Irish rock legends U2 are set to release their first studio album of entirely new material in nine years, alongside a fresh single titled Street Of Dreams.
The as-yet-untitled album from the Bono-fronted quartet is expected later this year, while Street Of Dreams was released on Tuesday.
Its accompanying video was filmed in Mexico City, where the band had attended the 2026 Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecologico Lago Ae Texcoco.
The video features Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr performing for fans. Filmed near Plaza Santo Domingo, the shoot was interrupted by thunder and rain, causing a generator to fail. A local family then welcomed the band into their apartment, allowing filming to continue from their balcony.
Released on Island Records and produced by Jacknife Lee, the single arrives as U2 prepares to mark their 50th anniversary in 2026. The music video, which sees the band performing atop a graffiti-covered bus to an energetic crowd, draws parallels with the iconic visuals for their 1987 track Where The Streets Have No Name.
Since forming in Dublin in 1976, U2 has amassed an impressive catalogue, including seven UK number one singles and 11 chart-topping albums.
Their forthcoming record follows 2023’s Songs Of Surrender, which featured re-recorded versions of past hits, and 2017’s Songs Of Experience.
The latter was the successor to 2014’s Songs Of Innocence, notable for being automatically added to iPhone libraries upon its release.
The band’s best-known tracks include Sunday Bloody Sunday, Beautiful Day, and Vertigo.
Earlier this year, U2 joined Bruce Springsteen in releasing songs in response to current events in America, including the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Titled Days of Ash, the Irish rock band’s new six-song EP is described in a press release as “an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.”
U2 frontman Bono said in a statement that the tracks are “very different in mood and theme” from those that will be released as part of the band’s new album later this year. “These EP tracks couldn’t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world,” he said. “They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation.
“Songs of celebration will follow, we’re working on those now… because for all the awfulness we see normalized daily on our small screens, there’s nothing normal about these mad and maddening times, and we need to stand up to them before we can go back to having faith in the future. And each other,” Bono continued.
