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Photograph by VIVIANE SASSEN U2 promise to take fans to “The Greatest Show on Earth” with the latest single from the band’s upcoming album Carnaval De Luz, a track that also lends its name to the band’s 2027 world tour.
In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Bono hailed “The Greatest Show on Earth” as his favorite song on the new album. “It’s maybe our greatest song in a very long time,” Bono said. “That was a reason to stay in the band.”
The song was paired with a video directed by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn, who shot the visual in the California desert. The video, which stars the band in “a religious cult where women do all the heavy lifting,” plays up on the themes of Bono’s lyrics.
“If this is love, we make cathedrals of our hurt / People digging their dreams out of the dirt,” he sings. “We were once the greatest show on earth.”
The track shares its name with U2’s just-announced The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour, which kicks off February 2027 in Mexico City followed by dates in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires; North American and European dates are forthcoming.
