U2 announce new standalone 6-Track EP 'U2 - DAYS OF ASH'

Big news and new music from U2...Robert Kinsler

U2   ANNOUNCE NEW STANDALONE 6-TRACK EP   U2 - DAYS OF ASH   LISTEN HERE // WATCH LYRIC VIDEOS HERE   PLUS A SPECIAL ONE-OFF EDITION OF U2 MAGAZINE PROPAGANDA: "U2 - DAYS OF ASH: SIX POSTCARDS FROM THE PRESENT… WISH WE WEREN’T HERE" WITH BAND INTERVIEWS + SONG LYRICS + MORE READ HERE A SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM TO ACCOMPANY THE SONG "YOURS ETERNALLY" (FT. ED SHEERAN & TARAS TOPOLIA) WILL BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24TH, THE 4th ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE   February 18, 2026 – on this Ash Wednesday (the day after carnival) - Interscope Records today announces the release of U2 - Days Of Ash, a brand new standalone 6-track EP from U2. Out now, listen HERE. Watch lyric videos HERE. In advance of a new album in late 2026, the U2 - Days Of Ash EP is a self-contained collection of five new songs and a poem - "American Obituary," "The Tears Of Things," "Song Of The Future," "Wildpeace," "One Life At A Time," and "Yours Eternally" (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia) - an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom. Four of the five tracks are about individuals – a mother, a father, a teenage girl – whose lives were brutally cut short. A soldier who’d rather be singing but is ready to die for the freedom of his country. “It’s been a thrill having the four of us back together in the studio over the last year… the songs on Days of Ash are very different in mood and theme to the ones we’re going to put on our album later in the year. These EP tracks couldn't wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation. Songs of celebration will follow, we’re working on those now… because for all the awfulness we see normalized daily on our small screens, there’s nothing normal about these mad and maddening times and we need to stand up to them before we can go back to having faith in the future. And each other. “If you have a chance to hope it’s a duty…” is a line we borrowed from Lea Ypi. A laugh would be nice too. Thank you.” Bono    “Who needs to hear a new record from us? It just depends on whether we’re making music we feel deserves to be heard. I believe these new songs stand up to our best work. We talk a lot about when to release new tracks. You don’t always know… the way the world is now feels like the right moment. Going way back to our earliest days, working with Amnesty or Greenpeace, we’ve never shied away from taking a position and sometimes that can get a bit messy, there’s always some sort of blowback, but it’s a big side of who we are and why we still exist.”   Larry Mullen Jr. “I’m excited about these new songs, it feels like they’re arriving at the right time.” Adam Clayton   “We believe in a world where borders are not erased by force. Where culture, language, and memory are not silenced by fear. Where the dignity of a people is not negotiable. This belief isn’t temporary. It isn’t political fashion. It’s the ground we stand on.  And we stand there together.” The Edge   "American Obituary" speaks to the shocking event the world witnessed in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 7th, 2026 where Renée Nicole Macklin Good, an idealistic mother of three, was shot at almost point-blank range while exercising her right to peacefully protest, a right that is protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. This unarmed mother was then described as a “domestic terrorist” by a government who will not withdraw the description even though they know it’s not true. Or mount a proper enquiry into what happened for the sake of everyone involved. "The Tears Of Things" borrows its title from a book by Franciscan friar Richard Rohr, which examines, through the writings of the Jewish prophets, how one can live compassionately in a time of violence and despair. The song imagines a conversation between Michelangelo’s David and his creator… where the young man with the sling and five smooth stones refuses the idea that he has to become Goliath to defeat him... he’s also revealed as having heart shaped pupils half a millennia before the heart shaped emoji, which puzzles visitors at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, to this day. The star of the lyric, Sarina, in "Song of the Future" honors the life of 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh, one of thousands of Iranian schoolgirls who took to the streets as part of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in 2022. These protests were sparked by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in Tehran on September 16th that year from injuries sustained following her arrest by the so-called "morality police" for not wearing a hijab in accordance with government standards. Seven days later, Sarina was beaten by the Iranian security forces and died from her injuries, the regime claiming she killed herself. The song aims to capture Sarina’s free spirit, the promise and hope of her short life. The Days of Ash EP includes a reading of "Wildpeace" - a poem by Israeli author and poet Yehuda Amichai - by Nigerian artist Adeola of Les Amazones d'Afrique, with music by U2 and Jacknife Lee. "One Life At A Time" is written for Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian father of three. A nonviolent activist and English teacher, Awdah was killed in his village in the West Bank by Israeli settler Yinon Levi on July 28th, 2025. Awdah was a consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” made by Palestinians and Israelis. At his funeral, one of the directors, Basel Adra, spoke of the slaughter of his friend and the experience of Palestinians being erased “one life at a time.” U2 took that line and turned it around to suggest that a peaceful resolution will be wrought “one life at a time.”  "Yours Eternally" sees Bono and The Edge joined on vocals by Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier Taras Topolia, as well as Ed Sheeran. In the spring of 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bono and The Edge traveled to Kyiv to busk in a metro station at the invitation of President Zelensky. A couple of days prior to that, Ed connected Taras Topolia, and by extension his band Antytila, with Bono. Bono, Taras and The Edge met for the first time on that subway platform. They’ve been friends ever since. Taras is the inspiration for "Yours Eternally," a song written in the form of a letter from a soldier on active duty with a bold, mischievous spirit to match Ukraine’s. "Yours Eternally" will also be proudly accompanied by a short 4½ minute documentary film directed by Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker Ilya Mikhaylus, that will be released on Tuesday, February 24th - the 4th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shot in December 2025 while Mikhaylus and his crew were embedded alongside the 40,000-strong Khartiya Corps, the film captures the extraordinary daily lives of Alina and her fellow soldiers fighting on the frontlines of the war. U2 Days of Ash EP is accompanied by the return of Propaganda as a one-off digital zine, with a limited-edition print run. Forty years ago, in February 1986, the first issue of Propaganda dropped through the letterboxes of U2 fans around the world. Aspiring to match other fan magazines at that time, Propaganda was born out of the punk-era D.I.Y. zine culture that embraced attitude, ideas and dialogue. In the spirit of those early issues, this standalone EP will be accompanied by a one-off limited edition print run plus digital e-zine drop of Propaganda titled "U2 - Days Of Ash: Six Postcards From The Present… Wish We Weren’t Here." This 52-page special publication accompanies the release of the Days Of Ash EP and includes exclusive interviews with "Yours Eternally" film director Ilya Mikhaylus and film producer Pyotr Verzilov, as well as musician and soldier Taras Topolia. It also includes song lyrics; notes from the four band members; plus a Q&A interview with Bono. Read Propaganda HERE.     The one-off special edition of Propaganda, "U2 - Days Of Ash: Six Postcards From The Present… Wish We Weren’t Here," is available digitally HERE and as a limited print run at select independent record stores across Europe and North America.  U2 Days of Ash - EP Tracklisting: 1. American Obituary 2. The Tears of Things 3. Song of The Future 4. Wildpeace - by Yehuda Amichai, read by Adeola, with music by U2 and Jacknife Lee. 5. One Life At A Time  6. Yours Eternally (ft. Ed Sheeran & Taras Topolia)

Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn (2025)

U2 named 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize honorees

Congratulations to U2 on being named this year's Woody Guthrie Prize honorees. Below is the official media release...Robert Kinsler

U2 NAMED 2025 WOODY GUTHRIE PRIZE HONOREES

 

The groundbreaking Irish band, known for its passionate commitment to justice and equality, will be presented with the award October 21 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.

 

 

September 18, 2025—Bono and The Edge will accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 on October 21 in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom.

This prestigious award annually recognizes a recipient who embodies the spirit of Woody Guthrie's social consciousness and musical legacy. In their art and in their actions, U2 band members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. continue a tradition of using music as a force for social change, echoing Guthrie’s belief that songs can help make the world a fairer place.

Bono and The Edge will return to Cain’s Ballroom - for the first time since U2’s 1981 show on the U.S. leg of The Boy Tour - to accept the award and participate in an onstage conversation about the band’s music. They look forward to legally buying their own pints this time around. 

“U2 embodies the mission of the Woody Guthrie Prize, using music to confront injustice and inspire action,” states Cady Shaw, Senior Director, Woody Guthrie Center. “By presenting the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize to U2, we honor a legacy of music that continues to challenge who we are and connect us the world over.”

Formed in Dublin in 1976, U2 has built a career rooted in songs and music that celebrate the same ideals Woody Guthrie sang for: love, hope, justice, equity and the dignity of every person; from early works like ‘War’ and ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’ — a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — to enduring anthems such as ‘One’ and ‘Walk On.’

The recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award, which recognizes individuals and groups who have promoted and enhanced the cause of human rights, the four U2 band members have long used their platform as artists to highlight social issues and effect change. From their support of organizations such as (RED) and The ONE Campaign (both co-founded by Bono) and Music Rising (co-founded by The Edge) among many others, to the co-funding of Music Generation, Ireland’s National Music Education Programme which transforms the lives of children and young people through access to high quality subsidized performance music education.

The fundraising evening will also feature remarks from center director, Cady Shaw, and Woody Guthrie's granddaughter, Anna Canoni, who will share her family’s appreciation of U2 as the standard bearers of Woody’s legacy. U2 will join past recipients Pete Seeger (2014), Mavis Staples (2015), Kris Kristofferson (2016), Norman Lear (2017), John Mellencamp (2018), Chuck D (2019), Joan Baez (2020), Bruce Springsteen (2021), Pussy Riot (2023) and Tom Morello (2024).

A limited number of experience packages will be available for sponsors and members of the Woody Guthrie Center.

The 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize is presented by the Harper House Music Foundation.

 

About U2

Formed in Dublin in 1976, U2 have toured the globe countless times, released 15 studio albums, sold over 170 million albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys and Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience award.

Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 have consistently pushed the boundaries of live performance, with ground-breaking stage shows that embrace the latest in technology and innovation most recently with ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’ which lit up Las Vegas for an acclaimed 40-date run to launch the world’s most state-of-the-art venue, Sphere.

 

About Woody Guthrie Center

The Woody Guthrie Center, located at 102 Reconciliation Way in Tulsa, OK, celebrates the life, music and artistry of the influential folk musician while seeking to ignite a passion for social change and foster a world in which the values of justice, equality and compassion prevail. The center honors Guthrie’s life and legacy by educating visitors, teachers, students and scholars about his relevance today and his important role in American history through on-site programming, classroom materials, youth music programs, artist-in-residence programs, school outreach, internships, fellowship opportunities and the Woody Guthrie Center Archives. Information: www.woodyguthriecenter.org.

BONO - Stories Of Surrender - LIVE EP out now

It was 42 years ago today that I first saw U2 live when the Irish quartet performed at the legendary US Festival, so it was definitely mind bending to get this media release in my inbox this morning...Robert Kinsler

BONO    Stories Of Surrender   LIVE EP - OUT NOW! LISTEN HERE

Praise for Stories of Surrender:   “U2 frontman’s stunning stage show becomes unmissable film.” - NME  “...an intense baring of the soul that is part performance, part confessional and all entertainment…” - SCREEN DAILY  “Bono has a powerful story to tell… a confident mix of music and no-frills theatrical performance.” - THE GUARDIAN  “...heartfelt and candid portrait of the U2 star.” - THE TIMES    May 30, 2025 - Island/Interscope/UMe today announced details of Stories Of Surrender EP, a new Limited Edition 3-track Live EP from Bono, set for release on May 30 to accompany the acclaimed Apple Original Film titled Bono: Stories of Surrender, also available from May 30th on Apple TV+. Listen HERE.   The Stories Of Surrender EP features live recordings of three U2 tracks – “Desire,” “The Showman,” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – taken from Bono’s one-man stage show of the same name, itself inspired by his bestselling memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.    The Stories Of Surrender EP sees Bono joined once again by musicians Gemma Doherty (Harp, Keyboard, Vocals) and Kate Ellis (Cello, Keyboard, Vocals), as well as Musical Director Jacknife Lee.  The film Bono: Stories of Surrender received its worldwide premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. An abridged paperback version of the autobiography, also titled Bono: Stories of Surrender and featuring a new introduction by Bono, has been published by Penguin Random House as a companion to the film and EP. Details here.    Stories Of Surrender EP will be available digitally on May 30th.  A 7” black vinyl will be released on May 30th (Ireland, UK, and Germany) and June 13th (Rest of World).    The tracklisting for Stories Of Surrender EP is:   1. Desire (Stories Of Surrender Version) 2. The Showman (Stories Of Surrender Version) 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Stories Of Surrender Version)     NOTES TO EDITORS    About the Apple Original Film, Bono: Stories of Surrender: A lyrical, bold visual exploration of Bono’s one-man show by the same name, Bono: Stories of Surrender, is a vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically-acclaimed one-man stage show, Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief… The film sees him pull back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends, and faith that have challenged and sustained him, revealing personal stories about his journey as a son, father, husband, activist, and rockstar. Along with never-before-seen, exclusive footage from the Beacon Theatre shows, the film features Bono performing many of the iconic U2 songs that have shaped his life and legacy. The film hails from RadicalMedia and Plan B Entertainment, with award-winning filmmaker Andrew Dominik directing. Watch trailer HERE.   Born Paul David Hewson, Bono has been headlining stadiums around the world with U2 for more than four decades. The band has sold over 175 million records and won 22 Grammys. A longtime activist in the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty, Bono is also the co-founder of ONE and (RED). For his music and activism, he has been awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, France’s Legion of Honor and an honorary British knighthood. Bono was recently inducted into the Ivors Academy Fellowship alongside fellow U2 band members The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.

