U2 Announces ‘The Joshua Tree’ 30th Anniversary Edition

Irish rockers U2 have detailed a 30th anniversary edition of their fifth studio album The Joshua Tree. Interscope Records will reissue the album in various formats on June 2.

Produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, The Joshua was initially released on March 9, 1987. Among its 11 tracks are the well-known singles “With Or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name.” The record was a No. 1 hit in the United States and United Kingdom and won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year.

The super deluxe The Joshua Tree collector’s edition comes with:

A live recording of The Joshua Tree Tour 1987 Madison Square Garden concert; rarities and B-sides from the album’s original recording sessions; as well as 2017 remixes from Daniel Lanois, St Francis Hotel, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite and Flood; plus an 84-page hardback book of unseen personal photography shot by The Edge during the original Mojave Desert photo session in 1986.

U2 heads out on The Joshua Tree Tour on May 12. The band will perform across North America and Europe throughout 2017, including their debut appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in June. Head here to pre-order The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Edition.

Here’s a breakdown of the formats being offered:

1. VINYL SUPER DELUXE BOXSET (with digital download card)

LP 1+2 – The Joshua Tree album

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
3. With Or Without You
4. Bullet The Blue Sky
5. Running To Stand Still
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God’s Country
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Exit
11. Mothers Of The Disappeared

LP 3+4 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. Trip Through Your Wires
4. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
5. MLK
6. Bullet The Blue Sky
7. Running To Stand Still
8. In God’s Country
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Exit
11. October
12. New Year’s Day
13. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
14. With Or Without You
15. Party Girl
16. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
17. “40”

LP 5+6+7– The Joshua Tree Remixes / Outtakes / B-Sides

LP 5 – Remixes

1. One Tree Hill 2017 Remix (St Francis Hotel)
2. Bullet the Blue Sky 2017 Remix (Jacknife Lee)
3. Running To Stand Still 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)
4. Red Hill Mining Town 2017 Mix (Steve Lillywhite)
5. With or Without You 2017 Remix (Daniel Lanois)
6. Where The Streets Have No Name 2017 Remix (Flood)

LP 6 – Outtakes

1. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Lillywhite Alternative Mix ’87)
2. One Tree Hill Reprise (Brian Eno 2017 Mix)
3. Silver and Gold (Sun City)
4. Beautiful Ghost/Introduction To Songs Of Experience
5. Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland)
6. Desert Of Our Love
7. Rise Up
8. Drunk Chicken/America

LP 7 – B–sides

1. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
2. Walk To The Water
3. Spanish Eyes
4. Deep In The Heart
5. Silver And Gold
6. Sweetest Thing
7. Race Against Time

Book: Photographs by The Edge, a hardback collection of previously unpublished personal photographs from the original Mojave Desert sessions in 1986. Foreword by The Edge.

Plus: Folio of 8 Anton Corbijn Color Prints from 1986

2. CD SUPER DELUXE BOXSET (with digital download card)

CD1 – 2007 The Joshua Tree album

CD2 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987

CD3 – The Joshua Tree 2017 Remixes

CD 4 – The Joshua Tree B-sides / Outtakes

Book: Photographs by The Edge – collection of never seen before personal photographs from the original Mojave Desert sessions in 1986 in a hardback book, with foreword written by The Edge.

Plus: Folio of 8 Anton Corbijn Color Prints from 1987

3. 2 CD DELUXE

CD 1 – The Joshua Tree album

CD 2 – The Joshua Tree Live at Madison Square Garden 1987

4. STANDARD VINYL

The Joshua Tree (double heavyweight vinyl)

5. STANDARD CD

The Joshua Tree

6. DIGITAL FORMATS

3 x digital products: Standard, Deluxe and Super Deluxe audio as outlined above.