“We can be in the middle of the worst gig in our lives, but when we go into that song, everything changes. The audience is on its feet, singing every word. It’s like God suddenly walks through the room”: The epic U2 anthem that drove its creators half mad

Bono.

On 27 March 1987 the four members of U2 and their substantial production team took over the first-floor rooftop of a liquor store in downtown Los Angeles.

The plan was to perform a guerilla-style video shoot for Where The Streets Have No Name, the opening song and third single from their recently-released album The Joshua Tree.