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.

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

Last Updated: April 18, 2025

Announced Projects

  • 2025-04 U2.Com will start shipping the delayed 2024 gift, the second volume of the lyric books.
  • 2025-05 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

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 will be the first project to see release, and Adam Clayton shared in January 2025, that the band was looking at an early 2026 release date.

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 is 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.

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.

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