r/U2Band • • 2d ago

☘️OFFICIAL / CONFIRMED INFO 🎩 News and Discussion: "The Greatest Show On Earth"

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In the next hour, U2 are expected to announce, "The Greatest Show On Earth", the third single from the upcoming 16th studio album "Carnaval De Luz". The song will be accompanied by a music video directed by Anton Corbijn, and very likely an announcement for U2's upcoming world tour in 2027. As needed, a separate submission will cover any tour news.

Official music video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUuVOW7XogA

Links to streaming platforms:
Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/song/the-greatest-show-on-earth/6812412674
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/1nuMwM4FenyuzMbcmx6Lxk
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUuVOW7XogA

Region / Country Major Cities / Time Zones Local Time (Oct 15, 2026)
Western US Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco (PDT) 9:00 AM
Mountain US Denver, Salt Lake City (MDT) 10:00 AM
Central US Chicago, Dallas, Houston (CDT) 11:00 AM
Eastern US New York, Miami, Atlanta, Toronto (EDT) 12:00 PM (Noon)
Mexico Mexico City (CST) 10:00 AM
Brazil São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília (BRT) 1:00 PM
UK & Ireland London, Dublin (BST / IST) 5:00 PM
Western / Central Europe Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid (CEST) 6:00 PM
South Asia New Delhi, Mumbai (IST) 9:30 PM
East Asia (China) Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong (CST) 12:00 AM (Oct 16)
East Asia (Japan/Korea) Tokyo, Seoul (JST / KST) 1:00 AM (Oct 16)
Australia (Eastern) Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra (AEDT) 3:00 AM (Oct 16)
Australia (Queensland) Brisbane (AEST) 2:00 AM (Oct 16)
New Zealand Auckland, Wellington (NZDT) 5:00 AM (Oct 16)

Additional coverage on social media and news outlets will be allowed in the main subreddit and locked or diverted here as necessary to avoid clutter. Please keep the majority of your comments, reactions, impressions etc in this thread.

Official commentary about the song:

All that said, the band is trying to come up with a radio edit of Bono’s favorite new track, the five-and-a-half-minute “The Greatest Show on Earth.” “It’s maybe our greatest song in a very long time,” he says. “That was a reason to stay in the band.” The slow-burning, IMAX-sized epic takes on a shattered love affair, with some shots at Christian nationalism along the way (“Is this a church of love or fear?/Have we made God feel like a stranger here?”). It aims to capture some of the ecstatic, crooning heartbreak of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” with a hint of Bertolt Brecht: “Love is a business that works at night/I sold myself for less than was right.” Bono had the title for a long time, but catching Elvis Presley sing “Lovin’ Feelin'” in his friend Baz Luhrmann’s recent concert film helped him crack the elegiac concept for the song: “We were once the greatest show on earth.” “There may be,” he says, unable to help himself, “a version of it that we can get on the radio.”

Excerpt from "U2 Dream It All Up Again", Rolling Stone Magazine by Brian Hiatt September 28 2026:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/u2-cover-story-carnaval-de-luz-larry-mullen-dolly-parton-1235631171/


r/U2Band • • 7h ago

July 27th, 1980

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r/U2Band • • 5h ago

Just got my U2.com presale code, they updated FAQ

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r/U2Band • • 13h ago

NYT "The Interview": Bono & Edge

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r/U2Band • • 7h ago

Next video...confirmed

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The video shoot with Corbijn involved shooting two different videos, “The Greatest Show on Earth” and “Can’t Stop Us Now”. (“Can’t Stop us Now” is due out in November.) 


r/U2Band • • 23h ago

Proof of Life

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r/U2Band • • 6h ago

The Greatest Show on Earth - instrumental

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wow I could listen to this all day, it’s so raw, a freight train of a composition. When you hear it under the hood like this it’s hard not to see it as a sequel to WOWY and EBW. Its got such a vibe.


r/U2Band • • 37m ago

Achtung Baby Versions - My Fav Album

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r/U2Band • • 21h ago

Who else listened to "The Greatest Show On Earth" and was just blown away

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I listened to this song for the first time today, and I was purely blown away by how good it is. U2 never fails to amaze me with how good their music is, whether from the 80s or the 2020s....


r/U2Band • • 17h ago

‘Bands Are Weird Things’: Bono and the Edge on 50 Years of U2 and Each Other | The Interview

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r/U2Band • • 11h ago

My U2 Awards List As A Young Fan

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Smartest Lyrics: Cedars Of Lebanon (2009)

Best Quality Produced: Ultra Violet (1991)

Best Of Bono : Moment Of Surrender (2009)

Best Of Edge: Bullet The Blue Sky (1987)

Best Of Adam: New Year’s Day (1983)

Best Of Larry: Please (1997)

Best Live Performance: Bullet The Blue Sky/Running To Stand Still/Where The Streets Have No Name (ZOOTV Sydney 1993)

Best Unreleased Song: Soon (2009)

Best Album: Achtung Baby (1991)

Most Creative Song: Zooropa (1993)

Most Underrated Song: Miss Sarajevo (1995)

Best Vibes: Beautiful Day (2000)

Best Live Song: Vertigo (2004)

Best Era: 1991-1997

Best Song: One


r/U2Band • • 1d ago

my mom: "who sold all the furniture in the house?" me at the U2 show:

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r/U2Band • • 22h ago

The Greatest Show on Earth is the best U2 single of my lifetime

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I wanted to give the song a little time to sink in before saying this, but I just love it so much. I was born a few months before HTDAAB came out, so technically this isn’t true (I like SYCMIOYO and COBL a tad more), but the primary point is that no single that I can remember listening to when it dropped got me this hyped about the upcoming album. There’s just something about it that hits me. It is a fantastic song and I am very happy that I am getting to experience it as it is happening, rather than after the fact.

