New albums out this Friday (13 November): U2, Becky Hill, Jake Bugg and the Shane MacGowan tribute

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 15:50 · First published 12 Nov 2026

New albums out on Friday 13 November 2026 include U2’s first record of new material in nine years, Carnaval de Luz, Becky Hill’s third album REBECCA and Jake Bugg’s seventh, Alamo. Here is everything worth hearing this week.

U2 – Carnaval de Luz

The big one. U2’s 16th studio album has 12 tracks, opening with “Go (Carnaval de Luz)” and including the single “Silencio”.

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Rosalía features on “The Mirror Maker”, and the closing track “Torn” features Dolly Parton, in what has been described as her last recorded vocal performance. U2 have had 11 UK number one albums, so expect them at the top of next week’s chart race.

Becky Hill – REBECCA

The British dance-pop star returns with her third album, led by the single “l0st the pl0t”.

Jake Bugg – Alamo

The Nottingham singer-songwriter’s seventh album is out on his own Lovebugg Recordings label, with “Day By Day” as the lead single.

Also out this week

20th Century Paddy – The Songs of Shane MacGowan is a 36-track tribute to the late Pogues singer. Read more in our guide to the tribute album.

NOW That’s What I Call Music! 125 lands with 42 hits across two CDs. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album) arrives ahead of the film’s release on 20 November.

Anberlin release CURRENCY, their first full-length album with Matty Mullins on vocals.

Reissues and box sets

Talking Heads’ Fear of Music gets a super deluxe edition with outtakes and two unreleased 1979 live shows. The Flaming Lips’ At War With the Mystics turns 20 with a six-CD box.

There is also a previously unreleased Bad Company: Live in London recording from 2016, and the complete Evita film soundtrack from Madonna.