U2 adds 12 UK and European stadium dates to their 2027 ‘Greatest Show on Earth World Tour,’ with Wolf Alice supporting
U2 are bringing the stadiums back. The Irish rock institution has added 12 UK and European concerts to The Greatest Show on Earth World Tour, their sprawling 2027 run, confirming a return to the open-air venues that built their reputation as one of the biggest live acts on the planet. Announced October 29, the European leg runs from April 26 to July 6, 2027, with British band Wolf Alice opening every date.
The scale and timing make this a significant moment for the band. These will be U2’s first proper stadium shows since the Joshua Tree Tour wrapped at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium in December 2019, and they follow the group’s landmark 40-show residency at the Las Vegas Sphere, a technological spectacle that reset expectations for what an arena-scale production could be. Moving from that controlled environment back into football stadiums is a deliberate pivot, and a reminder that U2’s core identity has always been the massive communal gig.
The European Dates
The newly announced run leans heavily on two-night stands in major markets. U2 open in Stockholm at Strawberry Arena on April 26 and 28, then play Paris’ Stade de France on May 5 and 8. A single show follows at Lisbon’s Estádio da Luz on May 27, before two nights at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff ArenA on June 5 and 6.
The UK gets its moment with two shows at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 18 and 19, one of the newest and most acoustically regarded venues in Britain. From there the band plays Berlin’s Olympiastadion on June 30 before closing the leg with two nights at Milan’s iconic San Siro on July 5 and 6. Wolf Alice, one of the most acclaimed British rock bands of their generation, supports throughout, a tastemaking pairing that bridges U2’s legacy audience with a younger rock crowd.
The ticketing rollout is extensive, as befits a demand event of this size. A staggered presale structure runs across early November, beginning with advance registration closing November 1 and moving through U2.com subscriber tiers, a Visa cardholder presale, and an artist presale, before general on-sale opens November 6. The European shows join a Latin American leg, supported by Beck, that has already expanded to 11 concerts across Mexico City, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires.
A Tour Built Around a Comeback Album
The run is anchored by new music. The Greatest Show on Earth World Tour supports Carnaval De Luz, U2’s 16th studio album and, crucially, their first full-length of new material in nine years. Due November 13, the 12-track record lands squarely in the band’s 50th anniversary year, a milestone they marked with a surprise performance on Dublin’s Grafton Street in September. Its third single, the title track, was co-written with longtime collaborator Brian Eno and arrived with an Anton Corbijn-directed video that cheekily casts the band as a religious cult.
There is also a notable lineup detail. The tour is set to feature the full classic quartet of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., with Mullen returning to the drum stool for select stadium dates. His involvement carries weight, as the drummer sat out the entire Sphere residency while recovering from surgery, making his reintegration one of the quieter but more meaningful storylines of the campaign.
For an act that has spent five decades defining the stadium-rock template, the 2027 tour is both a continuation and a statement. It pairs a new album with a return to the band’s natural habitat, and it bets that the appetite for a full-scale U2 production remains as strong as ever. European registration is open now ahead of the November on-sale, with further dates for North America, and reportedly Spain, still expected.
