One of the most overtly political songs from the group, it addresses the Bloody Sunday, or Bogside Massacre, of 30 January 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland, where British soldiers shot unarmed civilians involved in a protest march. The 2017 tour visited stadiums over four legs: North America from May to July and in September, Europe from July to August, and Latin America in October. Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Leg 1: North America (21 shows) Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Leg 2: Europe (12 shows) Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Leg 3: The Americas (18 shows) We found 31 different songs played during these shows. This years run marks the bands return down under since the record-shattering U2 360° Tour in 2010. Singer Bono was nearly drowned out by the crowd singing along to the opening line of the song from the 1983 album War. The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 and The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 were two worldwide concert tours by rock band U2 commemorating the 30th anniversary of their 1987 album The Joshua Tree. Following the highly successful 2017 tour in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their seminal album The Joshua Tree, U2 will be bringing their acclaimed U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 to Australia and New Zealand this November. Bassist Adam Clayton and guitarist the Edge arrived and strapped on their instruments as the taut military drum roll introduction to Sunday Bloody Sunday began. act at adjacent Rogers Arena turned into a riot causing millions in damages.Īs the lights dropped an orange screen lit up behind the stage and the black outline of the namesake Joshua Tree, reaching stories tall, framed burly drummer Larry Mullen Jr as he purposely strode down the promenade runway to a second stage where his drum kit awaited. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Previous sellouts at the venue have not experienced this to the same level and many queried how potentially more volatile crowds might respond. Outside, fans took up the chant of “let me in” and social media erupted with frustrated complaints, teary pleas and anger over the entry delays. As the British folk rockers did their best to entertain in the brightly-lit cavern, the audience slowly filtered in. Opening act Mumford & Sons - already proven a sizeable draw on its own in this market - took to the stage in a near-empty venue. Having played to more than one million fans, the first North American leg of U2s The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 came to a triumphant close July 1st at the.
You may do so in any reasonable manner, but. Place meant that tens of thousands of fans couldn’t access the site in a quick and orderly fashion. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.: You are free: to share to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. The only problem was getting into the place of worship. There is a reverential relationship to the Joshua Tree with both band members and fans. For many, the album marks a career best for a band which could never be said to have rested on its laurels. Performing the entirety of the Joshua Tree, bookended by favourites from its catalogue, made this more than a greatest hits outing. Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.