U2, album next autumn, then the tour?

U2 continue work on the new album, in fact it is almost finished: according to U2songs sources, traditionally reliable, the current plans include a release for autumn 2026, preceded by a single in the summer. Then a series of promotional appearances and then the announcement of a tour. According to the site’s source, the “group is confident that it is in the final stage”, although there is no title yet.

A few weeks ago the new U2 album was already considered “almost finished”: the difference seems to be that now a time plan is starting to materialize and there doesn’t seem to be any slowdowns (which, notoriously, are just around the corner with the band). When it arrives, U2’s new album will be the first unreleased project since 2017, the year “Songs of Experience” was released. Already last summer U2songs reported the goal of closing recordings by the end of 2025, hypothesizing a release in the second half of 2026 – but a postponement to 2027 was not ruled out.

A month ago Bono and The Edge were together awards ceremony assigned by the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, playing some classics but above all anticipating a fragment of “One life at a time”, a song about the Middle Eastern conflict inspired by the film “No Other Land”. The text read by Bono was then reported by the band’s official website

One father shot
three children crying
if there is no law
there is no crime
if there is no hope
what’s there to rhyme
history is written
one life at a time
ONE LIFE AT A TIME

When Rockol interviewed Bono last spring, the singer summed up the inner workings of the band this way: “Springsteen said a funny thing about bands: “Democracy is needed for places like Iraq. But not for a rock band.” He is always amazed by the fact that the four of us U2 divide everything equally and that we are still very democratic. He has a band, but there’s only one Boss. In U2 there are four bosses.” A dynamic that explains well the long lead times and many discussions behind each project.