U2 have released their first new track in three years - as Bono gets set to make his animated movie debut on Sing 2.
‘Your Song Saved My Life’ is the first new music from the band since 2019 and is taken from the Sing 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which is set for release by Illumination, Universal Pictures and Republic Records on Friday, December 17, 2021.
The track was previewed on the band’s official TikTok channel this week ahead of a first official play by Dave Fanning RTE 2FM followed by BBC Radio 2’s Jo Whiley on Wednesday evening.
Sing 2 will see frontman Bono make his animated film debut as the voice of reclusive rock star lion Clay Calloway.
A former king of the rock and roll jungle who has shunned the limelight for 15 years, his character is tempted back on stage by Buster the koala and his all-star cast of performers as they prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet in the sequel.
He stars alongside returning cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly and Nick Kroll.
Bobby Cannavale also joins the cast as ruthless mogul wolf named Jimmy Crystal, while the likes of Halsey, Pharrell Williams, Letitia Wright, Eric Andre, and Chelsea Peretti from Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti will also make their debut appearances in the new movie.
Sing 2 will also include covers of three U2 songs “Where the Streets Have No Name,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”and “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”, according to Deadline.
U2 have contributed to numerous movie soundtracks over the years and have been nominated twice in the Best Original Song category at the Academy Awards for The Hands That Built America for Gangs of New York in 2003 and Ordinary Love from Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom in 2014.
Sing 2 is in cinemas in January.
