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2026-10-16: U2 Tour Q+A The Greatest Show on Earth
As usual, we’re taking time to answer some of the questions we’ve seen over the last few days. Please note, we are an unofficial fan site and any and all information presented here should be checked against official sources before making decisions. (Links to these sources are scattered throughout.) This is not AI generated, fans are going out and looking at the reference material to try to...
2026-10-15: Tour Announcement and Single Release
U2 are expected to announce “The Greatest Show on Earth” today, a worldwide stadium tour, which will visit Mexico, South America, and Europe in 2027. Additionally, a song of the same name is being released to digital storefronts and streaming services. And a video for that song, shot by long time collaborator Anton Corbijn will also be released today.
We’re expecting a busy day here. So...
2026-10-14: Tours, Singles, Promo and More
It’s going to be a busy week. U2 are teasing an announcement for tomorrow, October 15, 2026. Last night a video appeared on their social media, with a red curtain and a drawing of Macphisto’s hat, which revealed tomorrow’s date. It is set to a new piece of music.
We’ve been sharing for a while now that the tour announcement is due on October 15. We expect tomorrow to hear full details...
2026-10-13: Back Catalog Reissue in Japan
Japan reissues U2’s entire catalog every few years, usually in conjunction with a new album release or a tour. The last issue, in 2019 was in a jewel case to celebrate U2’s “The Joshua Tree 2019” tour. The set before that, in 2017, was a collection of releases on SHM-CD, in paper jackets designed to look like the original vinyl releases.
Universal in Japan have announced a new set of...
2026-10-12: Mount Temple Broadcast Tomorrow (October 13)
It was mentioned in passing over the anniversary weekend that U2 X-Radio would stream the show U2 performed at Mount Temple for their anniversary in front of press, students and staff of the school. It’s now been announced that the 1-hour broadcast will air tomorrow, October 13 at 5pm Eastern on U2’s channel. The program is listed as a one hour program, so should contain most of the show....
2026-10-07: Silencio! Charts! Airplay! Variants!
“Silencio” has been out for a couple of weeks as of tomorrow, so we wanted to take a look at how it is doing in the sales charts, airplay, and more.
There’s a reason most singles and albums release on Friday. If you release on Friday at midnight in the UK, you get a full seven days of streaming and sales counting towards chart performance. All of the sales, streams etc., will count...
2026-09-30: Third Man Yellow Vinyl
Last Updated: October 2, 2026
There’s been a lot of interest in the yellow vinyl version of Carnaval de Luz pressed by Third Man Records. The item went on-sale at 12 noon (Eastern) today via Third Man’s site and quickly sold out there. But that’s not the end of your opportunity to find the record.
Universal has mailed those signed up for their newsletter that it would also be available...
2026-09-29: Different Options on Vinyl: Carnaval de Luz
U2 have started announcing variant versions of Carnaval de Luz. Most of these were announced the day the album went on sale for pre-orders. There’s been a new red and a new yellow pressing added since that time, and we expect more to be announced in the days ahead.
Below you’ll find a run down of the different vinyl announced so far with information on the release, and more importantly...
2026-09-29: U2 X-Radio Celebrates U2 at 50
Original Article: August 31, 2026
U2 are celebrating 50 years this year. September 25, 1976, the kids that would become U2 gathered at Larry Mullen’s house at 45 Rosemount Avenue.
To celebrate, U2 X-Radio is having a series of special playlists as part of their usual Adam Clayton’s playlist program. The playlists will each cover one decade, and Adam will take us through the band’s...
2026-09-26: U2 to Stream Mount Temple Show
Yesterday the band made an appearance at Mount Temple where they went to school back in the 1970s, and where Larry posted the note asking for musicians to join him in forming a band.
On the live call in show that is airing on U2 X-Radio, host Philly Taggart announced just now that the audio from that show has been recorded and the band intends to share it with listeners on U2 X-Radio in...
2026-09-26: U250: The Album, the shows, the coin, presales, Stationhead, X-Radio and more
What a couple of days! We hope the excitement has left you with a few things to look forward to about the weeks ahead. U2 have lots planned for the months ahead, but first lets dive into a look back at the last two days.
Thursday kicked off with Dave Fanning on RTÉ 2FM. He joined Laura Fox and Katja Mia on 2FM Drive for the world-exclusive first play of “Silencio”, U2’s new single. The...
2026-09-25: U250: Ivan McCormick: There at the Beginning
On September 25, 1976, a group of teenagers gathered in the kitchen of 60 Rosemount Avenue in Dublin after Larry Mullen posted his famous notice at Mount Temple: “Drummer seeks musicians to form band.” Among those who answered the note was 13-year-old Ivan McCormick. Fifty years later, Ivan can still remember that afternoon, and the excitement of feeling that something might be beginning....
