In December 2017, the band played three more shows in the Twin Cities to commemorate the approaching 20th anniversary of their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine , performing the album in its entirety. In 2018, Feeling Strangely Fine was given a re-release for the album’s twentieth anniversary, including its first…
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Songs of Experience was released on 1 December 2017. Lyrically, the album reflects the “political and personal apocalypse” that Bono felt in 2016. The first single, ” You’re the Best Thing About Me “, is one of several songs from the record for which Bono wrote the lyrics as letters…
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The band released their second greatest hits compilation, God’s Favorite Band , on November 17, 2017. It contains 20 of their hits, along with two new tracks: a different version of the Revolution Radio track “Ordinary World”, featuring country singer Miranda Lambert , and a previously unreleased song titled “Back…
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On 17 November 2017, the Silverchair tribute compilation album Spawn (Again): A Tribute to Silverchair was released by UNFD , with Johns saying he came to “appreciate” the experience. The album is composed of cover songs by Australian bands signed onto UNFD as a tribute to Silverchair, to celebrate the…
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On 17 November 2017, the band announced that their thirteenth studio album, Resistance Is Futile , would be released on 13 April 2018. After much delay, the band wrote in a statement: “The main themes of Resistance Is Futile are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as…
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(the band also performed there on 17 November)
A music video for the song ” Fake Happy ” was released on November 17, 2017.
On 16 November 2017, the band released the first installment of their new podcast, The Front Lounge , to be updated weekly. It was here they hinted towards the documentary of their lives on the road while touring for three years. The band officially announced the documentary, titled Bus Call…
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The band remained in North America until 15 November when they left for Dublin to resume the European leg.
On 15 November 2017, the Head Full of Dreams Tour finished with a total gross of $523 million from 5.38 million tickets sold, ranking as the third-highest-grossing concert tour of all time .