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At some locations the print was considerably darker and closer to a burgundy colour.Įach had a golden embossed Joshua Tree 2017 tour logo on the band. The seven colours were yellow, green, orange, purple, pink, brown and two shades of blue, a light and a dark blue. These either had chevrons or stripes and were one of seven different colours, making for fourteen wristbands in total. When the tour started, every venue had wristbands for those on the floor of the venue. IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017: Wristbands Most of these crew T-shirts appear to have been produced in size XL.
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A full list of shirts may still be unknown but here’s a list of some of the colours and the positions associated (Not all of them are shown above): Behind the band, on the screen, is the name of the area the crew would be working in. Larry is behind his drum kit, and the others have their instruments. The working T-Shirts for the tour featured an image of the screen lit up where U2 stand in front as “Where the Streets Have No Name” starts. IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017: A Selection of Crew Shirts These books with the Spanish booklets were part of the 7,500 print run. As the tour moved into Mexico and South America, the booklet included was printed in Spanish as well and included in the book. A second print run saw an additional 7,500 copies of the book produced, and again these are individually numbered but out of 7,500 in the back cover.Ī third variation does exist. Additional copies were needed to finish out the tour.
The original print run was done before the tour was expanded to a third leg, and later a fourth leg, and although 25,000 copies would have been sufficient if the tour had stopped at two legs, it wasn’t with these added shows. These were used throughout the first and second leg of the tour, as well as for early dates on the third leg of the tour. The first one was printed for the initial tour, and numbered 25,000 copies. Many aren’t aware that there are two different print runs of this book, and three total variations of the book. The book included a replica tour harmonica, a metal coin and a bunch of replicas of old posters, and ticket stubs. Like the 2015 tour, there was a book given out this year with VIP tickets purchased on The Joshua Tree 2017 tour. IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017: Two VIP Books Many thanks to Agu2arts for the photograph of the Argentinian patch. The patches are embroidered and quite nice. Please get in touch with us if you have information about Chile, and whether or not there were patches for this country as well. We know that Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil all had these patches, as can be seen from the photographs.
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IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017: Argentina Patch At least four of those countries got at least one additional item at the merchandise stands, a round patch featuring the silhouette of the Joshua tree used on the album cover, with a background that reflected the colours of the flag of the country. During that leg they played Mexico City in Mexico, Bogota in Colombia, La Plata in Argentina, Santiago in Chile and Sao Paulo in Brazil. The final leg of the tour visited Mexico and South America. IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Patches: Mexico, Columbia, Brazil We are told in another location they were given out when fans used a reusable water station to refill a bottle. In Belgium, 100 of these tokens were given out to the first 100 people to arrive by bicycle and use the bicycle park at Avenue Houba-de Strooper. In Louisville, KY they were given out at the UPS booth to fans who entered a promotional contest that night. In each case we know of, the tokens were given away and not sold, usually for completing some activity. The tokens are four centimeters in diameter.
The token is wooden, and has a design burned in, with the Joshua Tree 2017 tour logo on one side, and the other side the logo for the UPS Fan Experience. But only limited numbers seemed to be available each night. UPS was the official Logistics provider of the tour, and these small wooden tokens with the tour logo were given out at a number of stops during the tour including stops in North America and Europe. IMAGE: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017: Wooden Token / UPS Promo Some of the oddball stuff not necessarily found at the merchandise booths. T-shirts, patches, plastic drinking cups. Some of the odd bits and pieces related to the tour, but not available at every merchandise stand or every venue. Before The Joshua Tree 2017 fades into everyone’s memories, we thought we would take one final look back to look at some of the merchandise that many may not have seen along the way. Hard to believe one year ago today we were still waiting for news where the new tour, The Joshua Tree 2017 would visit.