U2 Announce First Album in Nine Years

U2’s first new album in nine years would make headlines no matter what, but it’s doubly noteworthy because it includes Dolly Parton’s last-recorded vocal performance before her death.

Mark your calendars: Carnaval De Luz is out November 13 vis Island. The record’s lead single, “Silencio,” in which Bono briefly sings in Spanglish again, is out now with a Cliqua-directed music video where U2 play a near-empty dance hall.

Watch it below. “Roll up, roll up, roll up!” Bono said in a press release. “There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance.

So we make the drums louder. We build a bigger fire. We make our stories wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they better shine, because if the world is in darkness we better not be.” Album closer “Torn” is the duet between Bono and Parton, with both co-writing the song alongside Johnny McDaid.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, the U2 singer revealed he originally reached out to Parton to record music for a side project inspired by Irish folk music. She turned down that offer, and instead showed him a song she was working on.

And you can hear that. And I can’t even listen to it now.” Carnaval De Luz is the Irish band’s 16th album overall and the follow-up to 2017’s Songs of Experience, which was then succeeded by a collection of re-imagined U2 songs and EPs of protest music and Brian Eno collaborations.

Produced by Jacknife Lee, Carnaval De Luz explores themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom, and endurance in the face of darkness. Read about Achtung Baby at No.

118 in The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s. Carnaval De Luz: 01 Go (Carnaval De Luz) 02 La Reina 03 Street of Dreams 04 The Mirror Maker (Rosalía) 05 Superficiality 06 If the World Is at War We Better Not Be 07 Silencio 08 The Greatest Show on Earth 09 Glorify 10 Midnight Sunshine 11 Can’t Stop Us Now 12 Torn [ft.

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Album closer “Torn” is the duet between Bono and Parton, with both co-writing the song alongside Johnny McDaid. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the U2 singer revealed he originally reached out to Parton to record music for a side project inspired by Irish folk music.

Ela recusou aquela oferta e, em vez disso, mostrou a ele uma música que estava trabalhando. “Ela disse, ‘Eu tenho essa música. Ela se chama ‘Torn’, e você quer ver onde pode levá‑la para outro lugar, talvez?’” Bono disse ao Rolling Stone.

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