{"id":543161,"date":"2026-07-25T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543161\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:15:24","slug":"u2-and-martin-garrix-release-soaring-collaborative-single-fireflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543161\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 and Martin Garrix release soaring collaborative single \u2018Fireflies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/artist\/u2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/artist\/martin-garrix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Garrix<\/a> have teamed up on their brand new single, \u2018Fireflies\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the band\u2019s guitarist, The Edge, debuted the track alongside the Dutch DJ during the latter\u2019s set at Tomorrowland, with the tune now available to stream and download across digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018Fireflies\u2019 has a very unique mood and it\u2019s a special song we started working on six summers ago,\u201d says Garrix. \u201cIt felt electrifying and very surreal to finally debut it at Tomorrowland with The Edge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve worked with Bono and Edge before, but working with the whole band I got to get a glimpse of their chemistry and why U2 are who they are. They are incredible friends and collaborators, and it has been an absolute honour to work with them again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Edge adds: \u201cWe go back a long way with Martin, and there\u2019s always a sense of adventure whenever we get together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlaying \u2018Fireflies\u2019 for the first time at Tomorrowland, in front of one of the most passionate festival crowds anywhere, was such a rush\u2026 in fact I might have enjoyed it a bit too much. It reminded me of why I love playing outdoors. I like it better when there\u2019s no ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrix previously collaborated with U2 stars Bono and The Edge \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/retropopmagazine.com\/u2-offer-up-first-taster-of-new-album-with-street-of-dreams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who recently shared \u2018Street Of Dreams\u2019 as the first single from the band\u2019s upcoming album<\/a> \u2013 on \u2018We Are The People\u2019 \u2013 the official song of UEFA Euro 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Fireflies\u2019 below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U2 and Martin Garrix have teamed up on their brand new single, \u2018Fireflies\u2019. Last week, the band\u2019s guitarist,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[40549,156,230585,157,111,139,69,1629,4931],"class_list":["post-543161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1980s","tag-entertainment","tag-martin-garrix","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rock","tag-u2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}