NEW YORK – November 09, 2026 -- U2 will talk through and perform songs from their new album, Carnaval De Luz, in a SiriusXM Front Row session airing Friday, November 13 at 6:00 pm ET on U2 X-Radio (channel 32), the same day the record comes out.
Subscribers get to question the band in person
The session was recorded at the SiriusXM Los Angeles studios. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. discuss the creative process behind the album and share songs and stories from it. A live studio audience of SiriusXM subscribers puts questions directly to the band.
The band will also play a select song featuring new music from Carnaval De Luz. Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer, called the session a "rare opportunity" for subscribers to experience U2 in an intimate setting.
After the broadcast, the Front Row will be available on the SiriusXM app.
Carnaval De Luz is U2's 16th studio album
The album has 12 songs exploring spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance in the face of dark, encroaching forces. It is the band's first album of new material in nine years and is released November 13, 2026, on Island Records.
The Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour is set to begin in February 2027.
Two EPs arrived earlier in 2026
U2 released the six-track EP Days Of Ash on Ash Wednesday, February 18. It holds five new songs and a poem, and the final track, "Yours Eternally," features Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia. The band describes it as an immediate response to current events, inspired by people fighting on the frontlines of freedom.
A second six-track EP, Easter Lily, followed on Good Friday. It is a more reflective set exploring friendship, loss, hope and renewal.
U2 X-Radio has run since 2020
SiriusXM and U2 launched U2 X-Radio in 2020 as a year-round channel devoted to the band's work and influences, curated by U2. Recent Front Row guests have included Talking Heads, Sylvester Stallone, LL COOL J, John Legend and the casts of Practical Magic 2, Toy Story 5 and The Devil Wears Prada 2.