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Live Nation has announced U.K. and Europe dates for Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth, a world tour that will see Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. return to select stadiums in 2027 and beyond. Dates for Spain and North America are to be announced soon, and additional dates have been added in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires due to popular demand, with the first run of shows all sold out.
Watch: “The Greatest Show On Earth” (Official Video, directed by Anton Corbijn)
The 2027 European leg will kick off in Stockholm on April 26, with support from Wolf Alice, and will visit Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan and Paris, plus U.K. shows at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. With the first run of shows selling out instantly and additional dates added in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires due to popular demand, 2027 dates for North America are set to be announced in the coming weeks.
U2 recently celebrated the band’s 50th anniversary on Friday, September 25 with a lunchtime show for students and teachers at their old school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, as well as a very special surprise performance on Dublin’s Grafton Street. With plans for The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour already in the works for 2028, the band is looking ahead to their all-important return home to Ireland. The Edge said, “We can’t say too much about the next leg of The Greatest Show On Earth — we’re still figuring it out — but what we can say is, we’ll be wrapping it up in Ireland. There’s nowhere else we’d want to be for that party.”
Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour — U.K. + Europe 2027 Dates (with support from Wolf Alice)
April 26 — Stockholm, Sweden — Strawberry Arena
April 28 — Stockholm, Sweden — Strawberry Arena
May 5 — Paris, France — Stade de France
May 8 — Paris, France — Stade de France
May 27 — Lisbon, Portugal — Estadio da Luz
June 5 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Johan Cruijff ArenA
June 6 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Johan Cruijff ArenA
June 18 — London, UK — Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 19 — London, UK — Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 30 — Berlin, Germany — Olympiastadion
July 5 — Milan, Italy — Stadio San Siro
July 6 — Milan, Italy — Stadio San Siro
Latin America 2027 Dates (with support from Beck)
February 23 — Mexico City, Mexico — Estadio GNP Seguros — Sold Out
February 26 — Mexico City, Mexico — Estadio GNP Seguros — Sold Out
February 28 — Mexico City, Mexico — Estadio GNP Seguros — Sold Out
March 2 — Mexico City, Mexico — Estadio GNP Seguros — New Date
March 10 — São Paulo, Brazil — Estádio MorumBIS — Sold Out
March 12 — São Paulo, Brazil — Estádio MorumBIS — Sold Out
March 14 — São Paulo, Brazil — Estádio MorumBIS — Sold Out
March 16 — São Paulo, Brazil — Estádio MorumBIS — New Date
March 23 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — Estadio River Plate — Sold Out
March 25 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — Estadio River Plate — Sold Out
March 27 — Buenos Aires, Argentina — Estadio River Plate — New Date
Tickets for the U.K. and European dates go on general sale Friday, November 6 at 10 a.m. local time at U2.com, following presales earlier that week. The tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.
“‘The Greatest Show on Earth’? Now that’s a throwdown. It’s a dare, to ourselves as much as anyone, to try and have the best night of anybody’s life. A bit of showman, a bit of shaman, a riot of colour, unreasonable guitar, bass and drums, and tunes you can hold onto. Because if people are gonna show up, we certainly are.” — Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
A brand new track titled “The Greatest Show On Earth” is out now. Co-written by U2 and Brian Eno, it is the third single to be taken from Carnaval De Luz — a story of lovers fighting to keep faith in each other, and faith itself. The video is directed by Anton Corbijn and was shot in the Californian desert; it satirizes the band as a religious cult where women do all the heavy lifting. Listen to “The Greatest Show On Earth” here.
Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour 2027 artwork.
Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 has consistently pushed the boundaries of live performance, most recently with a sold-out run of 40 history-making shows at Sphere, Las Vegas. Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour marks U2’s return to a stadium setting, with a set list drawn from across the band’s entire catalogue — the band’s first stadium dates since wrapping The Joshua Tree Tour at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on December 15, 2019, the final stop on a tour which saw U2 play to almost 3 million fans around the world.
New Album: Carnaval De Luz
U2’s new album Carnaval De Luz is set for release on November 13, 2026, on Island Records — the band’s sixteenth studio album and their first album of new material in nine years, arriving in the band’s 50th year. Produced by Jacknife Lee, it is a collection of 12 songs exploring themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance in the face of dark, encroaching forces, with echoes of the band’s most experimental work alongside “The Greatest Show On Earth,” “Glorify,” “Midnight Sunshine” and the 2-minute-35-second homage to early surf-punk, “Silencio.”
Love is a business that works at night / I sold myself for less than was right / You taught me what I was worth / In the greatest show on earth / Made a profession out of breaking your heart / You call it lies, I call it art / I was some of your best work / We were once the greatest show on earth
The album’s roots trace to U2’s two surprise-released six-track EPs of early 2026, Days of Ash and Easter Lily, recorded during the same creative period. The song connecting the album and the two EPs is the final track, “Torn,” a duet between Bono and the late Dolly Parton, in what has turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance. Co-written by U2, Parton and Johnny McDaid, it is a tender country song detailing broken family ties. The album also features collaborations from Brian Eno, Martin Garrix and Daniel Lanois, with additional production from Ryan Tedder on “Silencio.” Pre-order and pre-save Carnaval De Luz here.
Carnaval De Luz Track Listing
1. Go (Carnaval De Luz)
2. La Reina
3. Street Of Dreams
4. The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)
5. Superficiality
6. If The World Is At War We Better Not Be
7. Silencio
8. The Greatest Show On Earth
9. Glorify
10. Midnight Sunshine
11. Can’t Stop Us Now
12. Torn (feat. Dolly Parton)
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