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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17714589848451771458981251.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Irish rock band U2 wow a crowd of more than 45,000 who filled the Philippine Arena in Bulacan. ABS-CBN News</div>LONDON, United Kingdom - Irish rockers U2 released their first collection of new songs in nearly a decade on Wednesday, featuring a collaboration with singer Ed Sheeran and a Ukrainian musician and soldier.The standalone &quot;Days of Ash&quot; EP is &quot;an immediate response to current events and inspired by the many extraordinary and courageous people fighting on the frontlines of freedom&quot;, according to the band&#x27;s website.&quot;These EP tracks couldn&#x27;t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay,&quot; frontman Bono said in a statement.&quot;Yours Eternally&quot; is a collaboration with Sheeran and Taras Topolia, a Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier.&quot;Ask anyone in East Germany or Poland or Latvia if they think Putin will stop at Ukraine,&quot; Bono told &quot;Propaganda&quot;, the band&#x27;s fan magazine.The EP also sees the band pay tribute to Renee Good, an American woman who was shot dead by a federal agent as she protested against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in January.In the opening track &quot;American Obituary&quot;, Bono sings: &quot;Renee Good born to die free.&quot;The band said they would release a new album later this year.Formed in the 1970s, U2 became one of the world&#x27;s most prominent rock bands through hits like &quot;With or Without You&quot; and their vocal human rights campaigning.Bono, 65, is well-known for his activism to eradicate poverty and fight AIDS, and has been outspoken against wars in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza in recent years.&quot;Song of the Future&quot; honours a teenage girl who died while protesting in Iran in 2022, while &quot;One Life at a Time&quot; criticises Israeli settler activity in the occupied West Bank.The latest EP builds on U2&#x27;s 2017 album &quot;Songs of Experience&quot;, which included tracks urging activism and tolerance, released after Donald Trump&#x27;s first election as US president.aks/sbk

Irish rockers U2 released their first collection of new songs in nearly a decade on Wednesday, featuring a collaboration with singer Ed Sheeran and a Ukrainian musician and soldier.

Irish rockers U2 released their first collection of new songs in nearly a decade on Wednesday, featuring a collaboration with singer Ed Sheeran and a Ukrainian musician and soldier.

U2 tackle Renee Good killing, ICE, Ukraine, West Bank in new 'Days of Ash' EP

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U2 tackle Renee Good killing, ICE, Ukraine, West Bank in new 'Days of Ash' EP

Agence France-Presse

Published February 19, 2026 08:16 AM PHT

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