In 1988, U2 was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Their 1987 album The Joshua Tree had won Album of the Year against all odds, and the tour supporting it was one of the highest-grossing of ...

How the band plans to celebrate. — -- U2's classic album, "The Joshua Tree," was released March 9, 1987 -- 30 years ago today. With over 25 million copies sold worldwide, "The Joshua Tree" is ...

One of the country of Ireland's greatest exports of music is unquestionably the internationally successful rock band U2. Fronted by lead singer Bono and accompanied by guitarist/keyboardist/backing ...

The Police handed off their instruments to U2 at a 1986 "Conspiracy of Hope" concert, but it wasn't until the "The Joshua Tree" in 1987 that U2 truly won the mantle of World's Biggest Band. U2's fifth ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Irish rockers U2 said on Monday they would mark the 30th anniversary of their hit album "The Joshua Tree" by playing it in full on a European and North American tour. The 1987 album ...

Listening to The Joshua Tree album, having seen the U2 'Making Of' documentary on DVD, it's a really good sound, because it's so familiar, having heard lots and lots of it on radio and at ...

U2 first crossed paths with B.B. King in early 1987, when the blues icon played a show in Dublin. It was King’s idea to record a song together. When U2 headed to America later that year, they booked a ...

“Desire” debuted at No. 3 before it quickly climbed to the top spot on Oct. 8, 1988, and became U2’s first chart-topping ...