PHOTO CREDIT: RICH FURY

2025 Record Store Day preview: George Harrison & Beck, dada, Dave Stewart, John Lennon, Marty Willson-Piper, Omnivore Recordings, Brian Eno & U2, Geddy Lee

The parade of amazing exclusive titles for release on Record Store Day has been announced. This column features some of this writer's most highly-anticipated vinyl and/or audio CD collections set to be released on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Record Store Day (RSD) has been an annual celebration of vinyl and independent record stores since it began in 2008, and this year's music-minded event features a slew of new and notable releases ranging from archival to newly-recorded sets from the celebrated likes of George Harrison, Beck, John Lennon, Dave Stewart, dada, Elton John, Geddy Lee (Rush), Joni Mitchell and many more!

There are three types of releases that are a part of RSD and they are indicated via the official RSD website:

EXCLUSIVES: These titles are physically released only at indie record shops.

RSD First: These titles are issued first at indie record stores but may be released to other physical or online retailers at some time in the future.

SMALL RUN/REGIONAL TITLES: These titles are released regionally and are limited to press runs of under 1,000.

George Harrison's "Be Here Now" (originally recorded in late 1972) has been named as the RSD "Song of the Year" for 2025's Record Store Day. In honor of this recognition, a double A-Side 12-inch single of "Be Here Now" will be released featuring the 2024 mix of Harrison's original version of the song and Beck's recent cover of the track also featured on the title; this will mark the first-ever physical release of Beck's cover of the song (originally released as an Apple Music exclusive). Proceeds will go to the Material World Foundation.

Dark Horse Records and Record Store Day will also continue their partnership to release limited Zoetrope picture disc pressings of Harrison's entire studio album catalog with the announcement of the 1970 masterwork All Things Must Pass for this year's RSD. This limited edition 3LP zoetrope picture disc will be the third title in this RSD exclusive series, following the release of Wonderwall Music and Electronic Sound in 2024, and will be available at participating indie stores on April 12.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dave Stewart will revisit the legacy of America's greatest living songwriter with the release of Dave Does Dylan, a 14-song homage to Bob Dylan. The spirit and sonic foundation of Dave Does Dylan is built with live, unedited takes captured in the studio; Stewart is featured on vocals and guitars, and he recorded the tracks in one take. The limited-edition vinyl release will only be available at indie record stores on RSD via Surfdog Records.

The trackless for Dave Does Dylan is as follows:

Simple Twist Of Fate

I Want You

Emotionally Yours

Forever Young

To Ramona

Make You Feel My Love

Lay, Lady, Lay

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Spanish Harlem Incident

Shelter From The Storm

She Belongs To Me

Visions Of Johanna

Dada's Puzzle (originally released by I.R.S. Records in 1992) is one of the great debut albums of all time. Now the opening statement from the groundbreaking American rock trio featuring singer-guitarist Michael Gurley, singer-bassist Joie Calio and drummer Phil Leavitt will see its U.S. vinyl debut for RSD, in a double-LP pressing in strawberry with black swirl vinyl complete with four bonus tracks and an insert featuring lyrics. Limited to only 2,000 copies worldwide, the RSD Exclusive is worth nabbing if you can find a copy. For more information on dada, visit the band's official website HERE.

