Watch U2 Perform Live On The BBC

U2 shared video of “The Greatest Show On Earth” from their November 3 concert at London’s Tate Modern. The performance previews U2: Live On The BBC At Tate Modern, an hour-long special premiering on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Saturday, November 28.

Presented by Jo Whiley, the concert paired new material with classics and a tribute to longtime collaborator Brian Eno. Eno’s 77 Million Paintings artwork provided the visual backdrop for a set that included three live debuts and the return of “The Unforgettable Fire” after eight years.

“The Greatest Show On Earth” and “Can’t Stop Us Now” received their first live performances during the 11-song session. Both appear on Carnaval De Luz, U2’s first album of new material in nine years, which arrives tomorrow, November 13. Eno co-wrote and contributed synthesizers to both tracks.

U2 opened with “The Unforgettable Fire” before moving into “Bad,” which incorporated snippets of “Ruby Tuesday” and “Sympathy For The Devil.” The band also debuted “COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)” from this year’s Easter Lily EP. “MLK,” “Pride (In The Name Of Love),” “In A Little While,” “One” and “Beautiful Day” rounded out the set ahead of closer “With Or Without You.”

Eno joined U2 onstage as the band celebrated their decades of collaboration. “A lot of rock and roll bands went to art school… U2 didn’t go to school, we went to Brian Eno,” Bono told the audience, according to the BBC’s announcement. Art students and young creatives were among those in attendance, alongside Radio 2 ballot winners and invited guests.

Watch U2 perform “The Greatest Show On Earth” below:

U2: Live On The BBC At Tate Modern airs November 28 at 10:10 p.m. GMT/5:10 p.m. ET, with a simultaneous broadcast outside the United Kingdom on BBC Music’s YouTube channel. BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds will air the concert alongside a new band interview during Whiley’s November 30 show, running from 7 to 9 p.m. GMT.

The November 28 television special anchors an evening of U2 programming that also includes an archival BBC performance compilation, the band’s Tracks Of My Years selections and a 1981 concert at Queen’s University in Belfast. U2 returns to stadiums in February for the The Greatest Show On Earth World Tour.

Setlist (via U2gigs.com)

Set: The Unforgettable Fire[1], Bad[2], Can’t Stop Us Now[3], MLK, Pride (In The Name Of Love), The Greatest Show On Earth[3], In A Little While, One, COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)[3], Beautiful Day, With Or Without You

Footnotes:
[1] first performance in eight years
[2] with Ruby Tuesday and Sympathy For The Devil snippets
[3] live debut