✦Won 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.
✦Receiving 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.
✦Parted ways with its long-time label Island Records and moved to Mercury Records, within the Universal Music Group stable (Oct 2006).
✦Their 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).
✦Secured the 4th position on Forbes magazine's annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Stars (June 2006).