U2 are bringing The Greatest Show on Earth World Tour to twelve UK and European stadium shows next spring and summer, with Wolf Alice on the bill. Stockholm opens the run on April 26, 2027; Milan closes it on July 6. Tickets start reaching U2.com subscribers on November 2, ahead of the November 6 general sale.
Lisbon has a small but consequential exception in the announcement. Its May 27 concert is included in the tour, but excluded from the November 5 Artist Presale. Anyone planning around that particular signup needs to look at the other sale arrangements for Lisbon. The exception concerns access to tickets, rather than the concert itself.
Here is how the announced route breaks down. There are seven destinations, with a second night in five of them:
| City | 2027 dates |
|---|---|
| Stockholm | April 26 and 28 |
| Paris | May 5 and 8 |
| Lisbon | May 27 |
| Amsterdam | June 5 and 6 |
| London | June 18 and 19 |
| Berlin | June 30 |
| Milan | July 5 and 6 |
For London, June 18 and 19 fall on a Friday and Saturday. A fan travelling for the weekend has two nights to choose between at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Berlin and Lisbon currently offer just one date each. Across the whole route there are 71 days from first concert to last, leaving substantial gaps between cities.
The timetable for buying is tighter. Feedback subscribers get the first window on Monday, November 2, with Hype subscribers following on Tuesday. New subscribers enter Hype, according to the band’s instructions. Joining now therefore means access on the second day. Codes are to arrive by email, and having access still leaves the question of how many tickets remain.
Visa cardholders get their own window on November 4, running from 10am until 10pm local time. The Artist Presale comes the following day. Registration for that sale closes earlier, on Sunday, November 1 at 10:59pm GMT, or 11:59pm CET. It is easy to put the sale in a calendar and miss the signup deadline four days before it.
London’s subscriber opening and general sale are listed at 10am GMT. Elsewhere, buyers should follow the chosen event’s local instructions. Ticketing is spread across several sites: the band say Ticketmaster artist-presale access is linked to the registered account, whereas another seller may require a code. That is another reason to use the instructions for the actual concert being booked.
More territory remains to be announced. Spain is still to come, and the band have spoken about ending the wider tour in Ireland without giving an Irish date or venue here. Wolf Alice accompany this European leg; Beck is supporting February and March’s Latin American shows. Before either run, U2 release Carnaval De Luz on November 13.
