The video for U2’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” (released today, October 15, 2026) was directed by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn and filmed in the California desert. Corbijn, the Dutch photographer behind the iconic 1987 The Joshua Tree album photos, returned to similar stark, arid California landscapes for this clip. The black-and-white visuals are classic Corbijn: high-contrast, cinematic desert landscapes that strongly evoke the Joshua Tree era. The band performs in fake beards and carnival masks. The video satirizes U2 as a religious cult in which women do all the heavy lifting, playing on the song’s themes of lovers struggling to keep faith in each other (and faith itself). Many crosses appear in the video: on Bono’s necklace, as a neon sign, and carried by a woman through the desert. Bono sings of “stained glass,” “the altar of our wedding mass,” “a church of love or fear, have we made God feel like a stranger here?” The song (co-written with Brian Eno) and the video premiered together today. The track also titles U2’s upcoming 2027 stadium tour.