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Band introductions and “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

Released in March 1987, U2’s The Joshua Tree quickly became the fastest-selling album in British chart history, selling almost 250000 copies within its first week of release. In the US it was equally as successful, topping the Billboard album chart for nine weeks, spending 58 weeks in the Top 40 there, and earning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The Joshua Tree gave birth to several major hit singles including With Or Without You and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, both of which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, and Where The Streets Have No Name. The album The Joshua Tree marked a watershed in U2’s already-burgeoning career. Apart from winning several Grammy Awards (including for Best Rock Performance) the band also won a BRIT Award for Best International Group. The album is now recognised as an all-time rock classic. The story of the making of The Joshua Tree is told here, via interview and archive film footage, with contributions from band members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. U2’s long-time manager Paul McGuiness reveals how the album catapulted the band into the category of rock superstars, and there are contributions from re-mix producer Steve Lillywhite, co-producer Brian Eno and Elvis Costello among others. Here we learn the true story from Brian Eno of how the master tape for Where The Streets Have No Name was almost destroyed, and how a forgotten birthday resulted in one of U2’s best ever songs. Packed with …

www.pianoreimagined.com Steve Siu does another interpretation of a U2 hit. Beautiful Day is the first song and lead single from U2’s 2000 album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind. According to Bono, Beautiful Day is about “a man who has lost everything, but finds joy in what he still has

Soldier Field, Chicago – Bono: “We Irish…like to think we played a small part in your majestic skyline… the clouds… we’re the wind in the Windy City… I was just going to introduce by comrades, my friends, my colleagues… On skyscraper guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, the man who makes Dr. Spock look like Dr. Ruth, the Zen Presbyterian, the Edge… On the bass guitar, the man who realized at an early age that four strings were better than six, the charming, the handsome, the elegant, the wildly endowed, mentally and physically, Adam Clayton. On drums, the man who gave us our first job, and the man who is never tired of reminding us of that fact, our quartermaster, our conscience, our thunder, our lightning, and when he smiles the sun comes out, Larry Mullen Jr. on the drums… Now I’ve only a few words to say about myself, but you may want to sit down. First off, let’s talk about my humility, and why I don’t seem to have any. Well all the reasons are in this place tonight, because when you put this band with this crowd, there is no room for modesty – anything is possible. This very night…can be the best night of our lives. We built this spaceship to get closer to you…”

Band member introductions followed by I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For & Stand By Me