nuSep 24, 2026, 16:03

U2 to release first album in nine years this November

U2 will release their sixteenth studio album this November, featuring twelve tracks including a final recorded duet with the late Dolly Parton. The project includes collaborations with Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and arrives fifty years after the band was first formed in Dublin.

Legendary rock band U2 is set to release its sixteenth studio album this November, marking their first full-length record in nine years. The twelve-track collection will feature the new single Silencio, the previously released Street Of Dreams, and a collaboration titled Glorify, which was co-written by the Dutch DJ Martin Garrix. Notably, the album concludes with the song Torn, a duet featuring the late Dolly Parton. This track serves as Parton's final studio recording, and she contributed to the songwriting process as well.

The upcoming album announcement coincides with the band's fiftieth anniversary. U2 formed in September 1976 after drummer Larry Mullen Jr. posted an advertisement at his school in Dublin seeking bandmates. Since their inception, the group has achieved global fame with hits such as With Or Without You and One. This release follows a busy year for the band, which saw the arrival of two new EPs, Easter Lily and Days Of Ash.

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