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2026-04-15: Breaking Waves…100 Pages, Bono Appearance, Bram’s Thoughts on EPs
Bono crashed a wedding performance on Thursday night. The band Toshin was performing in Dublin at a wedding ceremony when Bono joined them on stage for “Stand By Me”. He sang a bit of the song and then wandered off leaving the band to finish the song.
A clip of the performance has been posted on the group’s Instagram and Facebook:
What could you say...
2026-04-08: 30th Anniversary Edition of “Wildest Dreams” (Tina Turner)
Rhino / Parlophone have announced plans for a 30th anniversary version of Tina Turner’s Wildest Dreams album, which will included newly remastered versions of the album tracks as well as many related tracks. To promote the release, the first song from the album, “Goldeneye (A/C Mix)” has been released to streaming services and download storefronts. (On many stores it is a standalone single,...
2026-04-07: Happy 31st Anniversary U2Songs
Back in 1995, I started what would become U2Songs.com. I try to stop and reflect each year, before moving on to what comes next.
Thirty-one years go by quick. Yet sometimes it feels like it has been forever. There’s still a wild energy here among the team. A new release comes along, and the emails and messages start flying. We reach out with ideas, little things we find and spot. The...
2026-04-06: A Second Spring Sunrise: The U2Songs Team Reviews the ‘Easter Lily’ EP
U2 surprised fans on Good Friday 2026 with the release of the 6-track Easter Lily EP, scarcely a month after the February release of Days of Ash. With yet another new single and full-length album promised in just a few months, the creative juices are clearly flowing at U2 HQ! As we did with Days of Ash just a few weeks ago, a few members of the U2Songs team offer their initial impressions of...
2026-04-02: New U2 Release: Easter Lily EP Out Now
No it’s not fake news…U2 dropped another 6-track EP onto streaming services just now at midnight (Eastern).
The new EP, titled “Easter Lily” features five new U2 songs, plus a soundscape developed with Brian Eno. It was released for Good Friday.
Our live coverage of this new EP is available in our discography site: discography entry.
2026-03-23: “Days of Ash” in Atmos, Lyric Videos and Promo
The Dolby Atmos version of “Days of Ash“ is now available. For those looking for a different way to listen the Atmos version is available on Apple Music and Tidal via streaming. The mixing process for Atmos is a time consuming one and took some time post-release to get ready for release.
Atmos is a surround sound technology which was developed by Dolby Labs. It uses multiple sound...
2026-03-21: Mapping Propaganda Volume 3
To promote the “Days of Ash“ EP in-store, Universal Records put together a plan to print and distribute copies of the Propaganda magazine which had launched digitally with the EP. We’ve been tracking the release of this numbered issue of the magazine and we’ll present some of the information about the distribution and release of this issue below. But first, for those who wish to take a look,...
2026-03-17: Redemption Process for 2026 Gift
The 2026 fan club gift has been announced. It’s a physical copy of “Days of Ash”, a copy of the Propaganda magazine put together for the EP, and a poster taken from the artwork from the EP.
Please note, the process described below is not time sensitive and the gifts won’t ship for a little bit yet, so you have plenty of time to do this. You may want to wait a day or two until all the bugs...
2026-03-16: 2026 Subscription Gift Announced
Update (March 18, 2026):
The initial announcement of this item at U2.com on March 16 read “This will be the first physical release of the Days of Ash collection” and the subscription details page listed the CD as “exclusive to subscribers”. Videos posted to U2’s social media on March 18, 2026 advertising the new package read “the only physical version of the EP” when talking about the CD....
2026-03-15: The Crystal Ball: Albums and Tours
It’s been a while since we did one of these. For those who wish to remain ‘spoiler free’ about what is coming next throughout the year, you may want to skip this one.
We are going to start with a little reminder.
Here at U2Songs we only post information we believe to be true. We wait until we have at least a couple of reliable sources, presenting us with the same, or similar...
2026-03-14: “Days of Ash” Radioplay Updates
It has been just over three weeks since the “Days of Ash“ EP was released, and we’ve been looking at where the songs are being played on radio.
Worldwide, the song with the most total play is “Song of the Future”. The next most played song, “Yours Eternally” has 31.5% of the total airplay numbers of “Song of the Future”. The third most popular song, looking at the worldwide numbers, is...
2026-03-13: Bono co-writes “Catharina” with Garrix
Just released today, Martin Garrix’s new song “Catharina” was co-written by Bono. The song released on STMPD Records, was released earlier today on digital platforms. Garrix is performing vocals on the new song.
It is the latest in a string of songs that Bono has worked on with Garrix. The collaborations started with “We Are the People“, recorded for the Euro 2020 tournament with Bono...