U2 have announced UK and European dates for Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth, a world tour that sees Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. return to select stadiums in 2027 and beyond. Live Nation announced the dates.
The European leg begins in Stockholm on 26 April, with Wolf Alice in support. It also visits Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam, London, Berlin and Milan. Dates for Spain will follow soon, and North American dates are due in the coming weeks.
The first run of Latin American shows has sold out. The band have added extra dates in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires because of demand. Beck supports on those shows.
UK and Europe 2027 dates (with Wolf Alice)
- 26 April: Stockholm, Strawberry Arena
- 28 April: Stockholm, Strawberry Arena
- 5 May: Paris, Stade de France
- 8 May: Paris, Stade de France
- 27 May: Lisbon, Estadio da Luz
- 5 June: Amsterdam, Johan Cruijff ArenA
- 6 June: Amsterdam, Johan Cruijff ArenA
- 18 June: London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- 19 June: London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- 30 June: Berlin, Olympiastadion
- 5 July: Milan, Stadio San Siro
- 6 July: Milan, Stadio San Siro
Latin America 2027 dates (with Beck)
- 23, 26 and 28 February: Mexico City, Estadio GNP Seguros (sold out)
- 2 March: Mexico City, Estadio GNP Seguros (new date)
- 10, 12 and 14 March: São Paulo, Estádio MorumBIS (sold out)
- 16 March: São Paulo, Estádio MorumBIS (new date)
- 23 and 25 March: Buenos Aires, Estadio River Plate (sold out)
- 27 March: Buenos Aires, Estadio River Plate (new date)
Plans for the tour are already under way for 2028. The band recently marked their 50th anniversary on Friday 25 September with a lunchtime show for students and teachers at their old school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, and a surprise performance on Dublin’s Grafton Street. 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 the band’s first stadium dates since the end of The Joshua Tree Tour at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium on 15 December 2019. The set list draws from across their catalogue. It follows a sold-out run of 40 shows at Sphere in Las Vegas.
In a joint statement, Bono, Edge, Adam and Larry 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.”
Tickets
The U2.com subscriber presale for the UK and European dates starts on Monday 2 November at 10am local time. Visa cardholders in the EU and UK get presale access on Wednesday 4 November from 10am until 10pm local time, via visa.com/u2. Visa is an official sponsor of the tour.
An artist presale starts on Thursday 5 November at 10am local time. Fans must sign up here by 10.59pm GMT / 11.59pm CET on Sunday 1 November. Some fans may be asked to complete a selfie check or, in rare cases, provide ID. The Lisbon date is not part of the artist presale. General sale begins on Friday 6 November at 10am local time at U2.com.
New album and single
Carnaval De Luz is the band’s sixteenth studio album and their first new material in nine years. It comes out on 13 November 2026 on Island Records. Formats include limited-edition deluxe vinyl and CD box sets, coloured and bespoke vinyl variants, standard CD, standard vinyl and digital download. Pre-order and pre-save here.
A new track, ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’, is out now. U2 and Brian Eno co-wrote it, and it is the third single from the album. The video is directed by Anton Corbijn and was shot in the Californian desert. It satirises the band as a religious cult where women do all the heavy lifting.
Jacknife Lee produced the 12-song album, which explores spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance. Earlier singles are ‘Street of Dreams’ and ‘Silencio’. The album follows the EPs Days of Ash and Easter Lily, released earlier in 2026.
The final track, ‘Torn’, is a duet between Bono and Dolly Parton, co-written by U2, Parton and Johnny McDaid. Daniel Lanois plays pedal steel on it. Brian Eno co-writes and plays synthesizers on ‘Go (Carnaval De Luz)’, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ and ‘Can’t Stop Us Now’. Martin Garrix co-writes ‘Glorify’, and Ryan Tedder provides additional production on ‘Silencio’.
The listed track listing is:
- ‘Go (Carnaval De Luz) La Reina’
- ‘Street Of Dreams’
- ‘The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)’
- ‘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)’