U2 are supporting this Friday's release of their new album, Songs of Surrender, with a documentary.
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, hosted by David Letterman, is described as “part concert movie, part travel adventure plus a whole lot of Bono and The Edge, with Dave’s humor throughout.”
Commenting on the song, Letterman says, "I’m still processing it because most songs written about me begin, ‘Hey dumb***,’ so this was an unusual experience.”
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming starts streaming on Disney+ this Friday.
U2's new album, Songs of Surrender, which is also the title of Bono's recently published memoir, Surrender - One Story, 40 Songs, is out this Friday, St. Patrick's Day.
Curated and produced by The Edge, they re-recorded and stripped down, or, as he likes to say, "re-imagined" 40 of their songs for more intimate versions.
In addition to new arrangements, in some cases, they even changed the lyrics.
Among the songs with revised lyrics are "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Where the Streets Have No Name," "Stories for Boys," which The Edge sings, "City of Blinding Lights," and "Walk On," which was rewritten to reflect what's happening in Ukraine.
Songs of Surrender's 40 tracks are collected together under each of the four band member's names across four separate "albums."
Side 1 – The Edge
- One
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- Stories for Boys
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
- Out of Control
- Beautiful Day
- Bad
- Every Breaking Wave
- Walk On (Ukraine)
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
Side 2 - Larry Mullen
- Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
- Get Out of Your Own Way
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Red Hill Mining Town
- Ordinary Love
- Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own
- Invisible
- Dirty Day
- The Miracle of Joey Ramone
- City of Blinding Lights
Side 3 - Adam Clayton
- Vertigo
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Electrical Storm
- The Fly
- If God Will Send His Angels
- Desire
- Until the End of the World
- Song for Someone
- All I Want Is You
- Peace on Earth
Side 4 - Bono
- With or Without You
- Stay
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Lights of Home
- Cedarwood Road
- I Will Follow
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- Miracle Drug
- The Little Things That Give You Away
- 40
Songs of Surrender is available in multiple configurations -- CD, vinyl, digital and cassette -- as well as in a Super Deluxe Hardback Collector’s Box Set.
In celebration of the release, from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, visit one of 40 cities around the world to discover lyrical tributes to the 40 songs on the album. More info at fortycities.u2.com, #U2SOS40.