U2 announce new world tour - with Irish dates to follow

U2 has announced their upcoming 2027 world tour, which will commence in Mexico City in February with Irish dates to follow. The tour, titled "Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth," will feature the veteran band returning to select stadiums in 2027 and beyond. The tour will kick off on February 23 at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, followed by performances in São Paulo and Buenos Aires.

Additional 2027 dates for Europe and North America are expected to be announced soon. The band's statement reads, "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." U2's set list will include songs from across their entire catalogue, marking their first stadium dates since concluding The Joshua Tree Tour at Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium in December 2019.

The tour announcement comes after the release of the single "The Greatest Show On Earth," which satirizes the band as a religious cult, with women doing all the heavy lifting. The video for the track was directed by Anton Corbijn and filmed in the Californian desert. "Carnaval De Luz" is the band's first new material in nine years, with a track listing that includes "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," and "Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)."