Originally posted by Ali709:oh wow things are happening...
A bit hard to think how they'll do this.
Joshua Tree was released 9th March. If they do anniversary shows, it might very possibly be around that time.
One way they might handle this would be to announce a single and some special JT shows now - to be held in March. Not many - limited shows, like Coldplay did for Ghost Stories?
Ride on the hype/momentum, and release SOE as well in March/April. Then tour that starting around summer.
Originally posted by andyuk36:Do they not already play most of the Joshua Tree anyway Streets, WOWU, Still haven't found ,Bullet etc played on most tours......
Originally posted by ahn1991:Yeah, you never really know what they are going to do until they force download copies of their material on to millions of people's iTunes accounts.
Originally posted by Toxic:I'm still not shure if I need an JT Album Tour/Show ... saw some of these Album shows (from other artists) lately and they were not really good ... to put it in a nice way ... people change and so you can't turn time back.
RUMORS: U2 LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT JAN. 9, L.A. SHOW MAY 20
Although not official, @U2 has been tipped by a reliable source that U2 and Live Nation are planning a major live announcement next Monday, January 9. This is in line with a recent rumor from U2Chile.net also suggesting a January 9th announcement.
Further, our source says one of the shows to be announced will happen on May 20, 2017, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. This will be one of the "special shows" for the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree that Bono revealed in U2's Christmas day video. Tickets are expected to go on sale for this show on Monday, January 17. There may be (and likely are) additional shows to be announced next week, but our source didn't share information on those.
As always, these are just rumors for now and could be totally inaccurate. That said, our source is someone who shared four tips with us during the Innocence + Experience tour and was correct every time. Still, no one should be booking hotels, air travel, etc., until an official announcement is made. As with U2 or any artist, plans are always subject to change.
We've reached out to our contacts at U2's public relations team and will update this post if we get confirmation or learn anything new.