U2 TAKING JOSHUA TREE ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
U2 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree with a tour that will visit 17 cities in North America and eight in Europe. The Live Nation-promoted tour, which includes at headline appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, starts 5/12 in Vancouver, B.C.
Mumford & Sons, OneRepublic and The Lumineers will open shows in North America; Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds is the support act in Europe. The 1987 album, the Interscope band’s first #1 in the U.S., catapulted U2 to international superstardom and featured the singles “With Or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name.” The album won a BRIT Award and two Grammys, one of which was Album of the Year.
Their hometown show, in Dublin’s Croke Park, comes near the end of the tour on 7/22.
The tour dates:
May 12 - Vancouver, B.C. - BC Place
May 14 - Seattle - CenturyLink Field
May 17 - Santa Clara, Calif. - Levi's Stadium
May 20 - Los Angeles - Rose Bowl
May 24 - Houston - NRG Stadium
May 26 - Dallas - AT&T Stadium
June 3 - Chicago - Soldier Field
June 7 – Pittsburgh - Heinz Field
June 8-11 - Manchester, Tenn. - Bonnaroo Festival
June 11 - Miami - Hard Rock Stadium
June 14 - Tampa - Raymond James Stadium
June 18 - Philadelphia - Lincoln Financial Field
June 20 - Washington D.C. - FedExField
June 23 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
June 25 - Boston - Gillette Stadium
June 28 - East Rutherford, N.J. - MetLife Stadium
July 1 - Cleveland - FirstEnergy Stadium
July 8 – London - Twickenham
July 12 - Berlin - Olympic Stadium
July 15 - Rome - Olympic Stadium
July 18 - Barcelona - Olympic Stadium
July 22 - Dublin - Croke Park
July 25 - Paris - Stade de France
July 29 - Amsterdam - Amsterdam Arena
Aug. 1 - Brussels - Stade Roi Baudouin
