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U2 announces May 2027 concerts in Barcelona and Seville on The Greatest Show on Earth tour
Tickets for the Barcelona shows at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys and the Seville show at La Cartuja go on sale on 13 November, after presales from 9 November. The European leg opens in Stockholm on 26 April 2027.
- Oct 29
U2 announce Lisbon concert at Estádio da Luz for 27 May 2027, tickets on sale 6 November
U2 will play Lisbon's Estádio da Luz on 27 May 2027, part of a European leg that opens in Stockholm on 26 April. General sale opens 6 November at 10:00, after staged presales from 2 November.
- Oct 15
U2 announce 2027 tour opening in Mexico City on 23 February, with new single The Greatest Show On Earth
The band's Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth tour begins in Mexico City on 23 February 2027, with six Latin American shows so far. Europe and North America dates are due in the coming weeks.
- Sep 24
U2 plays surprise Dublin concerts to mark 50th anniversary and announces album
The Irish rock quartet performed at their former Dublin school and Bewley's Oriental Café on 25 September 2026, previewing tracks from their upcoming sixteenth album Carnaval de Luz.
- Jun 19
Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with four former presidents and a pointed message on democracy
Barack and Michelle Obama inaugurated the $850 million presidential center on Chicago’s South Side, joined by Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and a host of celebrities, as the former president delivered a speech on the rule of law that many saw as a rebuke of Donald Trump, who was not invited.
