U2 announces May 2027 concerts in Barcelona and Seville on The Greatest Show on Earth tour

The announcement

U2 announced on Thursday, 5 November 2026, that the band will play Spain in May 2027 as part of The Greatest Show on Earth tour, according to a statement issued by Live Nation. The Spanish stops are two nights at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, on 13 and 15 May, and one night at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on 22 May. The band had first published its European dates without any Spanish stops, which kept fans in suspense for a week. Ahead of the confirmation, cryptic ads dated 29 October appeared in public spaces in several cities, one of them in the Passeig de Gràcia metro station in Barcelona and another in the Zona Universitària station. The band last played Barcelona in 2017 on The Joshua Tree Tour and last played Seville in 2010. It marked its 50th anniversary on 25 September with a lunchtime concert for students and teachers at its former school, Mount Temple Comprehensive, and a surprise performance on Grafton Street.

Tickets and presales

Presales begin on Monday, 9 November, on the U2.com website, where registered fans get first access according to EL PAÍS. Visa cardholders get their own presale from 11 November, and Live Nation users from 12 November. The general sale opens on Friday, 13 November at 10:00 through Live Nation, Ticketmaster and El Corte Inglés. El Periódico reports prices between 85 and 255 euros plus fees, with tickets released in stages at 113.50, 170, 181.50 and 204 euros. The new album Carnaval de Luz is due for release on the same day as the general sale.

The wider tour

The Spanish dates are part of a world tour whose European leg opens on 26 April 2027 in Stockholm, with Wolf Alice as support act. The route then runs through Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon, Milan and Paris, plus concerts at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, and El Periódico reports extra third nights in Amsterdam and London. After first shows sold out in several Latin American markets, dates were added in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, according to ABC. North American dates for 2027 are still to be announced. The Edge said the band would end the tour in Ireland, while the details of that leg are still being shaped. The band members are Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

Logistics at La Cartuja

The Seville show required months of preparation. The stadium said in a press note that the concert is possible thanks to more than six months of work, planning and technical coordination among the venue managers, LaLiga and Real Betis Balompié. It also credited Bono's own wish to return to Seville, more than 15 years after the band last performed there. The concert has to fit into a window of about two weeks, after which the pitch will be fully replaced so that Real Betis can host Atlético de Madrid on its next home match. Presales for all three Spanish dates begin on 9 November.