March 9, 1987 –
Island Records release U2’s fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree (the original working title of which was The Two Americas,) on this date.
The first two singles, With Or Without You and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, climb to #1 in America. The Joshua Tree is the band’s best-selling album, with 25 million copies sold worldwide and at the 1987 Grammy Awards, won the band ‘Album Of The Year’ and ‘Best Rock Performance’, the first of what has become a record-breaking run of Grammy wins.
The Haus of Dcaligari 