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1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Joel Ryan

   U2 goes back to school to put on a show where it all began 50 years ago (opens the original)

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   LONDON (AP) — Irish band U2 returned to school Friday to put on a surprise class in rock and roll where they formed a half century ago. The band ripped through a seven-song set including an encore of “With or Without You” for hundreds of students in the schoolyard of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin and a crowd of others who got word of the gig or — like a construction crew several floors up a nearby building — were lucky to be within earshot and have a bird's eye view. “W

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2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Joel Ryan

   U2’s new album ‘Carnaval De Luz,’ out in November, will feature Dolly Parton on a song (opens the original)

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   NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Interscope Records announced that Nov. 13 will be the sale date for U2’s 16th studio album and released a new track, “Silencio.” “Street of Dreams,” the first song to be taken from the new album, was released in July. “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs,” The Edge, the band’s

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