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.

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 dates for Spain to be announced soon.

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

“‘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,” the band said. “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, Edge, Adam and Larry

A 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.

Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 has always – since their earliest days, including the industry-defining ZOO TV Tour which broke the mold in 1991 – consistently pushed the boundaries of live performance, with ground-breaking stage shows that embrace the latest in technology and innovation, most recently with one of the band’s most ambitious creative projects to date, a sold-out run of 40 history-making, future-defining shows at Sphere, Las Vegas. Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour marks U2’s return to a stadium setting for a performance spectacle embracing human connection and intimacy at a grand scale, with a set list drawn from across the band’s entire catalogue; the band’s first stadium dates since wrapping the acclaimed 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.

Tickets for the U.K. and European dates will first be available via the U2.com Subscriber Presale commencing on Monday, November 2 at 10am local time. Visa cardholders will have access to presale tickets in the EU and UK from Wednesday, November 4 at 10 a.m. local time until 10 p.m. the same day, while supply lasts. An Artist Presale will begin on Thursday, November 5. Remaining tickets will be available during the general onsale starting Friday, November 6 at 10am local time at U2.com. The Lisbon date will not be accessible via the Artist Presale.

Visa is an Official Sponsor of Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour. Frank Cooper, Visa’s Chief Marketing Officer, said: “Few artists have achieved what U2 has: the rare ability to remain iconic across generations, cultures and continents. Their music transcends time and place, bringing people together through a shared sense of possibility, connection and belonging. At Visa, we believe in the power of experiences to connect us to one another and to the world around us. We’re excited to partner with U2 on The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour, giving fans access to the show and working with U2 and fan communities to create moments that matter.”

Carnaval De Luz Presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

About Carnaval De Luz

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,” “Glorify” and “Midnight Sunshine,” as well as the 2-minute-35-second homage to early surf-punk insolence that is “Silencio.”

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,” a duet between Bono and the late, great Dolly 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, 2026, one in which U2 will have released 24 new songs. The album also sees collaborations from Brian Eno (co-writing and synthesizers on “Go (Carnaval De Luz),” “The Greatest Show on Earth” and “Can’t Stop Us Now”), Martin Garrix (co-writing on “Glorify”), and Daniel Lanois (playing pedal steel on “Torn”), with additional production from Ryan Tedder on “Silencio.”

The track listing for Carnaval De Luz is: 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).

Carnaval De Luz will be available in formats including Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl & CD Boxsets, various Limited Edition Coloured & Bespoke Vinyl variants, Standard CD, Standard Vinyl and Digital Download.

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