The Joshua Three

27 March 1987 – U2 On A Roof Where The Streets Have No Name 37 Years Ago

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27 March 2024

Global rock stars U2 released their piece de resistance The Joshua Tree on 9 March 1987.

One of the sublime hit singles on the LP was WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME.
A video clip for the song was shot on the roof of a building in Los Angeles, 18 days after the album launch, on 27 March, 37 years ago today. The event drew thousands of people cheering in the nameless streets.

U2 played an 8-song set with 4 versions of the single. Eventually, the police ordered
the band and their crew to stop and leave as the audience became too big to handle.
Yet the clip won the Best Video Grammy Award afterward.

The masterstroke peaked at #11 in the US, #4 in the UK,
and topped the Charts in Ireland and New Zealand.

Relive the euphoric moments.

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U2 Topped UK Albums Chart With ‘THE JOSHUA THREE’ 35 Years Ago

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Back In Time

21 March 2022

THE JOSHUA TREE, the Irish rockers’ fifth album, produced by Daniel Lanois and
Brian Eno made them global celebrities. The record was inspired by their American
tour experiences, relating literature and Uncle Sam’s politics, and probably because
of their desire to be massive in the U.S.

It reached the top spot in several European countries, in New Zealand,
in Canada and (of course) in the UK where U2 hit numero uno this day
in 1987, 35 years ago.

Singles/clips: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
/ Where The Streets Have No Name / With Or Without You

– I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR –

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME –

– WITH OR WITHOUT YOU –

Album in full…

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Back In Time With ALICE COOPER – U2 – KURT VILE

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Great albums from the past celebrating a birthday…

– LOVE IT TO DEATH – ALICE COOPER – third LP

Released: 9 March 1971 – 50 years ago today
Key track: I’m Eighteen

Full album…

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– THE JOSHUA THREE – U2 – 5th LP

Released: 9 March 1987 – 34 years ago today
Key tracks: Where the Streets Have No Name / I Still Haven’t
Found What I’m Looking For / With or Without You

Full album…

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– SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO – KURT VILE – 4th LP

Released: 8 March 2011 – 10 years ago yesterday
Key track: Baby’s Arms

Full album…

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‘With Or Without You’ By U2 Hit Top Spot Of US Singles Chart On 16 May 1987

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Knockouts from the past…

16 May 2019

On 16 May 1987, this day 32 years ago melodramatic pop icons U2 hit the top spot of the US singles chart with ‘WITH OR WITHOUT YOU’. It was the lead single of their fifth studio LP THE JOSHUA THREE. The album that made them global superstars. Here comes Bono…

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