Upcoming Releases

This section collects information about upcoming U2 releases, their status, and provide news links to updates about these projects. It will also detail information about other projects that the band are involved in such as solo projects, and other expected appearances. Below the updates on each project are links to news stories about upcoming projects where you can find more information about these releases. As things are officially announced, they are moved to their own discography entries on the site.

Last Updated: May 10, 2025

Announced Projects

  • Soon: U2.Com will start shipping the delayed 2024 gift, the second volume of the lyric books originally suggesting they would start shipping in late April 2025.
  • 2025-05-16 Bono: Stories of Surrender premiere at Cannes Film Festival
  • 2025-05-20 Bono: Stories of Surrender softcover book release in UK / Ireland
  • 2025-05-27 Bono: Stories of Surrender softcover book release in Canada / USA
  • 2025-05-30 Bono: Stories of Surrender film debuts on Apple TV+
  • 2025-06-03 Bono’s Surrender hardcover Japan Edition released in Japan
  • 2025-06-06 Lil Wayne Tha Carter VI album (Bono will appear on a song.)

U2 Album Projects

We are currently updating this section of the page, for now please see our recent news report on U2’s upcoming albums.

Album: Sci-Fi Folk Music (U2 or perhaps Bono and Edge)

During promotion of How to Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb The Edge revealed that he and Bono had also been working with Jacknife Lee on another project of “Sci-fi Irish Folk” music. He revealed that Brian Eno is involved on this project, and that they are working with a number of Irish musicians on the recording of this project including Cormac Begley, Colm Mac Con Iomaire and Dermot Sheedy. The Edge has revealed it started as a Bono / Edge solo project, but he was hopeful some of the material would be folded into the next U2 album. He also referenced it as a possible follow up to the Passengers album. More recent interviews with Adam Clayton and Bono suggest this may be the first project to see release instead of the one listed below, and that it indeed has become the basis for the next U2 album, and that Brian Eno is now taking a larger role in the process.

  • The Observer (2025-05-11): “The band, it turns out, have recently reconvened in a nearby studio with longtime collaborator Brian Eno to prepare the groundwork for what will be their 16th album. ‘We’re busy writing another reason to exist as a band,’ Bono says. ‘I still find Brian an extraordinary inspiration and I’m sure he still finds me quite frustrating. But I know he will keep on defending our right to be ecstatic in our music.’
  • Adam Clayton (2025-05-01): “[The Edge] has been teasing me as well. The only thing I can say is it’s a work in progress. We do not have a deadline as such. But I would hope by the end of the year we’d have some information to share, and perhaps we could suggest something for next year.” Asked if the band was working on “Sci-Fi Irish folk music with Brian Eno”. Adam replies, “That sounds about right. I think we’re heading off in that direction.”
  • The Edge (2024-11-25): “We have Brian Eno involved, and a bunch of…some beautiful Irish musicians, some incredibly talented…Colm Mac Con Iomaire who is this fiddle player, and Dermot Sheehy who is this bodhrán player, they came in the other day. They’re astonishing players. We’re excited about that.”

Additional quotes about this “Sci-Fi Folk Album” and the albums below can be found in our news here.

Album: Four Men in a Room (U2 Album)

In August 2025, it appears that U2 have shifted away from plans for a Rock and Roll album that work was being done on. This shift in plans corresponds to Larry Mullen rejoining the band in studio to work on a new project. Fresh recording for this project started in August 2024, and has continued through the winter and spring. This album is being worked on with Jacknife Lee in the producers chair. In mid-November, 2024 they had 3-4 songs complete for this project. We expect this may be the first project to see release, and Adam Clayton shared in January 2025, that the band was looking at a 2026 release date.

Album: Songs for Fighting (U2 Album)

From 2017 until early 2024 it looked as if U2 were working on a harder “Rock ‘n’ Roll” style album. Adam referred to the work as Songs for Fighting in an interview. During the run at Sphere, the band had chosen the songs from these sessions that they wanted to work on, and the plan at the end of that run was to go into studio and record these songs as an album. However, it appears the band have taken another route, and are now likely placing this rock and roll album on hold. It appears this album was being developed with Steve Lillywhite and Jacknife Lee as producers. The album, was expected to follow the “Songs of …” naming convention, and Bono has recently said that the “Songs of” era is behind them. Rumours from U2’s crew suggested the band were hoping for a 2024 release for this album, and that venues for a stadium tour in 2025 were on hold. It appears that plans for this album, and any accompanying tour were put on hold, in order to work on new material, mentioned above under “Four Men in a Room”.

Album: Songs of Ascent (U2 Album)

Yes, Songs of Ascent still exists in some form. The album was initially developed as a companion album to No Line on the Horizon and the band have continued to work on the songs in the background of things. The album has been described as more meditative, and Bono has described the work as 15 psalms. Most recently Bono has discussed the album in late 2022, sharing that it is about 70 percent complete, and they were holding it back to work on the rock and roll album. In late 2024, Bono make comments that the “Songs of” era is behind them, so plans to revisit Songs of Ascent may be on hold for now.

50th Anniversary Projects

The band will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2026, and although Adam Clayton has confirmed that they will not celebrate with a tour, or an album, there are other projects coming that will look back on the history of the band in a variety of ways. When asked about the anniversary, Adam shared, “You know we know it’s there. We know it’s coming along. We are not particularly going to celebrate it though, but these things are very hard to predict. Whilst we might not be able to align an album or a tour to celebrate that moment, I’m sure we’ll be opening a bottle of champagne on the day.”

Netflix Biopic Series with JJ Abrams

A biopic series following the career of U2 was announced in 2022. The series is to be produced by JJ Abrams for Bad Robot, with writer Anthony McCarten writing the scripts. Delays due to Hollywood strikes had happened, but it appears that the series is still under active development and the first season may debut in late 2026. Our early information on the biopic series suggested three seasons were under development. You can see more information in our original story here. A 2025 article in The Observer shares that the series will tie into the anniversary celebrations.

Documentary of U2’s 50 Year Career

A number of contacts have reached out to share that U2 are working on a documentary about their career to date, and have been in contact with various outlets over the past 3 years collecting footage, including interviews and media appearances. The team assembling the documentary have worked extensively with the BBC in the past. (Please note, an ongoing scam on Facebook claims U2 is working on a Netflix documentary, this is not related to this particular documentary news.) The documentary was recently mentioned in The Observer, “Next year will mark 50 years of U2’s existence; at least one celebratory documentary is in the offing.”

U2 Dublin Exhibit

Also underway is work on U2’s Dublin exhibit. Like the project above, we’ve heard that U2 have been collecting items for display and it appears that The Edge has been focused on this project. Planning permission has run out at the planned site at Hanover Quay, and development of the exhibit has been happening at an alternate site instead. Expect some news soon on the new location, and we expect this will be part of the 50th anniversary celebrations as well.

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