U2 Fans Swamp Sites

For most fans today’s news was bitter sweet. The whole idea of having to wait a whole year before the boys come back to America seems a bit much for a few fans. For the most part fans see this as a possibility to catch U2’s new album which by the Summer 2011 should be out. At least the first single should be. Have you had time to look at the new dates and see what impact if any the dates make on your new travel plans? What do you think ? We want to hear from you.

As fans began to get the news of updated dates U2’s site become flooded with fans trying to get news. Early the site was down as they scrambled to deal with the large amount of traffic. U2TOURFANS had an increase that swelled as the day progressed.

 

Bono said in a video message that they have been working on some new music. We can expect to hear more about that in the coming weeks. In case you have been under a rock today here is the announcement.

U2’s summer concerts in North America, postponed in May to allow Bono, the band’s lead singer, to recover from back surgery, have been rescheduled for next year.

The 16 shows will now begin on May 21 at Invesco Field in Denver (where the band was to have played on June 12, 2010), and continue through July 23, when it will play at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The show at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., originally scheduled for July 19, 2010, will now be on July 20, 2011. The band has posted the full schedule on its Web site.

Tickets for the original shows will be honored on the new dates, said Live Nation, the tour’s promoter.

We have posted a new link to take U2TOURFANS on the road with you. You will be able to find the link on the left side of the front page of the site. Or you can click on this link below.

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We are coming back ! U2 2011

The 2010 European tour, which has not been affected, begins as scheduled on August 6th in Turin.



U2’s manager Paul McGuinness thanked fans for their ongoing support, “We’re delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play. It hasn’t been easy to accomplish this and I’d like to thank the managers of the many venues and sports teams across North America and Live Nation Global Touring for their help and cooperation in making this complex new plan possible. Above all we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They’re the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience.”

The U2 360° Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored in 2010 by BlackBerry.

The North American Tour rescheduled dates, are confirmed as follows:

May 21 Denver, CO Invesco Field (formerly June 12/10)
May 24 Salt Lake City, UT Rice Eccles Stadium (formerly June 3/10)
       
June 01 Edmonton, AB Commonwealth Stadium (formerly June 23/10)
June 04 Seattle, WA Qwest Field (formerly June 20/10)
June 07 Oakland, CA McAfee Coliseum (formerly June 20/10)
June 17 Anaheim, CA Angels Stadium (formerly June 6/10)
June 18 Anaheim, CA Angels Stadium (formerly June 7/10)
June 26 East Lansing, MI Spartan Stadium at MSU (formerly June 30/10)
June 29 Miami, FL *Sun Life Stadium
previously Dolphin Stadium		 (formerly July 9/10)
       
July 05 Chicago, IL Soldier Field (formerly July 6/10)
July 08 Montreal, QC Hippodrome (formerly July 16/10)
July 09 Montreal, QC Hippodrome (formerly July 17/10)
July 11 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre (formerly July 3/10)
July 14 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field (formerly July 12/10)
July 20 East Rutherford, NJ New Meadowlands Stadium (formerly July 19/10)
July 23 Minneapolis, MN TCF Bank Stadium (formerly June 27/10)
       
       

Tickets for the previously scheduled performances will be honoured at the door. Tickets for the rescheduled performances will be available at www.livenation.com and all usual outlets.  Refunds if required available at point of purchase.

Additional dates and cities to be confirmed. 

U2 2011 Dates

LOS ANGELES, July 13 /PRNewswire/ — Live Nation Entertainment announced today that the U2 360 degree tour dates in the US, which were recently postponed due to Bono’s emergency back surgery, have all been rescheduled for Spring/Summer 2011 with all tickets being valid at the rescheduled performances.

The 2010 European tour, which has not been affected, begins as scheduled on August 6th in Turin.

U2’s manager Paul McGuinness thanked fans for their ongoing support, “We’re delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play. It hasn’t been easy to accomplish this and I’d like to thank the managers of the many venues and sports teams across North America and Live Nation Global Touring for their help and cooperation in making this complex new plan possible. Above all we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They’re the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience.”

The U2 360 degree Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored in 2010 by BlackBerry.