I don’t know, maybe my optimism for Carnaval de Luz won’t be rewarded, but these are the best group of singles the band has released for an album since HTDAAB. While I’m not a huge fan of Street of Dreams, it is miles better than something like Boots in my opinion, and Silencio is really solid as well. I am very excited for what’s to come. There are already so many songs I like from what the band have put out this year. I think we’re in for treat come November 13th y’all! 🤘🎸


r/U2Band • • 1h ago

Mexico dates - What to buy??

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Hi guys, the last time i saw U2 was on 360 and have the most amazing experience of my life and i was inside the claw, cant remember the name of that zone, but it was amazing.

What would be the ideal place to buy for this new tour? I just got into the fan club so i am group 2, i just want to see them again, they’re my favorite band.


r/U2Band • • 1d ago

Enjoying The Greatest Show on Earth on my U2 iPod!!! (Sorta)

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Hey everyone!

I have to say I reaaaaaally like TGSOE (it does my heart good to be writing acronyms for ridiculously long song names), even more so because I have a brand new U2 iPod, sort of.

Over on r/iosdev, I saw a post buy a guy who developed an app call NostalgicPod. It's basically a front end for a music player simulating an iPod (Coverflow included). I saw it and installed immediately, but to my dismay there was no U2 color scheme. So I kindly asked the developer on the sub if he could add it, and lo an behold, he did!!!

If your as old as I am, and were old enough to have purchased a U2 iPod and the complete U2, this is a great little app.

Just wanted to share my enjoyment with you all!!

Happy days!!!


r/U2Band • • 10h ago

Where do you guys check about the meanings of new songs?

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Normaly I take from the books and some short lines on interviews, but sometimes I see people coming with full interpretations supposedly sourcing from words of the band in the same day of releasing of a new song, how is that?

Don't get me wrong fellas, I am not calling anyone liars I just want to check for myself as well :D


r/U2Band • • 9h ago

The death of shit U2 T-shirts

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Anyone got a way in to send this to an inner circle boffin, tour merchandise has got lazier and lazier


r/U2Band • • 21h ago

Unassigned "fan ticket" guaranteed admission

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According to U2Radio.com, São Paulo is offering a "fan ticket." How it will work is described below:

Ticketmaster Brasil’s updated event map lists a limited “Fan Ticket” option for the March 10 and 12 São Paulo shows at R$500 full price or R$250 half-price. It guarantees admission, but the assigned section is revealed only on the day of the show and may be at any price level. You cannot choose a section in advance, and this option does not guarantee a standing-floor ticket. Quantities are limited; use an email address you can access for purchase updates. Half-price tickets are subject to eligibility rules. We have not found confirmation that Fan Ticket is available in Mexico City or Buenos Aires.

What are your thought on this? I will be going to one of the Mexico City shows and am budget conscious. I don't care where I sit as long as I'm in the door. This is very appealing to me and I hope they offer it in Mexico. Curious what others think?


r/U2Band • • 16h ago

Curious to see how rare this piece is.

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I feel like its been in our family forever. Does amyone else have simillar? Its a 'War' era shirt.


r/U2Band • • 13h ago

Question for those who have done GA for the past stadium tours ….

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Do they let you out to go to the bathroom? Seriously asking. I usually do Red Zone because there’s always a means to get away to grab a drink, go pee etc. I was considering giving GA a try for this tour.

A friend of mine swears they keep you in the “pen” until the show is over. That doesn’t sound right to me. Or legal for that matter.


r/U2Band • • 7h ago

GSoE Remix

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I’m digging this remix. What do you all think?


r/U2Band • • 1d ago

Has Bono finally ditched the horrible glasses?

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After the concerts in Dublin, the second photo started showing up, which some said it was AI. But now there's this first photo from Ticketmaster, which brings me hope since those John Lennon-style glasses, age him horribly. Wrap-arounds are much more associated to U2 since Achtung Baby.


r/U2Band • • 21h ago

You can go to any tour venue in the U.S. where you going?

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Live in Texas most of my life I've been to shows in Dallas, Houston (a couple times), Austin, San Antonio, one show in Arizona, and the Sphere.

If you could go anywhere in the U.S. outside those venues this tour, where would you go?


r/U2Band • • 1d ago

Bono's voice is so great now!

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Since Easter Lilly his voice is everything it hould be around 1994.

Not the power from 85, not the power and low from 87, not the falsetto from 1991 but an evolution from what he got in 1993 instead of completly destroying his voice on POP.

Besides better during 2000 and some downs in 2004, it tooks almost 10 years until he get the range back in 2010.

Many people, (including themselfes during the creation of SOS) said his voice was done after years of effort, but maybe now he finally got some maturity on it.

He is the big star shining in The Greatest Show On Earth, I don't know when was the last time I could say this.

I don't know if he can keep it during the tours, but I am so happy so see him like this.


r/U2Band • • 1d ago

Full tour history

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Was stumbling around and found this site Otra - has the band's full touring history w setlists,photos etc. quite cool!