U2 shot a music video for their next single, “Street of Dreams”perched on the roof of a school bus on the streets of Mexico City, with Larry Mullen Jr. back on drums. The song will appear on an as-yet-untitled album expected later this year.
A packed crowd invaded a Mexico City street on May 12 to watch U2 shoot a music video, perched on the roof of a school bus covered in graffiti by Mexican artist Chavis Mármol, for their upcoming single “Street of Dreams”. The track will appear on their next album, expected later this year.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. had missed almost all of the group's activities in recent years to recover from neck and back operations – including the forty-night residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas in 2023 and 2024. This time he was back behind the drums for the filming.
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He recently joined the band in the studio to record the six-track EP Days of Ashfollowed by another EP, Easter Lily. But these two records were just a warm-up before the long-awaited successor to their 2017 album Songs of Experience. According to Bono, the new songs are “more songs of celebration than lament… with a joyful side that is decidedly defiant to face these anxious times… almost a carnival vibe… You can't spend your time kicking the darkness. Very soon, we will try to make the light brighter. »
No precise timetable has been communicated for the release of the disc, and the title remains to be revealed. Please note, however: September 25 will mark 50 years since the group's very first rehearsals, when its members were still high school students at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin.
Asked by WECBMullen said he was unsure at one point if he would be able to return to the group after his recent injuries. “It was something to find Edge, Adam and Bono in the same room”he said. “That being said, I had to make some changes, like the way I sit behind the kit or the height of the different elements. Other adjustments require more practice and are more dependent on my approach and intention. I've always been an intense player, but now I'm trying a more relaxed approach, and I'm having fun doing it. This probably has something to do with the fact that I don't hurt like I used to. »
