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U2 Releases Surprise Six-Track EP ‘Easter Lily’

The set signals plans for a louder album built for the stage.

Overview

  • U2, which released the six-track EP Friday, paired it with a special Propaganda digital edition for context.
  • The collection follows last month’s Days of Ash, nods to Patti Smith’s Easter in its title, and signals a run of short, symbolic releases.
  • The band says Easter Lily leans personal and reflective, tracing friendship, loss, hope and renewal.
  • Bono says they remain in the studio on a “noisy, chaotic, unreasonably colored” album built for live shows, calling lively rock an act of resistance.
  • The Edge highlights coexistence in the song Easter Parade and warns that wars can distract from the climate emergency.