U2 Surprise Release New E.P. ‘Days of Ash’, Bono Says New Album Later This Year

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and U2 celebrated by stunning fans with an unannounced brand new E.P. called ‘Days of Ash’.  The six songs have a political lean as well as lyric videos for each.  U2 issued a written statement yesterday on their website:

“In advance of a new album in late 2026, the new EP is a self-contained collection of five new songs and a poem - 'American Obituary', 'The Tears Of Things', 'Song Of The Future', 'Wildpeace', 'One Life At A Time' and 'Yours Eternally' (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) - an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom. 

Four of the five tracks are about individuals – a mother, a father, a teenage girl whose lives were brutally cut short - and a soldier who'd rather be singing but is ready to die for the freedom of his country."

"It's been a thrill having the four of us back together in the studio over the last year,' explains Bono. "The songs on Days of Ash are very different in mood and theme to the ones we're going to put on our album later in the year. These EP tracks couldn't wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay..."

"Who needs to hear a new record from us?" asks Larry " It just depends on whether we're making music we feel deserves to be heard. I believe these new songs stand up to our best work. We talk a lot about when to release new tracks. You don't always know… the way the world is now feels like the right moment.”

1.     American Obituary

2.     The Tears of Things

3.     Song of the Future

4.     Wildpeace

5.     One Life At a Time

6.     Yours Eternally (with Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia)