U2 Plays Dublin School Show and Announces New Album

U2 returned to Dublin to perform a concert at the school where they met, exactly 50 years after their founding. At the end of the school day, the group played seven songs: I Will Follow, Vertigo, Beautiful Day, Out of Control, Silencio, One, and With or Without You. The performance concluded with an orchestral arrangement of One, accompanied by students from the Music Generation education program, which U2 helped establish and fund 15 years ago.

The group also announced their 16th studio album, Carnaval de Luz, which will be released in November. The 12-track album follows the Days of Ash EP released in February and the Easter Lily EP released in April. The final track on the album is Torn, written with Dolly Parton.

Auditions for U2 took place on September 25, 1976, in Larry's parents' kitchen. The band was originally named Feedback and then The Hype. The members decided to split their earnings equally. In the 1990s, the group embraced electronic, dance music, and irony on the albums Achtung Baby, Zooropa, and Pop. U2 has sold over 175 million records worldwide.