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The single “Where the Streets Have No Name” was released.
Related events
- U2 reached No. 1 on the U.S. best-selling singles chart for the second time with “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. The song was released on the album “The Joshua Tree”.
- U2 began their Unforgettable Fire world tour with a concert at Christchurch Town Hall in New Zealand. It was the first of 19 shows in Australia and New Zealand.
- U2 played the second of two concerts at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, during their Unforgettable Fire World Tour.
- During their sold-out Zoo TV tour, U2 became only the second act to perform at Yankee Stadium in New York. The first was Billy Joel.
- U2 became only the second act to perform at Yankee Stadium in New York during their sold-out Zoo TV Tour. The first was Billy Joel.
- U2 performed at the National Stadium in Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.
- They released their debut EP “U2-3,” their very first recording. The first pressing consisted of 1,000 individually numbered copies and was available only in Ireland.
- The Clarence Hotel in Dublin, owned by members of U2, was damaged by a fire that took more than three hours to bring under control. The nightclub The Kitchen, located in the same building, was also affected and had to be evacuated.
- U2 performed in Oslo, where the giant lemon they were supposed to emerge from onstage failed to open.
- U2 played the first of two sold-out concerts at Wembley Stadium in London. During the encore, they performed a medley of several songs and six songs in full.
- During U2’s PopMart Tour in Leeds, Bono responded to George Harrison’s comment that Bono and his band were “so egotistical” by raising his middle finger and saying, “This is for you, George!”