{"id":2492442,"date":"2026-07-07T20:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492442"},"modified":"2026-07-07T20:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:05:27","slug":"u2-release-first-new-song-in-nine-years-ahead-of-long-awaited-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/u2-release-first-new-song-in-nine-years-ahead-of-long-awaited-album\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 release first new song in nine years ahead of long awaited album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_55f7ab\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The track is called &#8216;Street of Dreams&#8217;. The music video was shot in Mexico City in May, during the band&#8217;s visit to the 2026 Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecol\u00f3gico Lago de Texcoco.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">17:45, 07 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 17:45, 07 Jul 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37400423\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The first song to be taken from the bands yet-to-be announced new studio album, U2s first in 9 years, due for release later this year on Island Records. \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The first song to be taken from the bands yet-to-be announced new studio album, U2s first in 9 years, due for release later this year on Island Records. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">U2 has released a single from their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/music\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">first studio album<\/a> in nine years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The track is called &#8220;Street of Dreams&#8221;. The music video was shot in<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/mexico\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> Mexico City<\/a> in May, during the band&#8217;s visit to the 2026 Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecol\u00f3gico Lago de Texcoco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The video shoot near Plaza Santo Domingo drew a huge crowd of fans despite inclement weather, with thunder and rain unexpectedly causing a generator to crash and a local family welcoming the four band members into their apartment to film on the balcony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The track was produced by Jacknife Lee and delivers &#8220;the unmistakable <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/u2\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">U2 sound<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This September will celebrate their 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The iconic rock band was formed after Larry Mullen Jr posted a handwritten note which read \u201cDrummer seeks musicians to form band\u2019\u2019 on the school noticeboard at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dublin\u2019s <\/a>Mount Temple Comprehensive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">U2 formed in 1976 and have toured the globe countless times. In total, they have released 15 studio albums, sold 175 million albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys and Amnesty International\u2019s Ambassador of Conscience award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The rock stars were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and have been been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This includes their track for \u2018The Hands That Built America\u2019 for Gangs of New York in 2003 and in 2014 for \u2018Ordinary Love\u2019 for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">U2&#8217;s newest album will be released later this year on Island Records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Sign up here.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=39e53cb8-b266-4e33-8d00-e9f7a38f420c&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/strong><\/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.irishmirror.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The track is called &#8216;Street of Dreams&#8217;. The music video was shot in Mexico City in May, during the band&#8217;s visit to the 2026 Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecol\u00f3gico Lago de Texcoco. 17:45, 07 Jul 2026Updated 17:45, 07 Jul 2026 The first song to be taken from the bands yet-to-be announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2492443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[367618,305035,21800,305294],"class_list":["post-2492442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-dublin","tag-mexico","tag-music","tag-u2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/U2-release-first-new-song-in-nine-years-ahead-of.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492442","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=2492442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492444,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492442\/revisions\/2492444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}