Come on, guys. Sure, their last album absolutely sucked a fat middle-aged wrinkly one, but U2 used to be a powerhouse of sociopolitical anthems, and should be respected as such. Yet according to a U2 blog, the Joshua tree that appears on the inside cover of the iconic album of the same name has been vandalized.
A member of the band’s fan forum photographed the chopped tree lying on its side. They write: “This past Sunday, I made my proverbial yearly hike out to the tree with my dog to reminisce, only to find that some hack, and I do mean hack, decided it was a bright idea to take a hacksaw to one of the tree’s limbs – evidently to remove an inch thick cross section as a souvenir. Are you kidding me? I won’t even elaborate as to how pathetic this is.”
As evidenced by a Flickr photo album, the tree has seen better days, having fallen many years ago. But until someone took a chainsaw to it recently, the tree remained intact.
Click here to see the cut down tree.
