โฆWon a legal battle, November 15th, 2006 against their former stylish Lola Cashman over the ownership of some items which she acquired without permission during their "Joshua Tree" tour in 1987.
โฆReceiving the special one-time-only Q Award Of Awards: Band of Bands accolade at the 2006 Q Awards, took place Oct 30th at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
โฆParted ways with its long-time label Island Records and moved to Mercury Records, within the Universal Music Group stable (Oct 2006).
โฆTheir album "The Joshua Tree" was chosen the 3rd Britain's Favorite Album in a poll conducted by BBC Radio 2 to commemorate the album chart's 50th anniversary (August 2006).
โฆSecured the 4th position on Forbes magazine's annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Stars (June 2006).