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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

U2 announce new album Carnaval de Luz, featuring final recording by Dolly Parton

Wearing suits, U2 stride out of waves crashing on the shore
Riding the crest of an industrious spell … U2, who have announced new album Carnaval de Luz. Photograph: Viviane Sassen

U2 have officially announced their first album of new material in nearly a decade, entitled Carnaval de Luz, to be released on 13 November.

Closing out the album’s 12 tracks is Torn, the final recorded performance by Dolly Parton, who duets with Bono on a song described in press materials as “a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances”. Parton died aged 80 on 25 August.

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