Raymond James Stadium is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Smart move: It’s the Irish band’s most overtly American album, and the one that sank deepest into the hearts of the boomers that would pay $100 or more to sit or stand outdoors.
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The promised partner set, Songs of Experience, has yet to appear, the band claiming that they’re reassessing its relevance in the era of Brexit and Trump, but they have chosen to reclaim their fanbase by commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of their fifth album, The Joshua Tree.
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U2 seems to have been in retreat since the public relations fiasco of Songs of Innocence (not every iTunes user wanted an unsolicited download of a mediocre album). The show started in the rain, but by the end, it was, indeed, a beautiful day. shows (which will have general admission seating on the field and reserved seats in the stands) will go on sale Tuesday, January 17th.Live at the delightfully-named Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on June 14, the Irish boys were back in town, along with (cough) astutely-selected opening act One Republic. I'm up for it, if our audience is as excited as we are. A lot of emotions which feel strangely current: love, loss, broken dreams, seeking oblivion, polarization. "Recently I listened back to The Joshua Tree for the first time in nearly 30 years," he said. It just felt like, 'Wow, these songs have a new meaning and a new resonance today that they didn't have three years ago, four years ago.' We needed to put the album on ice for a minute just to really think about one more time before putting it out just to make sure that it really was what we wanted to say."īono shared his thoughts on the tour in a statement. "It was a period when there was a lot of unrest. " was written in the mid-1980s, during the Reagan-Thatcher era of British and U.S. As a result, taking it on tour would give them time to re-think the new album. The band noticed the parallels between the worldwide political situation that gave rise to The Joshua Tree in 1987 and today. "We just went, 'We've got to give ourselves a moment to think about this record and about how it relates to what's going on in the world.'" "The election happened and suddenly the world changed," says Edge. The idea to take The Joshua Tree on tour came last year when U2 were putting the finishing touches on their upcoming album Songs of Experience. To celebrate the upcoming tour, the group released a teaser video looking both back and ahead. "So we're still in the middle of figuring out exactly how the running order will go." "The show might not necessarily start with Track 1, Side 1 'Where The Streets Have No Name' because we feel like maybe we need to build up to that moment," he says.
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In a new interview with Rolling Stone, U2 guitarist The Edge says they're still figuring out how to structure the show. They picked one packed with hits, including "Where The Streets Have No Name," "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." For hardcore fans, the tour is an opportunity to hear rarely played deep cuts like "Exit," "Trip Through Your Wires" and "In God's Country." It will also feature the first live performance of "Red Hill Mining Town." U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will mark the group's first time playing a classic album in concert.
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The tour - which features Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and OneRepublic rotating as opening acts - kicks off May 12th at BC Place in Vancouver and wraps up July 1st at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland before heading over to Europe for a run of eight shows with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
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The festival slot will mark the group's first-ever headlining set at an U.S. U2 will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree this year by performing the seminal 1987 album in its entirety at stadiums across America and Europe, including a stop at Bonnaroo. Band will spend summer playing 1987 LP at stadiums across North America and Europe