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<\/a><\/p>\n– Tour Kicks Off In North America On May 12 with European Dates Starting July 8 –
\n– U2 Confirmed for Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival\u2014Band\u2019s First Ever U.S. Festival Headline Appearance
\n– Tickets On Sale Starting January 16 in Europe & January 17 in North America \u2013
\n-U2 Subscriber Exclusive Pre-Sale Access Starts January 1<\/p>\n
WATCH HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cThe title befits a record that concerns itself with resilience in the face of utter social and political desolation\u2026The Joshua Tree is an appropriate response to these times, and a picture bleaker than any U2 has ever painted: a vision of blasted hopes, pointless violence and anguish\u2026 Music of great sadness but also of unutterable compassion, acceptance and calm.\u201d \u2013 Rolling Stone, 1987<\/p>\n If you recall the Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time list I ran in the 25th Anniversary issue of HM Magazine (back in 2010), you will remember that The Joshua Tree was the #1 album on the list.<\/strong><\/p>\n Live Nation today announced that U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band\u2019s 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\u2019s High Flying Birds in Europe.<\/p>\n Released to universal acclaim on March 9th 1987 and featuring hit singles \u201cWith Or Without You\u201d,\u201cI Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For\u201d and \u201cWhere The Streets Have No Name\u201d, The Joshua Tree was U2\u2019s 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, and catapulting Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr \u201c\u2026 from heroes to superstars\u201d (Rolling Stone). Time Magazine put U2 on its cover in April 1987, proclaiming them \u201cRock\u2019s Hottest Ticket\u201d 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. 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.<\/p>\n U2\u2019s fifth studio album The Joshua Tree was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and featured iconic artwork which cemented the career of photographer and director Anton Corbijn. Recording took place in Dublin at Windmill Lane Studios and Danesmoate, the house which subsequently became bassist Adam Clayton\u2019s home.<\/p>\n \u201cIt 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 \u2013 as the songs seem so relevant and prescient of these times too – we decided to do these shows, it feels right for now. We\u2019re looking forward to it.\u201d \u2013 The Edge<\/p>\n \u201cRecently I listened back to The Joshua Tree for the first time in nearly 30 years\u2026 it\u2019s quite an opera. A lot of emotions which feel strangely current, love, loss, broken dreams, seeking oblivion, polarisation\u2026 all the greats… I\u2019ve sung some of these songs a lot\u2026 but never all of them. I\u2019m up for it, if our audience is as excited as we are\u2026 it\u2019s gonna be a great night.\u201d \u2013 Bono<\/p>\n \u201cWe are off to play a few shows with U2! It’s the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree – one of the greatest albums ever made, in our opinion, and something well worth a good celebration. It\u2019s a record that did so much for us all when we discovered it individually and if ever a record stands the test of time its 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. It’s gonna be such a good few nights… \u201c \u2013 Mumford & Sons<\/p>\n \u201cI can remember covering the U2 song “One” in bars back in NYC 10 years ago, with Jer on drums. 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. Their songs are so timeless and transcendent, it’s impossible to imagine a time when they didn’t exist. That type of songwriting has always been the mountaintop for us – songs that can transcend generations.\u201d – Wesley Schultz, The Lumineers<\/p>\n “The Joshua Tree 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. Joining them for this tour will be the experience of a lifetime, leaving the bucket list fully checked.” \u2013 Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be both a pleasure and an honour to play my part in what still remains the greatest show on earth.\u201d \u2013 Noel Gallagher<\/p>\n Following the groundbreaking iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour\u2019s 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\u2019s record-shattering U2 360\u00b0 Tour, the most successful tour in history seen by over 7.3 million fans worldwide.<\/p>\n U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will kick off in Vancouver on 12th May for a run of dates across North America and Europe, and will include U2\u2019s first ever U.S. festival headline appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer, as well as a hometown show in Dublin\u2019s Croke Park on 22nd July. U2: The Joshua Tree Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring. UPS is the Official Logistics Provider of the tour.<\/p>\n For complete tour and ticket information, visit: u2.com<\/a> & livenation.com<\/a><\/p>\n NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:<\/p>\n May 12 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place* * with Mumford & Sons EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:<\/p>\n July 8 – London, UK – Twickenham with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U2: THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR 2017 LIMITED RUN OF STADIUM DATES TO CELEBRATE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND\u2019S CLASSIC FIFTH ALBUM – Tour Kicks Off In North America On May 12 with European Dates Starting July 8 – – U2 Confirmed for Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival\u2014Band\u2019s First Ever U.S. Festival Headline Appearance – Tickets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4035,4034,3187,3343],"class_list":["post-25000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-joshua-tree","tag-lumineers","tag-the-top-100-christian-rock-albums-of-all-time","tag-u2","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTickets for the U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 are on sale Monday, January 16th in Ireland, the UK and Europe and Tuesday, January 17th in the US and Canada. As usual, there is an exclusive priority presale for U2 Subscribers at U2.com from Wednesday, January 11th (9am) through Friday, January 13th (5pm) local times. Tickets will be general admission on the floor and reserved seating in the stands. There will be a 4 ticket limit for subscriber purchases and a 6 ticket limit commencing with public sales. In North America, all floor tickets will be paperless unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n
\nMay 14 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field*
\nMay 17 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium*
\nMay 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl+
\nMay 24 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium+
\nMay 26 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium+
\nJune 3 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field+
\nJune 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field+
\nJune 8-11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
\nJune 11 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium^
\nJune 14 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium^
\nJune 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field+
\nJune 20 – Washington DC – FedExField+
\nJune 23 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+
\nJune 25 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium+
\nJune 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium+
\nJuly 1 – Cleveland, OH – FirstEnergy Stadium^<\/p>\n
\n+ with The Lumineers
\n^ with OneRepublic<\/p>\n
\nJuly 12 – Berlin, DE – Olympic Stadium
\nJuly 15 – Rome, IT – Olympic Stadium
\nJuly 18 – Barcelona, ES – Olympic Stadium
\nJuly 22 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
\nJuly 25 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
\nJuly 29 – Amsterdam, NE – Amsterdam Arena
\nAugust 1 – Brussels, BE – Stade Roi Baudouin<\/p>\n