{"id":306292,"date":"2026-02-23T17:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306292\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:25:12","slug":"u2-releases-new-songs-criticising-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306292\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 releases new songs criticising USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Days of Ash&#8221; is &#8220;a direct response to current events, inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the front lines for freedom,&#8221; the band wrote on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u2.com\/news\/title\/u2--days-of-ash-new-ep-out-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This EP consists of five songs and a poem, released ahead of an album announced for the end of 2026, the first with new songs since 2017, reported the France-Presse (AFP) agency.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring current events<\/p>\n<p>The band, a star of the 80s and 90s with its activist music, explores themes such as war, violence, and politics.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Yours Eternally,&#8221; about the war between Ukraine and Russia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u2.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U2<\/a> gives the floor to Ukrainian soldier Taras Topolia.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The band will release a music video on 24 February to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of the United States of America<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American Obituary&#8221; deals with the death of Renee Good, a mother murdered on 7 January by an ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>These new songs are &#8220;songs of defiance, dismay and lament,&#8221; commented singer Bono.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing normal about this crazy and revolting moment, and we need to come together so that we can regain confidence in the future,&#8221; stressed the singer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Days of Ash&#8221; is &#8220;a direct response to current events, inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-306292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}