their-new-album-is-not-a-straight-up-rock-thing-3813269\">The Edge said that it would not be \u201ca straight-up rock thing\u201d<\/a>, while last summer,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-ready-for-the-future-with-u2-and-band-have-25-great-songs-for-new-album-3869776\">Bono shared that he was \u201cready for the future\u201d with U2, with the band having written \u201c25 great songs\u201d<\/a>. Previously, while discussing the writing process, the frontman also said that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-on-u2-new-album-got-to-deal-with-past-to-get-to-present-3865470\">U2 were overcoming the past to make \u201cthe sound of the future<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It will be their first album of new music since 2017\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/u2-songs-experience-album-review-2166333\">Songs\u00a0Of\u00a0Experience<\/a>\u2019, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/u2-songs-experience-album-review-2166333\"><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>awarded two stars and noted<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThere are brief flashes of \u2018Vertigo\u2019 vitality, notably when they bemoan the current political s**tstorms on \u2018The Blackout\u2019. But overall, U2 have built a stadium rock cruise liner they\u2019ve zero interest in rocking, and \u2018\u2026Experience\u2019 is 50 minutes of very plain sailing indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They\u00a0also released \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/u2-songs-of-surrender-review-bono-the-edge-3410749\">Songs\u00a0Of\u00a0Surrender<\/a>\u2019 in 2023, a record of re-recorded songs from the band\u2019s back catalogue, released as a companion to Bono\u2019s memoir\u00a0<i>Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Bono played a handful of shows with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/bono-live-in-london-u2-stories-of-surrender-memoir-3350844\">Jacknife Lee as part of his book tour, which also saw the latter perform alongside the frontman and direct the concerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He previously worked on their 2004 album \u2018How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb\u2019, their 2006 Skids cover with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/green-day\">Green Day<\/a>, \u2018The Saints Are Coming\u2019 and their 2023 single \u2018Atomic City\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lee has also worked with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-killers\">The Killers<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/r-e-m\">R.E.M<\/a>., <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/editors\">Editors<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robbie-williams\">Robbie Williams<\/a> and many more artists and bands.<\/p>\n<p>U2, who will celebrate their 50th anniversary in September, are expected to release their new album later this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\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.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 have shared the first taster from their forthcoming album, the Jacknife Lee produced \u2018Street Of Dreams\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. 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