The Irreverent U2 Podcast: Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts

U2 albums ranked by 77 fans! We asked you to rank all 14 U2 studio albums, from Boy to Songs of Experience, and the results are in. Plus fans on "Like a Song..." and the latest U2 news: Carnaval de Luz listening parties, pink vinyl, and the 2027 Europe tour.Hillary crunched every list you sent. Achtung Baby takes #1, a bunch of you did NOT put Joshua Tree first, and a few of you turned in the boldest lists we've ever seen. We share our own rankings, wonder whether All That You Can't Leave Behind deserves its reputation, and talk about how the album that found you shapes your whole list.0:00 Hello + what's on the episode1:16 Side A: 77 fans ranked U2's 14 albums1:36 The final fan ranking2:57 Other #1 picks and last-place albums3:51 The boldest lists (Rodrigo, Leona, Chris)5:17 Does All That You Can't Leave Behind live up to the hype?6:41 Jenny's and Hillary's rankings8:48 How your fandom era shapes your list10:45 Rattle and Hum, Boy & U2's worst vs. everyone's best12:15 Support the show13:40 Intermission: Cigar Box Song of the Week, Like a Song...17:12 The Bono vs. Yeats high school paper19:40 Side B: I Can't Believe the News Today19:53 Carnaval de Luz listening parties + pink vinyl20:41 U2 x Guinness?21:10 2027 Europe tour dates23:30 Bono over Whiskey and Cake24:26 OutroTour note: the Europe leg opens April 26, 2027 in Stockholm and closes July 6 in Milan, with Wolf Alice opening. General on-sale is Friday, Nov 6 (we said Thursday on air).Want your ranking made into a graphic? Comment below and Hillary will make you one.🌐 Website + newsletter + merch: https://thegardentarts.com💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegardentartsThe Irreverent U2 Podcast: Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts. The Greatest U2 Podcast on Earth.#U2 #U2Albums #AchtungBaby #JoshuaTree #CarnavalDeLuz #U2Tour2027 #U2Podcast

U2's The Greatest Show On Earth video, watched and picked apart: why is Bono running a desert cult where the women do all the heavy lifting? Jenny and Hillary react to the Anton Corbijn video, then read your comments on Promenade from The Unforgettable Fire, and kick off tour season with Greatest Show On Earth World Tour 2027 ticket news.🎟️ Side B: Jenny's Ticketmaster saga ($6,000 golden circle?! It was pesos), the new Mexico City dates, and our spoiler plan for tour season.⏱️ CHAPTERS0:00 Hello + what's on this episode0:56 Thank you, Tarts (and our Patreon)2:42 Rank your U2 albums before October 314:06 U2 vs. The Beatles: the album math5:32 Side A: U2 The Greatest Show On Earth video reaction6:46 Why does Bono only get an eye mask?7:59 The stained glass lady (is that an astronaut?)10:52 More older women in videos, please12:13 Our man has arrived (very proud of his acting)13:19 The Edge listens, Larry rolls his eyes, Adam waters his flowers14:09 U2 Inc. is run by women14:51 Hillary's Bono dream17:37 Bono sings straight to The Edge18:22 The secret U2 group text (Bono's not in it)19:51 Who is the mystery guy?21:04 From cult leader to magician??21:38 Bono over Whiskey and Cake: what up with that?22:31 Intermission: Song of the Week (no mansplaining, please)23:42 Your Promenade comments33:27 Side B: Greatest Show On Earth World Tour 2027 news34:13 Jenny's Ticketmaster saga: $6,000 or 6,000 pesos?37:50 New Mexico City dates + São Paulo and Buenos Aires38:35 Tickets before the album? A little U2 tour history40:49 Our spoiler plan for tour season41:28 Exhausted, and loving it💋 Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts: The Greatest U2 Podcast on Earth. Two longtime friends, too much Bono, a little whiskey and cake.🎧 New episodes every Thursday. Patreon and Apple Podcasts subscribers get them Wednesday.🌐 Website, merch store + newsletter: https://thegardentarts.com❤️ Support the show on Patreon ($5 a month, less than your Starbucks order): https://www.patreon.com/thegardentartsTell us: what's YOUR theory on the magician? And who's the guy in the back? 👇#U2 #TheGreatestShowOnEarth #Bono #U2Tour #Promenade #U2Podcast #U2Fans

