U2 Announce More Dates of 2027 ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ World Tour

U2 (Photo: Viviane Sassen; used with permission)

U2 has announced the U.K. and European dates of their 2027 world tour, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” to support their 16th studio album, Carnaval De Luz, their first of new material in nine years. [The tour’s first dates were announced on Oct. 15 for Mexico, Brazil and Argentina with dates for Spain and North America to be announced in the coming weeks, along with a return to Ireland, also in the works.] The latest news, on Oct. 29, revealed a dozen shows in Stockholm, Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam, London, Berlin and Milan. (As Best Classic Bands previously noted, given the dates listed below, it appears that more shows in those cities will be added, as continues to be the case in Latin America as those initial stadium shows sold-out immediately.)

The concerts in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires are the only three Latin American cities the tour will visit next year. Tickets for the shows in the U.K. and Europe, will first be available via a band pre-sale beginning on Nov. 5 at 10 a.m. local time. Visa cardholders will have access to presale tickets in the EU and UK from Wednesday 4 November at 10 a.m. local time until 10 p.m. the same day, while supply lasts. Remaining tickets will be available starting Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. local time here. The tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

Carnaval De Luz features what is said to be the final recording by Dolly Parton, on a duet with Bono called “Torn.”  The album, via Interscope Records, arrives on November 13, 2026, and will be available in a variety of formats including Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl and CD box sets, and various limited edition colored and bespoke vinyl variants. Many of the editions are available to order in the U.S./worldwide here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here. Watch videos for several of the songs below.

From the original Sept. 24 announcement: In the week that marks 50 years since Larry Mullen Jr. pinned a handwritten note to the noticeboard of Mount Temple Comprehensive School on the Northside of Dublin in September 1976, “Drummer Seeks Musicians To Form Band,” comes a body of work that sees Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. still finding new dimensions and possibilities within their creative process.

Recorded “all over the place” and produced by Jacknife Lee, Carnaval De Luz is a collection of 12 songs exploring themes of spirituality, friendship, freedom and endurance in the face of dark, encroaching forces. Sonically, there are echoes of the band’s most experimental work combined with some strict songwriting in the shape of “The Greatest Show On Earth” (written by Bono and Brian Eno), “Glorify,” and “Midnight Sunshine,” as well as the homage to early surf-punk insolence that is “Silencio.”

The music video for “Silencio” was shot in Mexico City and is directed by Cliqua, the Mexican-American directing duo Pasqual Gutiérrez and Raúl “RJ” Sanchez.

Watch the video for “The Greatest Show on Earth,” released on Oct. 15

U2 “The Greatest Show on Earth” 2027 Tour (Tickets are available here)
Latin America (with support from Beck)
Feb 23 – MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
Feb 26 – MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
Feb 28 – MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
Mar 02 – MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros *
Mar 10 – SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS
Mar 12 – SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS
Mar 14 – SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS
Mar 16 – SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS *
Mar 23 – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate
Mar 25 – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate
Mar 27 – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Estadio River Plate *

U.K. + Europe (with support from Wolf Alice) *
Apr 26 – STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Strawberry Arena
Apr 28 – STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Strawberry Arena
May 05 – PARIS, France – Stade de France
May 08 – PARIS, France – Stade de France
May 27 – LISBON, Portugal – Estadio da Luz
Jun 05 – AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA
Jun 06 – AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA
Jun 18 – LONDON, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Jun 19 – LONDON, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Jun 30 – BERLIN, Germany – Olympiastadion
Jul 05 – MILAN, Italy – Stadio San Siro
Jul 06 – MILAN, Italy – Stadio San Siro

* Announced on Oct. 29

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The roots of Carnaval De Luz can be traced directly to U2’s two surprise-released and critically acclaimed six-track EPs of early 2026, recorded during the same creative period as the new album. Those releases, Days of Ash and Easter Lily, followed the liturgical calendar, and so Carnaval De Luz sits, stands, and dances before them in timeline. Carnival, a celebration of the flesh, “carne,” before the denial that is Lent, a period of reflection, and the rebirth of Easter. The song connecting the album and two EPs is the final track on the new album, “Torn,” the duet between Bono and Parton, in what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance. Co-written by U2, Parton, and Johnny McDaid, it’s a tender country song detailing broken family ties that holds wider resonances.

Carnaval De Luz is released in the band’s 50th year, one in which U2 will have released 24 new songs.

Watch the video for “Street of Dreams,” the first song released from the new album

Related: Our 2015 U2 concert review

Carnaval De Luz Track Listing
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)

Many of the editions are available to order here.