Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 perform on stage during 'U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2019' at the Gocheok Sky Dome on December 08, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage) U2 has kept ...

The Joshua tree is also called izote de desierto, which means “desert dagger” in Spanish. The Joshua tree was so inspirational to the band U2 that they named one of their most famous albums after it.

On their 1988 album Rattle And Hum, a companion piece to the film of the same name which documented their Joshua Tree tour in America, U2 tipped a (cowboy) hat to some of the blues, roots and folk ...