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U2<\/a> have shared a glimpse of what their highly-anticipated Greatest Show on Earth stadium tour<\/a> will look like.<\/p>\n The band is scheduled to launch their worldwide trek Feb. 23 in Mexico City. The Latin America dates stretch through March, with European shows following from April through July. U.S. performances haven\u2019t been announced yet, but are expected soon. U2\u2019s new album, Carnival De Luz<\/a><\/em>, will be released Nov. 13.<\/p>\n During a recent interview with iHeartRadio host Stryker, U2 shared the first images of their stage design and lighting for the tour (video below). \u201cI have asked if people are interested in seeing some of the sketches that we have done for the tour,\u201d Bono<\/a> began, joking that none of the \u201cgrownups\u201d who work with the band said no.<\/p>\n Then, much to the delight of the fans in attendance, the band proceeded to show a handful of slides displaying what the stage will look like. The first image showed a stage shrouded in massive red curtains.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t tell you what\u2019s behind the curtain, because then we would have to kill you,\u201d Bono joked. \u201cBut a lot is going to go on behind the curtain. We\u2019re playing with this idea of show business. We never thought we were in show business. For us, we\u2019re making art. So it\u2019s a little play on shamanism and show business.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Top 10 Post-‘Achtung Baby’ U2 Songs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A second image showed the four members of U2 emerging from behind the red curtains in a sea of fog. \u201cPink Floyd had \u2018The Wall\u2019, we\u2019ve got the red curtains,\u201d Bono remarked.<\/p>\n The third image showed strings of yellow bulbs, along with a circle of lighting towers. The effect makes part of the stage look like it\u2019s under the big top, further illustrating the tour\u2019s theme. \u201cThere\u2019s the carnival,\u201d Bono noted, describing the lights as \u201cfestooning.\u201d \u201cAnd you\u2019ll notice the \u2018Carnival De Luz\u2019 [sign] is up there, but it\u2019s facing backwards because everyone in the audience is kind of backstage, is how we see it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Greatest Show on Earth trek will be U2\u2019s first tour since 2019. The Irish group also enjoyed a groundbreaking residency at the Sphere<\/a>, which ran from Sept. 2023 to March 2024.<\/p>\n U2 don’t inspire weak reactions in people. There are passionate U2 fans, and passionate U2 haters, and very little in between.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: UCR Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘We’re Playing With the Idea of Show Business’<\/h3>\n
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