On August 30, 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, backed by Elephant’s Memory, and joined by special guests, headlined two historic One to One Benefit Concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. These performances included an afternoon matinee and an evening performance, to a combined audience of 40,000 people, raising more than $1.5 million to support children with special needs, including children from the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, N.Y, a state-supported institution for mentally handicapped children that gained national infamy after the horrible conditions and questionable medical practices the children endured were exposed to the public. 

These were John’s final and only full-length solo concerts after leaving The Beatles.

Power To The People – Live At The One To One Concert, New York City, 1972, presents four songs from the afternoon and evening concerts on 180-gram yellow vinyl, available exclusively for RSD. Produced by Sean Ono Lennon and mixed and re-engineered from the original multitrack tapes by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon, the EP features three previously unreleased performances – "Well Well Well" from the evening show, plus "Cold Turkey" and Yoko’s "Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For A Hand In The Snow)" from the afternoon show, along with the previously released "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" (Afternoon Show), which has been new newly mixed. This RSD First release is limited to 3000 copies in the U.S. and 5500 worldwide. 

For more information on any and all of these titles, visit RecordStoreDay.com.

Schoolhouse Records has announced the release of Marty Willson-Piper's In Reflection, the debut solo album from legendary guitarist of The Church, The Saints and All About Eve. Released exclusively on Chase Records in Australia in 1987, the LP will see its first release on vinyl on RSD. The album was recorded in its entirety in an apartment on Bondi Beach on a Teac A-3440 4-track machine using a Roland rhythm arranger and the Sydney Morning Herald hit with a drum stick for the snare drum sound!

As Willson-Piper notes: "This was early daze (days) for drum machines, and getting the pattern you wanted wasn't that easy, and such a machine was not on my radar. All the simplistic techniques involved in creating this music, along with the instruments used, are detailed in the booklet. Recording alone and 'dropping in' an instrument meant putting a heavy book on the record button of the remote control and dropping it in using your sickles big toe on the play button, engaging record mode. Those were the days."

Omnivore Recordings will issue three special LPs on RSD: legendary songwriter Doc Pomus' Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos), power pop greats The Rembrandts' L.P., and French singer Francoise Hardy's En Vogue: Best Of 1962-1967 will see their release on April 12.

Watch the Omnivore Record Store Day trailer HERE

Doc Pomus – Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos) “A Teenager In Love,” “Save The Last Dance For Me,” “This Magic Moment,” “Can’t Get Used To Losing You.” There’s not much in early rock history that can equal those songs. Doc Pomus, whose 100th birthday would’ve been this year, wrote hit after hit with an array of songwriting partners with Mort Shuman chief among them. Together they created a template for the sound of the late 1950s and early ’60s. Writing timeless classics covered by artists around the globe, one artist was King—Elvis Presley.   Pomus/Shuman were the names on the sheet music for many remarkable Elvis recordings. “Viva Las Vegas,” “(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame,” “She’s Not You”—all classics. Even among the tracks Elvis didn’t end up recording, there are co-writes with the likes of Phil Spector and Alan Jeffreys. So, where do all those songs start? The demos.    Especially in the Doc "Pot Luck” vein as there’s 3: a Shuman, a Phil Spector, and Alan Jeffreys co-write. Funny that those three pair didn’t land it for Elvis. But, the fans will be excited to see the names.   Painstakingly transferred, restored and mastered from the original acetates by multiple Grammy®-winning engineer Michael Graves and Jordan McLeod, with full approval and cooperation of the Pomus estate  and liner notes by Geoffrey Himes, Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos) explores the recordings submitted to Presley for his consideration to record with 30 previously unissued songs.   Some (the aforementioned hits and more) were recorded and released by Elvis, while others fell by the wayside for reasons lost to time, or recorded by other artists, and we’re left to imagine what might have been had The King recorded and released them.   Available on a double opaque orange-colored LP for Record Store Day, the origins of rock ’n’ roll are in full force on Viva Doc Pomus: Songs For Elvis (The Demos). Hear what Elvis heard for yourself and wonder what could have been! Viva Doc Pomus indeed!   See tracklisting here: www.omnivorerecordings.com/shop/viva-doc-pomus   The Rembrandts – L.P. After being a member of Los Angeles power pop/glam sensations The Quick, Danny Wilde met Phil Solem, and Great Buildings were born, recording an album for Columbia in 1981. Wilde and Solem continued writing together and rebranded themselves as The Rembrandts.   Their eponymous 1990 debut featured the Top 15 hit “That’s Just The Way It Is, Baby,” and their work on Untitled, brought them to prominence to co-write and record the theme for a new NBC sitcom called Friends. The track topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks and also hit #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Top 40/Mainstream charts. At the peak of its popularity, the song was not available as a commercial single, therefore becoming the first song to top the Hot 100 Airplay chart without appearing on the Hot 100, but it appeared initially as a bonus track on what would be their third album, L.P. On the Billboard Hot 100, when it was later released commercially as a double A-side, it reached number 17. In Canada, the song peaked at number one for five consecutive weeks and was the most successful single of 1995.   But, L.P. is more than “I’ll Be There For You.” It’s another stellar album in The Rembrandts’ catalog, hitting #23 on the Billboard Top 200. Now, L.P. returns for its 30th anniversary, for the first time on vinyl, as an opaque yellow double-LP. See tracklisting here: www.omnivorerecordings.com/shop/lp   Françoise Hardy – En Vogue: Best Of 1962–1967 Françoise Hardy’s Vogue years have left a mark on the history of French and international music. Even today, the five years between 1962–67 remain an exceptional moment in her career, the one when she exploded in the eyes of a generation that was born during or just after World War II, the generation that would be part of the May 1968 Paris protests.   Hardy exploded not only in France alongside her fellow “Yéyés,” but also internationally, where she became the symbol of French elegance, talent and charm. The United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain—no one could resist Françoise, who recorded most of her hits in English, Italian, and German.   “Tous les Garçons et les Filles,” “Mon Amie la Rose,” “L’amitié,” “Le Temps de L’amour,” etc. are songs that have crossed generations and can be heard in recent movies (Wes Anderson loves Françoise Hardy and has included her songs several times in his films), international television series (The Walking Dead, Industry, Week-End Family) and advertising spots (Dior 2022 campaign).   Celebrating Françoise Hardy’s indelible mark on the history of modern music, En Vogue: Best Of 1962–1967 includes the best of her Vogue recordings from 1962 through 1967, fully remastered and available as a double LP on opaque red vinyl.   See tracklisting here: www.omnivorerecordings.com/shop/en-vogue

