U2 "Outside, It's America" 1987 MTV Joshua Tree Tour Special Length: 48 minutes Format: DivX 352x240 (viewable in Windows Media Player with DivX codec (available from http://www.divx.com) Source: VHS -> VirtualDub 1.4.8 -> DivX AVI WAV audio extracted from DivX AVI -> CoolEdit Pro (noise reduction, click/pop removal, normalization) remastered WAV introduced back into DivX AVI using VirtualDub. Audio encoded to 192kb/s MP3. encoded by JT This MTV special aired in 1987 during the Joshua Tree tour. Footage shot in Arizona, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Houston and Los Angeles. This has to be my favorite of all the U2 specials aired on MTV over the years. It's a shame MTV never rebroadcasts this show. Enjoy!! Highlights: "Streets" music video filming on downtown LA rooftop Bono with a guitar ad-libbing a song "Oh Jeannie" during a plane trip. Joshua Tree tour rehearsals at the Activity Center (now Wells Fargo Arena) in Tempe, AZ Photo shoot for Time Magazine cover U2 playing pool and drinking beer in a country-western dive bar U2 shopping for boots and cowboy hats in Phoenix The Governor Mecham/MLK Holiday controversy in Arizona Bono, Edge and Adam covering "Lucille" and "Lost Highway" in a Houston country bar "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" music video "In God's Country" music video "Spanish Eyes" music video