Days of Ash
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| Released | 18 February 2026 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 23:30 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jacknife Lee | |||
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Days of Ash is an EP by the Irish rock band U2. Produced by Jacknife Lee, it was released on 18 February 2026 through Island Records, coinciding with Ash Wednesday. The six-track EP contains five new songs, including protest songs addressing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the killings of Minneapolis woman Renée Good, Iranian teenager Sarina Esmailzadeh, and Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, as well as a poem by Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai set to music. It was the first collection of newly written songs to be released by the band since their 2017 studio album Songs of Experience. The EP release was accompanied by a lyric video for each track and a one-off special edition of the group's official magazine, Propaganda. Less than two months later, the group followed it up with the surprise release of another six-track EP, Easter Lily, in April 2026.