Profile: The Joshua Tree

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Age:30

Appearance: Unexpected

Newsworthiness: U2 have decided to tour the vintage album this year, dusting off their 1987 hit

Say what you like about U2, they’ve always been good at doing the thing you don’t expect.

Over the years, the band have become well known for refusing to play the nostalgia card, instead constantly (and sometimes infuriatingly) auditioning for the role of, as they put it, the “best band in the world”.