U2 debuts protest song honoring Minneapolis activist Renee Good

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Feb 18, 2026

By clicking submit, I authorize Arcamax and its affiliates to: (1) use, sell, and share my information for marketing purposes, including cross-context behavioral advertising, as described in our Privacy Policy , (2) add to information that I provide with other information like interests inferred from web page views, or data lawfully obtained from data brokers, such as past purchase or location data, or publicly available data, (3) contact me or enable others to contact me by email or other means with offers for different types of goods and services, and (4) retain my information while I am engaging with marketing messages that I receive and for a reasonable amount of time thereafter. I understand I can opt out at any time through an email that I receive, or by clicking here

Grammy-winning rock band U2 released a new EP on Wednesday with an opening track that pays homage to Renee Good, a Minneapolis mother who was killed by federal agents on Jan. 7 while opposing ICE operations in her state.

The six-track EP, titled “Days of Ash,” kicks off with a song called “American Obituary.”

Its lyrics include the lines, “Renee Good born to die free / American mother of three / Seventh day January / A bullet for each child, you see.”

In the song, lead singer Bono, known for protest tracks including “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Pride (In the Name of Love),” references Trump administration officials who labeled Good a “domestic terrorist” after she was shot three times while seated in her vehicle.

“Renee the domestic terrorist?” the 65-year-old front man sings. “What you can’t kill can’t die / America will rise against the people of the lie.”

The song comes nine months after Trump suggested that Bono be investigated for performing in support of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election — claiming that paid appearances made by him and other celebrities were possibly “illegal campaign contribution[s].”

Bono said during an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that neither he nor his band have ever played a show to support a candidate from any political party.

“It has never happened,” he emphatically told Kimmel last May.

Trump made the same accusation against Bruce Springsteen, who also released a song last month that protests the actions of ICE and U.S. Border Patrol officers in Minnesota.

On his website, Springsteen dedicated the track, titled “Streets of Minneapolis,” to the memory of Good and protester Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by two federal agents just weeks later.