U2 announce a 2027 world tour and release a new song

The first dates

• Mexico City: Feb 23 and 26
• São Paulo: Mar 10 and 12
• Buenos Aires: Mar 23 and 25

The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour, the band's first in eight years, opens Feb 23, 2027, in Mexico City, then plays São Paulo and Buenos Aires. Beck opens the Latin American shows.

What's next

Dates in North America and Europe are still to be announced. A ticket presale opens Monday, Oct 19, at 10 a.m. local time.

The new single, The Greatest Show On Earth, was co-written with Brian Eno, and Anton Corbijn shot its video in the California desert. It is the third preview of the album Carnaval de Luz, due out in November.

"It's a dare, to ourselves as much as anyone, to try and have the best night of anybody's life."

— U2, on the tour