Update (Jan. 17): Second dates have been added in New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. (See below.)
Our original item from Jan. 9…
U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s 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’s High Flying Birds in Europe.
The complete itinerary is below.
Released on March 9, 1987, and featuring hit singles “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where the Streets Have No Name,” The Joshua Tree was U2’s first #1 album in the U.S. The album won two Grammys, including Album of the Year, their first of 22 Grammys received to date, distinguishing U2 as the most awarded rock band in Grammy history. U2’s fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
Related: Watch for a new U2 album in 2017 too
Following the groundbreaking iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour’s 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’s U2 360° Tour, seen by over 7.3 million fans worldwide.
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 will kick off in Vancouver on May 12 for a run of dates across North America and Europe, and will include U2’s first-ever U.S. festival headline appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer, as well as a hometown show in Dublin’s Croke Park on July 22.
Tickets for the U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 go on sale Monday, January 16, in Ireland, the U.K. and Europe and Tuesday, January 17, in the U.S. and Canada. There is an exclusive priority presale for U2 subscribers at U2.com from January 11 (9 a.m.) through January 13 (5 p.m.) local times. Tickets for the general public will be available here. If tickets for your date aren’t available, try our secondary market partner, Ticket Network.
Related: U2 releases The Joshua Tree, 1987
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
May 12 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place*
May 14 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field*
May 17 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium*
May 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl+
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl+
May 24 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium+
May 26 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium+
June 3 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field+
June 4 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field+
June 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field+
June 9 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
June 11 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium^
June 14 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium^
June 16 – Louisville, KY – Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium^
June 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field+
June 20 – Washington DC – FedExField+
June 23 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+
June 25 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium+
June 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium+
June 29 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium+ (New)
July 1 – Cleveland, OH – FirstEnergy Stadium^
* with Mumford & Sons
+ with The Lumineers
^ with OneRepublic
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
July 8 – London, UK – Twickenham
July 9 – London, UK – Twickenham (New)
July 12 – Berlin, DE – Olympic Stadium
July 15 – Rome, IT – Olympic Stadium
July 16 – Rome, IT – Olympic Stadium (New)
July 18 – Barcelona, ES – Olympic Stadium
July 22 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
July 25 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
July 26 – Paris, FR – Stade de France (New)
July 29 – Amsterdam, NE – Amsterdam Arena
July 30 – Amsterdam, NE – Amsterdam Arena (New)
August 1 – Brussels, BE – Stade Roi Baudouin
with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Watch the video of U2’s Joshua Tree tour announcement
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