U2 will be playing in stadiums around the globe next year, the group announced Thursday, with a tour dubbed “Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth” kicking off Feb. 23 in Mexico City and set to continue through 2027 “and beyond.”
\n\nOnly the first six dates of the Live Nation-produced tour were unveiled as part of the announcement, all of them in Latin America, with the promise that North American and European shows will be revealed in the next few weeks.
\n\nThe first dates are at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros Feb. 23 and 26, 2027; Sao Paulo, Brazil’s Estádio MorumBIS on March 10 and 12, and Buenos Aires, Argentina’s Estadio River Plate on March 23 and 25.
\n\nBeck will be the opening act, at least for these initial shows.
\n\nConcurrent with the announcement Thursday was the release of the group’s latest single, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” from the group’s upcoming album, “Carnaval De Luz,” which comes out Nov. 13. The Anton Corbijn-directed video and song are described as “a story of lovers fighting to keep faith in each other – and faith itself,” with the video “satirizing the band as a religious cult where women do…
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