U2 Joshua Tree Tour Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of Album Release

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour

LIVE NATION announced that U2 will return to select stadiums this year with "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017," in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s classic album. Each show will include a performance of "The Joshua Tree" in its entirety, with support from one of a number of special guests including MUMFORD & SONS, ONEREPUBLIC and THE LUMINEERS in NORTH AMERICA and NOEL GALLAGHER’s HIGH FLYING BIRDS in EUROPE.

Released to universal acclaim on MARCH 9th 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" was U2’s first #1 album in the U.S., topping the charts globally including the U.K. and Ireland, selling in excess of 25 million albums worldwide. The 12 months that followed saw the band create now-iconic moments: the traffic-stopping GRAMMY-winning music video on the roof of a downtown L.A. liquor store, winning a BRIT AWARD and two GRAMMYs -- including Album Of The Year -- their first of 22 received to date, marking them as the most awarded rock band in GRAMMY history.

Said THE EDGE: “It seems like we have come full circle from when 'The Joshua Tree' songs were originally written, with global upheaval, extreme right-wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk. 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. We’re looking forward to it.”

Added BONO: “Recently I listened back to 'The Joshua Tree' for the first time in nearly 30 years … it’s quite an opera. A lot of emotions which feel strangely current, love, loss, broken dreams, seeking oblivion, polarization … all the greats ... I’ve sung some of these songs a lot … but never all of them.  ’m up for it, if our audience is as excited as we are … it’s gonna be a great night.”

Following 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 U2 360° Tour, the most successful tour in history seen by over 7.3 million fans worldwide.

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will kick off in VANCOUVER on MAY 12th for a run of dates across NORTH AMERICA and EUROPE, and will include U2’s first-ever U.S. festival headline appearance at the BONNAROO MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, as well as a hometown show in DUBLIN's CROKE PARK on JULY 22nd.

Tickets for the U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 are on sale MONDAY, JANUARY 16th in IRELAND, the U.K. and EUROPE and TUESDAY, JANUARY 17th in the U.S. and CANADA. As usual, there is an exclusive priority presale for U2 subscribers at U2.com from WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11th (9a) through FRIDAY, JANUARY 13th (5p) local times. Tickets will be general admission on the floor and reserved seating in the stands. There will be a four-ticket limit for subscriber purchases and a six-ticket limit commencing with public sales. In NORTH AMERICA, all floor tickets will be paperless unless otherwise noted.

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: u2.com and livenation.com.

U2 will play the ROSE BOWL in PASADENA, CA, on MAY 20th (with THE LUMINEERS) and METLIFE STADIUM in EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, on JUNE 28th, (also with THE LUMINEERS)..

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