U2 Announce UK And European Stadium Dates For The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour

U2 have announced UK and European stadium 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.

The band have also shared a brand new track, “The Greatest Show On Earth”, which is out now.

The 2027 European leg kicks off in Stockholm on April 26, with support from Wolf Alice, and goes on to visit Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Berlin and Milan. In the UK, U2 will play two nights at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 18 and 19. Dates for Spain will be announced soon.

The first run of Latin American shows sold out instantly, and extra dates have now been added in Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires due to popular demand. North American dates for 2027 are set to be announced in the coming weeks.

The tour arrives alongside Carnaval De Luz, U2’s sixteenth studio album and the band’s first new material in nine years, which will be released on November 13, 2026, through Island Records.

Speaking about the tour, the band said: “‘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.”

U2 Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour

UK and 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 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Estadio MorumBIS (sold out)
March 12 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Estadio MorumBIS (sold out)
March 14 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Estadio MorumBIS (sold out)
March 16 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Estadio 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 UK and European dates will first be available through the U2.com Subscriber Presale, starting on Monday, November 2 at 10am local time.

Visa is an Official Sponsor of the tour, and Visa cardholders will have access to presale tickets in the EU and UK on Wednesday, November 4 from 10am until 10pm local time, while supply lasts, through visa.com/u2.

An Artist Presale begins on Thursday, November 5 at 10am local time. To take part, fans must sign up here by Sunday, November 1 at 10:59pm GMT. The Lisbon date will not be available through the Artist Presale. Any remaining tickets go on general sale on Friday, November 6 at 10am local time at U2.com.

The new track “The Greatest Show On Earth” was co-written by U2 and Brian Eno and is the third single to be taken from Carnaval De Luz. It tells a story of lovers fighting to keep faith in each other, and in faith itself.

The accompanying video was directed by Anton Corbijn and shot in the Californian desert, and it satirises the band as a religious cult in which the women do all the heavy lifting.

Listen to “The Greatest Show On Earth” here.

U2 recently celebrated their 50th anniversary on Friday, September 25 with a lunchtime show for students and teachers at their old school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, followed by a surprise performance on Dublin’s Grafton Street. Plans for the tour are already in the works for 2028, and the band are looking ahead to a homecoming in 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.”

The tour marks U2’s return to stadiums for the first time since they wrapped The Joshua Tree Tour at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on December 15, 2019, the final stop on a run that saw them play to almost three million fans.

Since then the band have staged a sold out run of 40 shows at Sphere in Las Vegas. The new tour promises a spectacle built around human connection and intimacy on a grand scale, with a set list drawn from right across the band’s catalogue.

Produced by Jacknife Lee, Carnaval De Luz explores themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance in the face of dark, encroaching forces. Sonically it echoes the band’s most experimental work alongside tightly written songs such as “The Greatest Show On Earth”, “Glorify” and “Midnight Sunshine”, as well as the two and a half minute surf punk homage “Silencio”.

The album’s roots lie in U2’s two surprise six track EPs from early 2026, Days Of Ash and Easter Lily, which were recorded during the same creative period. The song connecting the album and the EPs is the closing track, “Torn”, a duet with the late Dolly Parton in what turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance. Co-written by U2, Parton and Johnny McDaid, it is a tender country song about broken family ties.

The album also features Brian Eno, who co-wrote and played synthesizers on “Go (Carnaval De Luz)”, “The Greatest Show On Earth” and “Can’t Stop Us Now”, Martin Garrix, who co-wrote “Glorify”, and Daniel Lanois, who plays pedal steel on “Torn”. Ryan Tedder provided additional production on “Silencio”.

U2 Carnaval De Luz track listing:

Go (Carnaval De Luz) La Reina
Street Of Dreams
The Mirror Maker (Rosalia)
Superficiality
If The World Is At War We Better Not Be
Silencio
The Greatest Show On Earth
Glorify
Midnight Sunshine
Can’t Stop Us Now
Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)

Carnaval De Luz will be available as limited edition deluxe vinyl and CD box sets, limited edition coloured and bespoke vinyl variants, standard CD, standard vinyl and digital download. Pre-order and pre-save the album here.

Formed in Dublin in 1976, U2 have sold 175 million albums and won 22 Grammy Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, and by the end of 2026 they will have released 24 new songs in their 50th year.