U2 announce 2027 UK and European stadium tour with Wolf Alice

U2 announced the UK and European leg of their “The Greatest Show On Earth” world stadium tour on 29 October 2026: 12 shows in 2027, with Wolf Alice supporting at every date. The run opens at Stockholm’s Strawberry Arena on 26 and 28 April, then moves to Paris (Stade de France, 5 and 8 May), Lisbon (Estadio da Luz, 27 May), Amsterdam (Johan Cruijff Arena, 5 and 6 June), London (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 18 and 19 June) and Berlin (Olympiastadion, 30 June), closing at Milan’s San Siro on 5 and 6 July.

According to NME, dates in Ireland, Spain and North America will follow soon. Guitarist The Edge said the band are “still figuring it out”, but that the tour will wrap up in Ireland. Tickets go first to U2.com subscribers on 2 November at 10am; according to laut.de, an artist presale starts on 5 November and general sale on 6 November, both at 10am. Ticketmaster has a presale sign-up page for Stockholm, Amsterdam, London and Berlin, open until 1 November.

The band also added extra shows in Mexico City, São Paulo and Buenos Aires to the Latin American leg in February and March 2027, where Beck is the support act. The first dates there, announced in October, sold out at once, laut.de reports. U2 release “Carnaval De Luz”, their 16th album according to NME, on 13 November.

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976. In October, mbuzz reported, citing Festileaks, that billboards at Milan’s central railway station teased an announcement for 29 October.