A live recording of The Joshua Tree Tour from Madison Square Gardens in 1987, b-sides from the original singles and new remixes from Daniel Lanois, St Francis Hotel, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite and Flood form part of this special edition of The Joshua Tree.
U2 x THIERRY NOIR sees Noir return with a newly painted Trabant for 2021, as well as an exclusive mural painted on a section of the Berlin wall. Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of its 1987 release, it's the ultimate collector's edition of The Joshua Tree.
Thirty years ago, the band commissioned Noir to paint a series of now iconic Trabant cars, which featured on the album artwork, as well 1991's Zoo TV Tour. In celebration of Achtung Baby's anniversary, the band have collaborated with Berlin-based French artist Thierry Noir(the first artist to paint on the Berlin Wall) for a special one-off installation at the legendary Hansa Studios in Kreuzberg. Lead by The Fly, four other singles followed: Mysterious Ways, One, Even Better Than The Real Thing, and Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. Produced by long-time U2 collaborators Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite, Achtung Baby was engineered by Flood and released on November 18, 1991. Recorded over six months at Hansa Studio in Berlin and Windmill Lane in Dublin, Achtung Baby is U2's seventh studio album. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and became one of the most significant records of the nineties and of U2's career. Thirty years ago, Bono described Achtung Baby as "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree" while Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote that " stripped-down and defying its old formulas, U2 has given itself a fighting chance for the 1990's". Stream songs including 'Where the Streets Have No Name', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and more. "… U2's daring descent into darkness" - Robert Hilburn, LA Times Listen to The Joshua Tree (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 2017 Remaster by U2 on Apple Music. Island Records, Interscope, and UMe today announce the 30th Anniversary Edition release of U2’s seminal album Achtung Baby, which will see a special Standard and Deluxe vinyl release on November 19, ahead of a 50-track digital boxset available December 3, 2021. Thirty years ago, the wild success of The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into the biggest band on the planet.- Rolling Stone, January 2017 9 March 2017 TORONTO, ON - To mark 30 years since the release of U2 ’s fifth studio album The Joshua Tree, an anniversary edition of the seminal record will be released on June 2 by Island Records.