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Street of Dreams, U2's anthemic new single, just premiered minutes ago around the world. The official music video incorporated U2's live audience in Mexico City as part of a mini "documentary" of U2's film shoot on that rainy day back on May 12. Despite inclement weather, the band shot the video atop a modified school bus designed by graffiti artist Chavis Mármol near the Plaza Santo Domingo. The following day, the band filmed inside the Salón Los Angeles dance hall. The video was directed by Pasqual Gutiérrez and Raúl "RJ" Sanchez (CLIQUA) of Somesuch. U2 also attended the Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecológico Lago de Texcoco.
No album release date has been set, nor has there been a title announced. Presumably, the band will release their 16th studio album sometime this Autumn and go on a world tour in the Spring of 2027. U2 will celebrate their 50th anniversary of being together as a band in September. No other live band has stayed intact for this long with its original lineup.
For those who wish to hear U2's studio recording of the new single, produced by Jacknife Lee, check out this link: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=XkeBlaWayuI.... The music video itself can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnS0Wf64Is.
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- 05.28.26 U2 to Be Featured on New Tribute Album for the Late Shane MacGowan
- 05.13.26 U2 Films in Mexico City on Day Two, Plus a Meeting with Mexico Mayor Clara Brugada
- 05.12.26 A Music Video for U2's New Single "Street of Dreams" is Filmed in Mexico City - Due out June 12
- Early Reports of U2 and a Magic Bus with "The Street of Dreams" to be Filmed in Mexico City
- 05.07.26 U2 is Looking for Extras for a New Music Video in Mexico City on May 12
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- 04.24.26 U2 Pay Their Respects at the Funeral of Moya Brennan
- 04.03.26 U2 Releases "Easter Lily" on Good Friday, Harkening Back to the Band's Christian Roots
- 03.27.26 "Song of the Future" lands on the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay charts
- 03.11.26 U2 to receive the "Member of the Order" in Strasbourg in May
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Latest U2 Concert
Opening Act(s): Pauli "The PSM" Lovejoy
Setlist:
- Zoo Station
- Drive My Car - The Fly
- Even Better Than the Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways - My Sweet Lord - I Feel Love
- One - Invisible
- Love Me Tender - Until the End of the World - Sympathy for the Devil - Paint It Black
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
- Landlady - Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
- All I Want Is You - Yellow
- Desire - Not Fade Away
- Angel of Harlem
- Don't Dream It's Over
- Acrobat
- So Cruel
- Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
- Love Is Blindness - Viva Las Vegas Encore(s):
- Elevation - My Way
- Atomic City
- Vertigo - She Loves You
- Moment of Surrender - Where the Streets Have No Name
- With or Without You
- Beautiful Day - Gloria - Blackbird
- "40"
Remarks:
U2 performs the fortieth of forty shows at the Sphere at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Attendance is 18,600; a sellout. Tickets range from $140 to $500 (for presale ticket prices) but many sell at resale prices of $400 to $1,450. The opening music act is Pauli "The PSM" Lovejoy, who is the official Atomic MC / DJ host of the UV Dance Party opening each U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere concert.
The very final concert of U2's epic 40 date run at Las Vegas's Sphere concludes this evening with a jam-packed show of special guest performances. Longtime U2 collaborator and producer Daniel Lanois joins the band on the stage with his guitar for "One." Toward the end of the song, Lanois leans into Bono on the microphone and sings briefly, and moments later Bono snippets a bit of "Invisible" ("No them, there's only us."). Bono: "There would be no Achtung Baby without Daniel Lanois."
Later in the show, Neil Finn from Crowded House performs "Don't Dream It's Over" in a specially pre-recorded audio track with Bono and The Edge performing along. The vocal track was sent in by Neil himself from Auckland, NZ in an email the night before. The song is dedicated Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia with Bono saying: "The idea is to record something special to honor Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia who's continuing a fight against Vladimir Putin for a free, free Russia. That's what we want for the Russian people."
Closing the concert, U2 perform "40," their old War song. Rehearsed at the soundcheck earlier in the day, the song makes its live debut at the Sphere and marking the first time it's been performed since 2016. As the song concludes, the band members leave the stage one by one. Bram van den Berg, filling in for Larry Mullen Jr. as he continues to heal from surgeries, is seen exiting the stage as The Edge pumps his fists to the crowd. Bono introduces the song with the following words: "Let it scream 40 days and 40 nights in the desert. What's a fella with a Messianic complex gonna do? This is a song we wrote in 40 minutes. There'd be 40 minutes on the War album left to record. I opened the sacred text on the Psalm of David. Just gonna write it out, that was the lyric. This is 40."
Witnessing this 40th show at the Sphere are a slew of celebrities including the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (whom Bono wishes happy birthday and snippets "Yellow" during the concert), E-Street band member Nils Lofgren, and U2 producers Daniel Lanois (as mentioned earlier) and Ryan Tedder. Additionally, several actors and actresses are in attendance including Elizabeth Jagger (who turned 40 years old on this night), Brett Ratner, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. Last but not least, First Lady Jill Biden is in the house tonight with Bono dedicating "All I Want Is You" to her. After the show ends, U2 fans stream out of the monolithic venue as Brian Eno's "Sky Saw" plays over the PA.
- 03.02.24 March 1, 2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Sphere at The Venetian Resort
- 02.25.24 February 24, 2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Sphere at The Venetian Resort
- 02.24.24 February 23, 2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Sphere at The Venetian Resort
- 02.19.24 February 18, 2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Sphere at The Venetian Resort
- 02.18.24 February 17, 2024 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Sphere at The Venetian Resort


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