{"id":3723,"date":"2026-07-07T16:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:09:03","slug":"u2-releases-street-of-dreams-first-single-from-upcoming-album-the-bands-first-all-new-effort-in-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3723","title":{"rendered":"U2 Releases \u2018Street of Dreams,\u2019 First Single From Upcoming Album, the Band\u2019s First All-New Effort in Nine Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nU2 is edging ever-so-closer to officially announcing the group\u2019s first full-length collection of new material in nine years. Heralding it is the first single from that forthcoming effort, \u201cStreet of Dreams,\u201d which hit DSPs as a single and music video early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3721\">\u2018Obsession\u2019 Sets Collector\u2019s Edition 4K Blu-ray Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe streets are not the only thing that has no name; even with this first single coming out, no title has been announced yet for the album. A release date has not been given, either, although the album is being promised as arriving some time this year.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIf fans had to bet on a time the new album might come out, September might be the likeliest time, at least if the band is feeling at all sentimental. The group will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of their formation that month.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCliqua directed the music video. It will come as no surprise to fans that the video was shot in Mexico City. In May, the band was photographed and video-ed while performing their new song atop a school bus graffitied by Mexican artist Chavis M\u00e1rmol. While they were south of the border, the group also attended the 2026 Street Child World Cup Finals Tournament at Parque Ecol\u00f3gico Lago de Texcoco. The new song contains a few lines in Spanish (see the full lyrics, below).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe forthcoming album will be U2\u2019s first full-length collection of new studio material since \u201cSongs of Surrender\u201d came out in December 2017. However, the band has made significant additions to its discography as of late, just not in the full album format. The Irishmen have released two EPs this year \u2014 the protest-song-themed \u201cDays of Ash,\u201d which got a surprise release on Feb. 18, aka Ash Wednesday, followed by the more upbeat \u201cEaster Lily\u201d on April 3. Each of these EPs contained six new songs, but the band made it clear that in both cases, this was material that would not be appearing on the coming album. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe group\u2019s last album in any form was 2023\u2019s \u201cSongs of Surrender,\u201d which had the group re-recording 40 songs from its catalog in a stripped-down format.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLyrics for the new song:<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>God hear me shout<br \/>Lend your ear to my prayer<br \/>When I\u2019m far from anywhere<br \/>Down to my last breath of air<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>God hear me shout<br \/>Lend your ear to my prayer<br \/>When I\u2019m far from anywhere<br \/>Down to my last breath of air<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3718\">Animation Takes Greater Share of California Film Incentive as $71 Million Goes to Four Films Including \u2018Donkey\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>All the doors are open on the street of dreams<br \/>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Broken are the chosen on the street of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Be here<br \/>Be free<br \/>Be yourself<br \/>And then free me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Your fate?<br \/>(Gonna fight it)<br \/>Your trust?<br \/>(Won\u2019t be denied)<br \/>This bus?<br \/>(Gonna ride it)<br \/>To the street of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Justice, an obsession on the street of dreams<br \/>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Love in a procession down the street of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Break out<br \/>Break through<br \/>Break in<br \/>Your dream needs you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Your life?<br \/>(Gonna find you)<br \/>Your fear?<br \/>(Not gonna blind you)<br \/>Random angels?<br \/>(Gonna guide you)<br \/>To the street of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>All the doors are open on the street of dreams<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Broken are the chosen on the street of dreams<br \/>Don\u2019t you give up on your dream for the many not just the few<br \/>Don\u2019t you give up and your dreams won\u2019t give up on you<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\tLa calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Justice an obsession on the street of dreams<br \/>La calle, calle de los sue\u00f1os<br \/>Love in a procession down the street of dreams<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>God hear me shout<br \/>Lend your ear to my prayer<br \/>When I\u2019m far from anywhere<br \/>Down to my last breath of air<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3716\">Gucci Family Series \u2018Game Over\u2019 Reveals First-Look Images as Sky Italia Announces Further Cast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 released &#8216;Street of Dreams,&#8217; the first single from an album that will be the band&#8217;s first all-new release in nine years, following a pair of EWPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1775,1023],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-bono","tag-u2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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