U2 have introduced their first six dates for a serious world tour in 2027, marking their return to stadium concert events with performances throughout Latin America and the discharge of their first album of solely new materials in practically a decade.
The Irish rock band, fronted by Bono, 66, alongside guitarist The Edge, 65, bassist Adam Clayton, 66, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr, 64, will start their Carnaval de Luz Presents: The Biggest Present on Earth World Tour in Mexico Metropolis on 23 February.
The tour will assist their forthcoming sixteenth studio album, Carnaval De Luz, scheduled for launch on 13 November, with additional concert events anticipated to be introduced throughout Europe, North America and their native Eire.
Asserting the tour in a press release, the band stated: “‘The Biggest Present on Earth’? Now that’s a throwdown.”
They added: “It’s a dare, to ourselves as a lot as anybody, to attempt to have the most effective night time of anyone’s life.
“A little bit of showman, a little bit of shaman, a riot of coloration, unreasonable guitar, bass and drums, and tunes you possibly can maintain onto. As a result of if individuals are gonna present up, we actually are.”
The tour takes its title from the group’s newest single, The Biggest Present on Earth, the third track launched from their forthcoming album following Avenue of Goals and Silencio.
The brand new document will likely be U2’s first assortment of solely unique studio materials since Songs of Expertise in 2017.
It follows a interval wherein the band have revisited their intensive catalogue whereas additionally releasing new materials by means of smaller tasks.
In February, U2 launched the EP Days of Ash, adopted by Easter Lily in April, marking their first new recordings for the reason that 2023 album Songs of Give up.
That challenge featured reinterpretations of songs from throughout their profession, together with materials initially recorded throughout their rise to worldwide fame within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties.
In 2024, the band additionally launched Tips on how to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, a group of beforehand unreleased recordings from the classes for his or her Grammy-winning 2004 album Tips on how to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
The forthcoming world tour will initially comprise six concert events in three nations, with two performances every in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
U2 will open at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico Metropolis earlier than travelling to São Paulo and Buenos Aires in March.
The group have indicated that further dates will likely be introduced, together with performances in Eire, though venues and dates haven’t but been confirmed.
The concert events will mark one other chapter within the band’s reside historical past following their acclaimed U2:UV Achtung Child Stay at Sphere residency in Las Vegas, which ran from September 2023 till March 2024.
The residency featured performances of their landmark 1991 album Achtung Child, together with One, Mysterious Methods and Even Higher Than the Actual Factor, alongside different hits from their catalogue.
Larry was absent from the residency whereas recovering from surgical procedure, with Dutch drummer Bram van den Berg, 44, performing in his place.
U2 have bought greater than 170 million information worldwide, with a profession spanning practically 5 a long time and albums together with The Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum, All That You Cannot Go away Behind and No Line on the Horizon.
Amongst their best-known songs are With or With out You, I Nonetheless Have not Discovered What I am Trying For, The place the Streets Have No Identify, Lovely Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Delight (Within the Identify of Love) and Vertigo.
The group have gained 22 Grammy Awards and have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2005.
Their forthcoming album additionally options collaborations with Spanish singer Rosalía, 34, and the late American nation star Dolly Parton.
Rosalía, whose albums embody El Mal Querer and Motomami, is credited on The Mirror Maker, whereas Dolly, whose hits included Jolene and 9 to five, seems on Torn.
The 12-track album additionally contains La Reina, Superficiality, Glorify and Midnight Sunshine.
U2 – Carnaval de Luz Presents: The Biggest Present on Earth World Tour 2027
23 February – Mexico Metropolis, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
26 February – Mexico Metropolis, Mexico – Estadio GNP Seguros
10 March – São Paulo, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS
12 March – São Paulo, Brazil – Estádio MorumBIS
23 March – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Estadio River Plate
25 March – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Estadio River Plate.
U2 – Carnaval De Luz album observe itemizing
Go (Carnaval De Luz)
La Reina
Avenue Of Goals
The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)
Superficiality
If The World Is At Conflict We Higher Not Be
Silencio
The Biggest Present On Earth
Glorify
Midnight Sunshine
Cannot Cease Us Now
Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)
