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U2’s New Album ‘Carnaval De Luz,’ Out in November, Will Feature Dolly Parton on a Song – WTOP News

  • U2 announced their 16th studio album, Carnaval De Luz, set for release on November 13, 2026, featuring a posthumous duet with the late country music icon Dolly Parton on the closing track 'Torn.'
  • The band revealed the project during the week marking 50 years since drummer Larry Mullen Jr. pinned a handwritten note at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin seeking 'musicians to form band.'
  • Described as 'a tender country song detailing broken family ties,' the track 'Torn' represents Parton's final vocal recording and was co-written by the band, Parton, and Irish songwriter Johnny McDaid.
  • U2 also released a new single, 'Silencio,' produced by longtime collaborator Jacknife Lee, with an accompanying music video filmed in Mexico City earlier this year.
  • The band will receive the 2027 MusiCares Persons of the Year honor on February 7, 2027, in Los Angeles, marking significant recognition of their five-decade influence on music.
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U2 has announced the first album in almost 10 years with new material <p>U2 will release the 12-track album Carnaval de Luz on November 13. It will include Dolly Parton's latest recording and a new song Silencio.</p>

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U2 announced a new album on Thursday that reportedly contains Dolly Parton's final recording.

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U2's new album to feature Dolly Parton on a song; due out in November

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.

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Irish Times broke the news in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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