The North American Tour rescheduled dates, are confirmed as follows:

May 21

Denver, CO

Invesco Field

(formerly June 12/10)

May 24

Salt Lake City, UT

Rice Eccles Stadium

(formerly June 3/10)





June 01

Edmonton, AB

Commonwealth Stadium

(formerly June 23/10)

June 04

Seattle, WA

Qwest Field

(formerly June 20/10)

June 07

Oakland, CA

McAfee Coliseum

(formerly June 16/10)

June 17

Anaheim, CA

Angels Stadium

(formerly June 6/10)

June 18

Anaheim, CA

Angels Stadium

(formerly June 7/10)

June 26

East Lansing, MI

Spartan Stadium at MSU

(formerly June 30/10)

June 29

Miami, FL

*Sun Life Stadium

(formerly July 9/10)


*(previously Dolphin Stadium)






July 05

Chicago, IL

Soldier Field

(formerly July 6/10)

July 08

Montreal, QC

Hippodrome

(formerly July 16/10)

July 09

Montreal, QC

Hippodrome

(formerly July 17/10)

July 11

Toronto, ON

Rogers Centre

(formerly July 3/10)

July 14

Philadelphia, PA

Lincoln Financial Field

(formerly July 12/10)

July 20

East Rutherford, NJ

New Meadowlands Stadium

(formerly July 19/10)

July 23

Minneapolis, MN

TCF Bank Stadium

(formerly June 27/10)



U2 Reschedules Dates

Irish rock band U2 have rescheduled the dates for the North American leg of their 360 tour for Spring/Summer 2011 with all tickets valid for the new performance dates, their concert promoter said Tuesday.

The North American leg will kick off on May 21 next year at Invesco Field in Denver and end on July 23, 2011 in Minneapolis, music concert company Live Nation Entertainment said. The 2010 European tour will begin on time on August 6, 2010 in Turin.

The North American tour dates were canceled and U2 missed a date with Glastonbury music festival after frontman Bono underwent emergency surgery on his back in May.

“Following Bono’s recovery from recent back surgery, U2 are now readying themselves for the opening of their European Tour,” Live Nation said in a statement.

It said band members Adam, Larry, Edge and Bono have filmed a message for everyone at Web site u2.com on the eve of their return to say: “Thank you for standing by us.”

We’re delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play,” he said in the statement. “Above all we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They’re the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience.”

With hits like “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Where the Streets Have No Name,” U2 are one of the world’s biggest bands and have sold over 150 million records, according to unofficial estimates.

The 50-year-old singer’s injury was a blow to the band and the millions of fans who were hoping to see U2 this year on the second leg of their world U2 360 Tour.

It was also expected to hit music concert company Live Nation, which signed a 12-year deal to handle merchandising, digital and branding rights as well as touring.

The 2009 part of the tour helped the band earn $109 million last year, according to music journal Billboard.

U2 manager Paul McGuinness also thanked the band’s fans for their ongoing support.



U2 Offical Tour Announcement Coming

We could not believe the news when we heard this earlier this morning. U2 will officially announce dates for Australian leg in August. 

Melbourne’s Hot Breakfast show had got the story from Nui Te Koha who broke the news.

 

“U2 are about to announce their Australian tour for 2011,” said Nui. “This announcement will roll out in August.

The Live Nation production crew has already setup office in OZ so that that can announce the tour in August. All bets on the tour coming summer or early 2011. 

Now this puts the question in some minds that the delayed North American tour should return sometime in June 2011. This part of the story should be considered rumor until we can get the facts from Live Nation. Which to this date has remained silent on any communication with U2 Fans. Most tend to be harsh on Live Nation simply because they feel that they are owed an answer about their tickets.

However what most people seem to miss is that a tour this size requires a stadium but thats not the only part, crew, trucks and planes all have to be available and pre-booked. This was going to take some time. So if we hear something about the delayed North American tour next month, our hats off to Live Nation. 

Bono, Live Aid 25

To mark the 25th anniversary of Live Aid, take a listen to this  landmark two-part documentary telling the story of the 1985 event staged to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

The documentary will look at how the gig came about, what happened on the day, both on-stage and back-stage, and its lasting legacy and will feature exclusive interviews from members of the original Live Aid line up including Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Paul McCartney, Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Chrissie Hynde, Bryan Adams, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Gary Kemp, Tony Hadley, Paul Young, Elvis Costello and Billy Connolly amongst others who will all recount their memories of the history-making event.

Download the podcasts

You can download a series of Live Aid 25 podcasts, for free, with Absolute Radio podcasts.

Bono double offers to resume tour

NOT THE REAL BONOBono’s living breathing double Pavel Sfera (pictured above) has been so successful at it that he once duped the girlfriend of a Miami businessman who paid him $2,500 to have dinner with him and his girlfriend without ever telling her he wasn’t the real Bono.

Check out how much Sfera looks like the real thing at http://www.bonodouble.com/index1.html

The incident is revealed by author Mark Joseph on his site Bullypulpit.com

He says he first met Pavel Sfera, “when he spoofed an encounter between Bono and my artist, Molly Jenson when her debut album was released last year.. Pavel was so good that we had people coming up to us while we were shooting on a Beverly Hills sidewalk thinking he was the real deal.”

Sfera is now making an offer via Joseph to Bono and U2— to front for Bono while he is injured and have the U2 tour resume.

So the world’s foremost Bono-Double, is making an offer that the real Bono may just want to take him up on:

Since Bono is laid up he says he can make real money for the band.

Don’t think Bono and the boys will be much amused.