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U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Lights up NRG Stadium

By Eric Sauseda

Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 7:15 a.m.

Eric Sauseda The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 comes to Houston 1/40

Eric Sauseda Angel, Chris, Jay and Ami hanging out hoping to get things signed 2/40

Eric Sauseda Bermond and Walkiria came from Brazil to see the show 3/40

Eric Sauseda Bono 4/40

Eric Sauseda Paul and Ethan flew in from San Diego 5/40

Eric Sauseda The Edge 6/40

Eric Sauseda Jimmy hoped to get his ZooTV CD signed 7/40

Eric Sauseda Amy and Tessy 8/40

Eric Sauseda Bono belts out a song from The Joshua Tree 9/40

Eric Sauseda Mexico City was represented, Monica and Angelica made the trip 10/40

Eric Sauseda The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Bono 11/40

Eric Sauseda Cameron, Josh, Joe and Jay were in the General Admission line 12/40

Eric Sauseda U2 fans 13/40

Eric Sauseda U2 performed The Joshua Tree in its entirety 14/40

Eric Sauseda Kristen and Jim were in line for the VIP Party 15/40

Eric Sauseda The Edge 16/40

Eric Sauseda Karen, Julie, Emilie and Michael stopped for a photo while on their way to the VIP Party 17/40

Eric Sauseda The Kracke Family came from Birmingham, Alabama to catch U2 on tour 18/40

Eric Sauseda U2 have been together for over 40 years 19/40

Eric Sauseda Kye and Heather came from Omaha, Nebraska to see U2 20/40

Eric Sauseda The Joshua Tree was U2's fifth album. Houston was the fifth stop on this tour 21/40

Eric Sauseda Ben and Mandy 22/40

Eric Sauseda Dave and Pam drove over from Kingwood to catch the big rock show 23/40

Eric Sauseda The Joshua Tree sold over 25 million copies worldwide 24/40

Eric Sauseda Scott and Delane 25/40

Eric Sauseda U2's early touring of America inspired the concept of the Joshua Tree album 26/40

Eric Sauseda Diana and Lalo came from San Antonio for the show 27/40

Eric Sauseda Stephanie and Scott outside of NRG Stadium 28/40

Eric Sauseda Adam Clayton 29/40

Eric Sauseda Brian and Karen 30/40

Eric Sauseda Larry Mullen, Jr. 31/40

Eric Sauseda Steve and Janet are big Houston Press fans and big U2 fans 32/40

Eric Sauseda This group came from El Salvador to see U2 33/40

Eric Sauseda The Edge and Bono 34/40

Eric Sauseda This guy's not asking for much 35/40

Eric Sauseda The Joshua Tree when released topped the charts in over 20 countries 36/40

Eric Sauseda Sandra is from Mexico and Donald is from Scotland, both reside in San Antonio and came to Houston for the concert 37/40

Eric Sauseda Alan and Merry are from Vegas but didn't stay in Vegas, they came to Houston to see U2 38/40

Eric Sauseda Krista and Fran 39/40

Eric Sauseda The Joshua Tree tour stage set contains the largest un-obscured and highest resolution LED video screen, almost 8K, ever used in a rock show 40/40

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Lights up NRG Stadium

Houston was the fifth stop on this current 18-city North American tour of the award winning 30-year-old The Joshua Tree album. Fans of all ages, some who weren't even born when this album was released, came from all over to see their favorite band at NRG Stadium on May 24 and hopefully catch favorites like “Where the Streets Have No Name,” With or Without You” and “Bullet the Blue Sky”.

(Photos by Eric Sauseda / Houston Press)

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