festival headline appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer, as well as a hometown show in U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will kick off in Vancouver on 12 th May for a run of dates across North America and Europe, and will include U2’s first ever U.S. “ It will be both a pleasure and an honour to play my part in what still remains the greatest show on earth.”įollowing the groundbreaking iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour’s arena shows in 2015, U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will see the band return to the stadium stage for the first time since 2009-2011’s record-shattering U2 360° Tour, the most successful tour in history seen by over 7.3 million fans worldwide. Joining them for this tour will be the experience of a lifetime, leaving the bucket list fully checked.” – Is the first album I ever heard from U2 because it came out when I had just started my love affair with music as a young kid… it’s the album that made me want to write songs and start a band. That type of songwriting has always been the mountaintop for us – songs that can transcend generations. Their songs are so timeless and transcendent, it’s impossible to imagine a time when they didn’t exist. A lot has changed since then, but still – I NEVER thought we’d get the chance to open for such a legendary band, on such a legendary album – The Joshua Tree “ I can remember covering the U2 song “One” in bars back in NYC 10 years ago, with Jer on drums. It’s gonna be such a good few nights… ” – Mumford & Sons
It’s a record that did so much for us all when we discovered it individually and if ever a record stands the test of time it’s that one. So when the lads gave us a call to invite us to play a few gigs opening for them it was our great honour to accept. – one of the greatest albums ever made, in our opinion, and something well worth a good celebration. “We are off to play a few shows with U2! It’s the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree I’m up for it, if our audience is as excited as we are… it’s gonna be a great night.”- Bono A lot of emotions which feel strangely current, love, loss, broken dreams, seeking oblivion, polarisation… all the greats… I’ve sung some of these songs a lot… but never all of them.
“Recently I listened back to The Joshua Treeįor the first time in nearly 30 years… it’s quite an opera. To celebrate the album – as the songs seem so relevant and prescient of these times too – we decided to do these shows, it feels right for now. Songs were originally written, with global upheaval, extreme right wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk. “It seems like we have come full circle from when The Joshua Tree Recording took place in Dublin at Windmill Lane Studios and Danesmoate, the house which subsequently became bassist Adam Clayton’s home. Was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and featured iconic artwork which cemented the career of photographer and director Anton Corbijn. The 12 months that followed saw the band create now-iconic moments: the traffic-stopping Grammy Award-winning music video on the roof of a Los Angeles liquor store, winning a BRIT Award and two Grammys – including Album of the Year – their first of 22 received to date, distinguishing U2 as the most awarded rock band in Grammy history. Time Magazine put U2 on its cover in April 1987, proclaiming them “Rock’s Hottest Ticket” in a defining year for the band that saw their arena dates roll into stadium shows to accommodate escalating demand – setting them on course to become one of the greatest live acts in the world today. and Ireland, selling in excess of 25 million albums worldwide, and catapulting Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr “… from heroes to superstars” (Rolling Stone). Was U2’s first #1 album in the U.S., topping the charts globally including the U.K.
Th,1987 and featuring hit singles “With Or Without You”,”I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name”, The Joshua Tree