U2 announce details of new stadium tour
U2 announce details of new stadium tour
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Monday, 09, Mar 2009 11:46
U2 have announced the details of their new stadium tour, which is due to begin this summer, to coincide the release of their album, No Line On The Horizon.
The U2 360° tour will begin at the Nou Camp football stadium in Barcelona on June 30th.
The Irish band will then visit 14 cities across Europe, including dates in Milan, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin.
Bono and his band-mates will also visit Britain, playing in London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium stadium in Cardiff on August 22nd.
The European tour will then be followed by concerts in North America, beginning in Chicago in September.
The band's manager Paul McGuinness, said in a statement: "U2 have always been at their best when surrounded by their audience, this staging takes a giant leap forward.
"With 85 per cent of the tickets priced at less than 95 Euro, general admission floor tickets priced at 55 euro and at least 10,000 tickets at every venue priced at around 30 Euro, we have worked very hard to ensure that U2 fans can purchase a great priced ticket with a guaranteed great view."
Tickets for the gigs in Milan and Gothenburg are set to go on sale this Friday.
Speaking earlier about the tour, U2 guitarist Edge said: "This is going to be completely different, and that's what makes it exciting - finding something new to bring to the touring culture.
"It's hard to come up with something that's fundamentally different, but we have, I think, on this tour. Where we're taking our production will never have been seen before by anybody, and that's an amazing thing to be able to say. For a band like U2 that really thrive on breaking new ground, it's a real thrill."
No Line On The Horizon is currently number one in the UK album chart.