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UMusic Shops are celebrating U2’s new album, which releases on Friday, with a three-day pop-up takeover of the stores in London, Madrid, and New York.
All three UMusic Shops in New York City, London, and Madrid are celebrating the release of U2’s new album, Carnaval de Luz, with a three-day pop-up takeover of the stores from November 13 to 15. Exclusive U2 apparel and additional merch will be available for purchase at all three locations, alongside copies of the album on vinyl.
Some of the available pieces include a zip-up hoodie with the album’s logo on the front and a photo of the band members walking on the beach on the back in a shot that’s reminiscent of the Beatles’ Abbey Road. There are also two different t-shirts, one with the alternative album cover and one with photos of the band members and “U2 Silencio” on the back. The shops will also have vinyl variants, including U2’s Pearl White Marble vinyl done in collaboration with Guinness.
Carnaval de Luz is scheduled for release on Friday, November 13, nearly nine years after the band’s last proper studio album, Songs of Experience, was released in December 2017. The album has been preceded by the singles “Street of Dreams,” “Silencio,” and “The Greatest Show on Earth.”
A fourth single, “Torn,” which also features the late Dolly Parton’s last recorded vocals, will be released on Friday. “Torn” is the final song on the album, which Parton co-wrote and also features in a duet with Bono. The track is described as a “tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances.” The record also features familiar U2 collaborators like Brian Eno, Martin Garrix, Daniel Lanois, and Ryan Tedder.
U2’s The Edge described Carnaval de Luz as a “messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs,” noting that it features “the first-ever use of flatwound strings on a U2 recording.”
In the meantime, U2 has been releasing tons of music this year alone. They released two surprise EPs, Days of Ash and Easter Lily, and will go on tour next year to support their forthcoming album. Even before that, between the release of their last two albums, the band released Songs of Surrender, a companion to Bono’s memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, and featured 40 rerecorded songs from U2’s back catalog.
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