{"id":2050213,"date":"2026-07-18T19:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2050213"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:59:40","slug":"martin-garrix-debuts-u2-collab-fireflies-with-the-edge-at-tomorrowland-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2050213","title":{"rendered":"Martin Garrix Debuts U2 Collab \u2018Fireflies\u2019 With The Edge at Tomorrowland in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/martin-garrix-2024-spotify-cannes-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"trinityAudioPlaceholder\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<div id=\"connatix-contextual-player\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMartin Garrix gave fans a surprise during his Tomorrowland set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Dutch DJ debuted his new collaboration with U2, \u201cFireflies,\u201d during his headlining performance Friday (July 17) at the festival in Boom, Belgium. <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px 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u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBonnie Tyler Fans Invited to Line the Streets in Wales for Final Farewell\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor the debut, U2 guitarist The Edge joined Garrix onstage to perform the previously unheard track, while Bono\u2018s vocals played as part of the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGarrix closed out Tomorrowland\u2019s opening day with the main stage headline set at De Schorre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor the final song of the night, The Edge added his signature guitar work to \u201cFireflies,\u201d marking the song\u2019s live debut before its official release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cFireflies with @u2 out soon.. premiered at @tomorrowland,\u201d Garrix wrote on Instagram alongside a clip of the performance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz \" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang \" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div class=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" data-priority=\"11\">\n<div id=\"gpt-dsk-tab-ros-midarticle1-uid0\" class=\" adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe upcoming single is now available to pre-save on Spotify and Apple Music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGarrix and U2 are no strangers to collaborating. They previously joined forces on \u201cWe Are the People,\u201d the official song of the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, which reached No. 12 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs chart in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGarrix also produced U2\u2019s \u201cYour Song Saved My Life\u201d for the <em>Sing 2<\/em> soundtrack, while Bono co-wrote several Garrix songs, including \u201cAngels for Each Other,\u201d \u201cCatherina\u201d and \u201cWeightless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt was unclear at press time whether \u201cFireflies\u201d will appear on an upcoming studio albums from Garrix or U2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tU2 recently released \u201cStreet of Dreams,\u201d the soaring lead single from the band\u2019s as-yet-untitled next studio album, its first since 2017\u2019s <em>Songs of Experience<\/em>. Due later this year, the album features \u201cStreet of Dreams,\u201d produced by frequent collaborator Jacknife Lee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt arrives after U2 released the surprise six-song <em>Easter Lily<\/em> EP in April, just two months after the band\u2019s <em>Days of Ash<\/em> EP was released in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCheck out Garrix\u2019s Instagram post below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Da6f6T7ox0I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\">\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-paywall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bytes-tag-container pmc-bytes-tag\">\n<div id=\"310968626\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/martin-garrix-fireflies-u2-edge-tomorrowland-1236297377\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/martin-garrix-2024-spotify-cannes-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard Martin Garrix gave fans a surprise during his Tomorrowland set. The Dutch DJ debuted his new collaboration with U2, \u201cFireflies,\u201d during his headlining performance Friday (July 17) at the festival in Boom, Belgium. Related U2 Get Drenched, Tap Into Classic, Soaring Sound in Video For Funky \u2018Street of Dreams\u2019\u00a0Single [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2050213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2050213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2050213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2050213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2050213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}