U2 has announced a stadium tour of North America and Europe to mark 30 years since The Joshua Tree, the Irish group’s seminal album.
U2 will start the 25 shows on May 12 in Vancouver - the second straight tour that the band has opened in the western Canadian city - and end on August 1 in Brussels.
The tour will mark the first stadium-size shows by U2 since the group’s 2009-2011 “360” concerts, which remain the highest-grossing tour in music history.
Released in March 1987, The Joshua Tree reached into the roots of Irish and American music and produced classic hits With or Without You, Where the Streets Have No Name and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
Watch: U2 perform ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’
Frontman Bono brought a political edge to the lyrics, taking on violent conflict and US support for Latin American dictatorships under Ronald Reagan.