NewsNatalia Pedroza3 min read
U2 open their Greatest Show On Earth tour in Mexico City on 23 February 2027, then play São Paulo and Buenos Aires
Six stadium dates are on sale from 19 October, with Beck in support and a new Brian Eno co-write, "The Greatest Show On Earth", out now.
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U2 have named their next world tour, and Latin America gets it first. Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour opens at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on 23 February 2027, with Beck supporting on every date announced so far.
The band announced the first six shows on 15 October 2026, alongside a new single of the same name as the tour. These are the only three Latin American cities the tour will visit in 2027.
The dates
- 23 and 26 February 2027: Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City
- 10 and 12 March 2027: Estádio MorumBIS, São Paulo
- 23 and 25 March 2027: Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires
Dates for Europe and North America are due in the coming weeks, and the band say a return to Ireland is in the works.
How to get tickets
Ticketing runs in stages, all at 10am local time:
- Monday 19 October: U2.com Feedback presale
- Tuesday 20 October: U2.com The Hype presale (both presales close on Wednesday 21 October at 10pm)
- Thursday 22 October: Ticketmaster artist presale for Mexico City only (sign up by Sunday 18 October at 11:59pm ET), and general on-sale for São Paulo and Buenos Aires
- Friday 23 October: general on-sale for Mexico City
Links for every stage are on the band's tour page.
The new single
"The Greatest Show On Earth" is the third single from Carnaval De Luz, the band's 16th studio album and their first in nine years, which arrives in their 50th year. It was co-written with Brian Eno, who also co-wrote and played synthesizers on "Go (Carnaval De Luz)" and "Can't Stop Us Now". The video, directed by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn and shot in the Californian desert, satirises the band as a religious cult where women do all the heavy lifting.
The band describe the tour as a return to a stadium setting built around human connection and intimacy at a grand scale, with a set list drawn from their whole catalogue. In their announcement, Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry wrote: "It's a dare, to ourselves as much as anyone, to try and have the best night of anybody's life."
Why it matters
These are U2's first stadium dates since they closed The Joshua Tree Tour at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on 15 December 2019, the last stop of a run that drew almost 3 million fans. For Latin America, which has long been among the band's loudest crowds, the 2027 run puts three of the region's biggest stadiums at the front of the tour.
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