NewsU2 / Carnaval De Luz
New studio album
Limited edition SDE & D2C blu-ray – quick pre-order
U2 will release Carnaval De Luz, their 16th studio album, in November, their first long-player of new material in nine years.
Available on CD, vinyl and as an SDE / D2C exclusive blu-ray audio, the 12-track album was recorded “all over the place” and produced by Jacknife Lee. It explores themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance in the face of dark, encroaching forces.
We are promised “echoes of the band’s most experimental work” combined with some strict songwriting in the shape of ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’, ‘Glorify’ and ‘Midnight Sunshine’, as well as the 2mins 35second homage to early surf-punk insolence that is ‘Silencio’.
“Roll up, roll up, roll up! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance!”
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Carnaval De Luz sees contributions from Brian Eno (co-writing and synthesizers on ‘Go (Carnaval De Luz)’, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ and ‘Can’t Stop Us Now’), Martin Garrix (co-writing on ‘Glorify’), Daniel Lanois (playing pedal steel on ‘Torn’); and the late, great Dolly Parton, in what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance. She duets with Bono on ‘Torn’, a song co-written by U2, Parton and Johnny McDaid, it’s a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances.
The blu-ray edition offers the album in Dolby Atmos and hi-res stereo. It’s packaged in an amaray case and includes a 16-page booklet featuring lyrics, photography and exclusive album imagery.
- Carnaval De Luz – Dolby Atmos Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
- Carnaval De Luz – Hi-Res Stereo Mix (48 kHz / 24 bit)
Carnaval De Luz will be released on 13 November 2026 via Island. You can pre-order the SDE & D2C exclusive blu-ray from the SDE shop using this link or the button below. For other versions check out widgets.
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Tracklisting
Carnaval De Luz U2 /
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- Go (Carnaval De Luz)
- La Reina
- Street Of Dreams
- The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)
- Superficiality
- If The World Is At War We Better Not Be
- Silencio
- The Greatest Show On Earth
- Glorify
- Midnight Sunshine
- Can’t Stop Us Now
- Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)
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