Island Records and UMe have announced the release of Original Soundtracks 1 (30^th Anniversary Edition) by Passengers, pressed on 2LP recycled black vinyl for Record Store Day, April 12, 2025.

Original Soundtracks 1, the studio album by Brian Eno and U2 was released in November 1995 under the artist pseudonym Passengers. The experimental recording process resulted in a collection of 14 songs, written mostly for imaginary films – hence the album title - with the exception of “Ghost in the Shell,” “Beyond the Clouds,” and the hit single “Miss Sarajevo,” featuring Luciano Pavarotti. Other highlights include guest appearances from musician and producer Howie B and Japanese artist Holi, as well as the bonus track “Bottoms (Watashitachi No Ookina Yume),” which previously featured on the original Japanese version of the album.

 

This special double-vinyl 30th anniversary edition, pressed on recycled black vinyl, is now fully remastered for the first time.

 

The full tracklisting is:

 

Side A:

1. United Colours

2. Slug

3. Your Blue Room

 

Side B:

1. Always Forever Now

2. A Different Kind Of Blue

3. Beach Sequence

4. Miss Sarajevo

 

Side C:

1. Ito Okashi

2. One Minute Warning

3. Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)

4. Elvis Ate America

 

Side D:

1. Plot 180

2 Theme From "The Swan"

3. Theme From "Let's Go Native"

4. Bottoms (Watashitachi No Ookina Yume) – Zoo Station Remix

 

Original Soundtracks 1 (30^th Anniversary Edition) is available at participating independent record stores on Saturday, April 12. 

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Rush lead vocalist/bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee releases The Lost Demos, two previously unreleased solo songs. Lee originally recorded this pair of demos, “Gone” and “I Am… You Are,” during the writing sessions for his beloved 2000 solo debut, My Favorite Headache. 

With the help of producer/engineer David Bottrill, he has unearthed them for the first time, properly mixed and mastered. Commenting on the project, Lee said “I’m excited to see these two “lost demos” released - I loved the songs when they were written and in some ways they feel as fresh and perhaps more relevant all these years later.” 
Both songs conjure the spirit of the classic My Favorite Headache, which originally arrived on November 14, 2000.

Tracklist
Side A
Gone
Side B
I Am…You Are

Robert Kinsler