Re: Re: Re: Re: Eurochart for Week 40
STING2 said:
What venues has U2 booked for next August? I've not heard of any venues booked for 2006 yet, can you shed some light on this?
STING2,
I get daily news updates and articles from all over the world from yahoo, which you can do by simply signing up for all news, stories, articles, etc. related to a given "key work", which for me is just U2. Unfortunately, I delete the e-mails, which usually have 10-12 links to a variety of U2 related info, every day.
However, the source for about 10% of the "rumors" does come from U2tours.com. They have a summary page regarding all the tour rumors for U2 in 2006, and here is the capsule at the top of the page:
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U2 Tour Rumors from U2tours.com
What Might Happen
A running collection of what we believe are at least somewhat reliable rumors.
Japan (early 2006)
Australia & New Zealand (Feb/March 2006)
S. America (March 2006)
Europe
Mexico
U.S. stadiums (Summer 2006)
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Most of the stories I've been getting come from newspapers, magazines, websites, etc. all around the world. The most reliable news, IMO, is that U2 will return to Europe in 2006 on what might be part of the 4th leg, the start of a 5th leg, or the 1st leg of some kind of Vertigo off-shoot, similar to the evolution of Zoo TV to include Zooropa.
A new album/EP/Best Of Live, etc., is a whole different subject. However, I just can't see U2 still touring nearly a year from now to support just HTDAAB, especially with the recent announcement that ABOY will be the last single released off of HTDAAB. None of this has been verified by U2 itself, except for apparent multiple announcements regarding the ABOY single. I haven't been to U2.com to see what, if anything, is being reported there.
Hope this helps.