U2's The Greatest Show on Earth, line by line: is it a farewell song, or is U2 just doing what U2 does? Jenny and Hillary break down the lyrics, Bono's best vocals in years, The Edge's genius for holding back, and what the song says about love, faith, church and America. Then your Every Breaking Wave comments: album version vs. the piano version.🎟️ Plus: Greatest Show on Earth tour tickets, Jenny's Mexico City plans, and what's new at Garden Tarts HQ.⏱️ CHAPTERS0:00 Side A: U2 The Greatest Show on Earth lyrics breakdown23:44 Intermission: "U2 has no business sounding this good" (yes they do)26:41 Every Breaking Wave: your comments, album vs. piano version35:30 Side B: Greatest Show on Earth tour tickets + Garden Tarts news💋 Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts: The Greatest U2 Podcast on Earth. Two longtime friends, too much Bono, with a side of whiskey and cake.🎧 New episodes every Thursday. Patreon and Apple Podcasts subscribers get them Wednesday.🌐 Website, merch store + newsletter: https://thegardentarts.com❤️ Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegardentartsTell us: farewell song or not? And which Every Breaking Wave is THE Every Breaking Wave? 👇#U2 #TheGreatestShowOnEarth #EveryBreakingWave #Bono #TheEdge #U2Podcast #U2Fans

’Tis the season… ALBUM season! U2’s Carnaval De Luz arrives November 13, 2026, and we’re going through every format announced so far: classic black vinyl, the rose indie-store edition outside the US, the sold-out yellow Third Man Records pressing, Target’s coppery gold, u2.com’s midnight blue marble and subscriber-only orange, Barnes & Noble’s curtain red, and the box set with the Days of Ash and Easter Lily EPs plus a slipmat. Also CD, cassette, a CD box set and Blu-ray audio. Is it a money grab? Kind of. Are we buying it anyway? Obviously. Jenny also shares a detail Bono confirmed: the tone at the end of Easter Lily is the first sound of Carnaval De Luz.Before that, we look at why U2 keeps releasing albums in the fall, from Boy and October all the way to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Hillary tells the story of getting a leaked copy of HTDAAB as a birthday present, and we add more questions to the Bono-over-whiskey-and-cake list.Then we read YOUR comments on Do You Feel Loved, now on screen so you can read along. We get into why it disappeared from PopMart after following Mofo, the Naked Funk “Alien Groove Sensation” sample (we play a bit of it), where you were in your fandom when Pop came out, and the big question: what’s the best song on Pop? (Please vs. Discotheque vs. Mofo.)Plus: we rebranded! Say hi to our new silver-and-gold logo.💬 Which Carnaval De Luz edition are you getting, and how will you hear it for the first time?0:00 Intro + our new silver-and-gold look2:09 Welcome to album season: U2’s fall release history3:21 The leaked How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb birthday CD4:08 Why does U2 always release in the fall?6:34 Your Do You Feel Loved comments16:45 What’s the best song on Pop?19:27 Side B: every Carnaval De Luz format25:42 The Easter Lily / Carnaval De Luz connection🎧 Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts, the irreverent U2 podcast hosted by Jenny and Hillary, two friends who’ve been chasing U2 around the world for decades.🌐 https://thegardentarts.com#U2 #CarnavalDeLuz #U2Podcast

U2's new album Carnaval de Luz drops November 13 — here's everything we know, plus our deep dive into Silencio lyrics & video after two weeks of listening.Welcome to The Irreverent U2 Podcast: Kissing Lips and Breaking Hearts with the Garden Tarts. We're Jenny & Hillary, two longtime U2 fans talking U2 news, new music and decades of seeing the band together.🎡 SIDE A: Carnaval de Luz news. Bono's "we need some carnival here" teaser, the Abbey Road-style cover, the Beatles Carnival of Light connection, tracklist talk including Street of Dreams as a "head fake," Glorify from Vegas, the Dolly Parton duet on Torn, and the shocking news that U2 doesn't have a group chat.🔥 INTERMISSION: Random song from the cigar box — The Unforgettable Fire. Your comments and stories, the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Museum story, the 360 Tour moment that made grown men cry, and why you all keep saying "masterpiece."🤫 SIDE B: Silencio breakdown. The Mulholland Drive Club Silencio red curtain, the "ninjas" with the Mexico City police, the F-bomb (we approve), "the host of Father, Son and the Holy Ghost," what Bono means by the silence of the devil, and the birds we still can't explain.🥃 Whiskey & Cake: Rosie O'Donnell got Sunday lunch with Bono — can we come too?👊 Want to know why Bono punched Hillary? U2 Stories Out of Context are on our YouTube channel now, with the full collection on Patreon.CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 0:38 Side A: U2 New Album Carnaval de Luz 8:41 Intermission: The Unforgettable Fire 17:59Side B: Silencio Song & Video Breakdown 30:48 Whiskey & Cake: Sunday Lunch with Bono?☕ Support the show: Patreon: patreon.com/thegardentarts Website & merch: thegardentarts.com Subscribe for weekly U2 podcast episodes, U2 news and new music reactions.#U2 #CarnavalDeLuz #Silencio #U2Podcast #Bono