NEW YORK — Irish rockers U2 will release their first full-length album of new material in nine years — the 12-track “Carnaval De Luz,” which will feature a song with Dolly Parton.
Interscope Records announced that Nov. Added singer Bono: “There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms. 13 will be the sale date for U2’s 16th studio album and released a new track, “Silencio.
“Street of Dreams,” the first song to be taken from the new album, was released in July. “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs,” The Edge, the band’s guitarist, said in a statement. The band, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has not been dormant, having dropped two EPs, “Days of Ash” and “Easter Lily,” each with six songs, released for Ash Wednesday and Easter, respectively.
A representative for Parton confirmed it is her final vocal performance. It was co-written by U2, Parton and Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid and is described as “a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances. Music Writer Maria Sherman contributed to this report.
The last track on the album is “Torn,” a duet with Parton that a statement describes as “what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance. The new album cover has The Edge and Bono joined by drummer Larry Mullen Jr. and bassist Adam Clayton walking in a line along a beach, with Bono leading the way in a top hat and black coat, in a clear echo of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” cover.
