5 reasons U2's The Joshua Tree is a rock milestone

The fifth album by the Irish band turned them into global superstars

U2 performing at the Adelaide Oval in Australia last week.
U2 performing at the Adelaide Oval in Australia last week. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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When Irish rock icons U2 finally make their Singapore debut at the National Stadium on Saturday and Sunday, they will play all the songs from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree.

More than three decades after its release, the album is still considered a U2 milestone, one that catapulted Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr into one of the world's most commercially and critically successful rock bands.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 28, 2019, with the headline 5 reasons U2's The Joshua Tree is a rock milestone. Subscribe