U2 to Headline Bonnaroo as Part of Special ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour

U2 is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Joshua Tree album this year with a special international stadium tour, which will include the band’s first-ever U.S. festival headlining appearance at Bonnaroo, according to Billboard.com.

The legendary band will perform their classic fifth album in its entirety on every date of the upcoming tour, which kicks off May 12 in Vancouver and hits Dallas, Seattle, Miami, Boston, and other U.S. cities plus a handful of European dates as well. Opening acts for the stateside dates will include Mumford & Sons, OneRepublic or The Lumineers. 

The Joshua Tree 2017 tour is the band’s first tour since 2009’s 360, which made history by grossing more than $736,137,344 with a total attendance of 7,268,430, both the highest tour tallies ever reported to Billboard. Tickets for the North American leg go on sale January 17th. More information can be found at u2.com and livenation.com.

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017:

NORTH AMERICA DATES:
May 12 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place*
May 14 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field*
May 17 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium*
May 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl+
May 24 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium+
May 26 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium+
June 3 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field+
June 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field+
June 8-11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
June 11 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium^
June 14 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium^
June 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field+
June 20 – Washington DC – FedExField+
June 23 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre+
June 25 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium+
June 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium+
July 1 – Cleveland, OH – FirstEnergy Stadium^
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* with Mumford & Sons
+ with The Lumineers
^ with OneRepublic

EUROPE DATES:
July 8 – London, UK – Twickenham
July 12 – Berlin, DE – Olympic Stadium
July 15 – Rome, IT – Olympic Stadium
July 18 – Barcelona, ES – Olympic Stadium
July 22 – Dublin, IE – Croke Park
July 25 – Paris, FR – Stade de France
July 29 – Amsterdam, NE – Amsterdam Arena
August 1 – Brussels, BE – Stade Roi Baudouin
with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

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