U2 scored their breakthrough album with their 1987 fifth LP The Joshua Tree Jason Merritt/Getty Images Irish rock band U2 are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their quintessential, career-defining ...

“We’ve all come to look for America,” sang Bono at the dark, dreamy coda of U2’s classic Bad, giving a positive spin to one of Paul Simon’s most pessimistic song lyrics. It was the key to a night that ...

Before the lemons. Before the messiah complex. Before Adam Clayton’s lolling penis on the inlay of ‘Achtung Baby’. Before any of these divisive factors, there was ‘The Joshua Tree’ and holy shit, it ...

Iconic group’s fifth album was a staggering success – to date it has racked up 25million sales worldwide THIS year marks the 30th anniversary of U2’s The Joshua Tree – the album with which they ...

It was almost called “The Two Americas”. Later, briefly, “Desert Songs” was a contender. But U2 finally settled on The Joshua Tree for their fifth LP, a smart title that perfectly encapsulated its ...

The musicians’ arrival on stage was a visual representation of their 1983 single Sunday Bloody Sunday: first, drummer Larry Mullen Jr strode towards the centre­ of the stadium, where a small stage ...

U2’S biggest moment of their career to date came after their next tour – when they stole the show at Live Aid in 1985 in front of one billion viewers. Fellow Dubliner Bob Geldof had organised the ...

Dressed in black, grimly staring, U2 occupy just one side of the picture frame. The tree mentioned in the title is nowhere to be seen, appearing instead on the back cover and inside gatefold sleeve, ...

U2's 1987 record The Joshua Tree has been named the best album of the 1980s. The album beat out offerings by Madonna and Michael Jackson to place at number one in a poll conducted by BBC Radio 2 to ...

U2’s Joshua Tree voted best album – beating Prince and Michael Jackson – and the people are divided (Picture: Getty) U2’s The Joshua Tree is the best album of the 1980s, according to a new poll by the ...

The tour started in Vancouver and ends with three nights in Sao Paolo this October Rock band U2 paid an emotional tribute to murdered MP Jo Cox as they brought their Joshua Tree tour to the UK. Bono, ...

The Joshua Tree earned U2 a Grammy Award for album of the year U2's The Joshua Tree has been named the best album of the 1980s. Released in 1987, it made U2 one of the world's biggest bands, thanks to ...