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This was taken from a Robbie Williams fan site, but is quite appropriate here, considering the large U2 content
ROBBIE SET TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
U2, ROBBIE Williams, and Kylie Minogue are set to headline a superstar summer of rock.
Concert promoters have begun booking dates for an A-list trifecta at Docklands.
Williams will do a series of shows in outdoor stadiums in December.
"Robbie Williams will be here this year," promoter Michael Chugg said yesterday.
"I will not comment further."
Chugg is finalising stadium dates for Williams in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
But Williams may have to fight for stadium space.
The summer tour calendar is filling with superstars.
U2 frontman Bono has reserved two dates at Telstra Dome in November.
"At this point in time, the venue is on hold waiting for U2's go-ahead to announce," an industry source said.
Kylie Minogue is planning to stage her comeback show in Melbourne in November.
Superstars Elton John and Billy Joel are also planning visits early next year.
U2, citing personal reasons, scrapped its Australian dates in March.
Guitarist The Edge's daughter, Sian, was ill.
Bono has said U2 wants to perform the rescheduled shows in November.
But, behind the scenes, underwriters are working hard on insurance matters.
"U2 is restaging a world tour from scratch. This involves a substantial set of expenditures," a U2 insider said.
U2 incurred "several million dollars in costs" for dropping their March dates.
"For better or worse, rock and roll is no longer an art form where you can spontaneously do things," the source said.
"Everything has to be in place."
U2's Australian promoter, Michael Coppel, refused to comment on background issues.
But he said a tour decision from U2 is imminent.
If the tour reconvenes in November, it will be the same show touted in March. US rapper, Kanye West, will support U2.
"The intention is to replay the shows they would have played in March," Mr Coppel said.
"They will be hotter shows because the band will have been off the road for eight months." "Essentially, nobody will miss out on what they were hoping to see. The bonus is U2 will be energised and ready to play."
Tour plans for U2 and Williams follow Kylie Minogue's wish for a comeback spectacular celebrating her 20 years as pop princess.
Minogue, 37, says her return to the stage must happen in Melbourne in November for family, friends and local supporters.
Tour sources say the shows, postponed while Minogue has fought cancer, will launch a special 2007 tour acknowledging Kylie's third decade as pop superstar and survivor.
Next July marks the 20th anniversary release of Minogue's debut single, Locomotion.
ROBBIE SET TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
U2, ROBBIE Williams, and Kylie Minogue are set to headline a superstar summer of rock.
Concert promoters have begun booking dates for an A-list trifecta at Docklands.
Williams will do a series of shows in outdoor stadiums in December.
"Robbie Williams will be here this year," promoter Michael Chugg said yesterday.
"I will not comment further."
Chugg is finalising stadium dates for Williams in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
But Williams may have to fight for stadium space.
The summer tour calendar is filling with superstars.
U2 frontman Bono has reserved two dates at Telstra Dome in November.
"At this point in time, the venue is on hold waiting for U2's go-ahead to announce," an industry source said.
Kylie Minogue is planning to stage her comeback show in Melbourne in November.
Superstars Elton John and Billy Joel are also planning visits early next year.
U2, citing personal reasons, scrapped its Australian dates in March.
Guitarist The Edge's daughter, Sian, was ill.
Bono has said U2 wants to perform the rescheduled shows in November.
But, behind the scenes, underwriters are working hard on insurance matters.
"U2 is restaging a world tour from scratch. This involves a substantial set of expenditures," a U2 insider said.
U2 incurred "several million dollars in costs" for dropping their March dates.
"For better or worse, rock and roll is no longer an art form where you can spontaneously do things," the source said.
"Everything has to be in place."
U2's Australian promoter, Michael Coppel, refused to comment on background issues.
But he said a tour decision from U2 is imminent.
If the tour reconvenes in November, it will be the same show touted in March. US rapper, Kanye West, will support U2.
"The intention is to replay the shows they would have played in March," Mr Coppel said.
"They will be hotter shows because the band will have been off the road for eight months." "Essentially, nobody will miss out on what they were hoping to see. The bonus is U2 will be energised and ready to play."
Tour plans for U2 and Williams follow Kylie Minogue's wish for a comeback spectacular celebrating her 20 years as pop princess.
Minogue, 37, says her return to the stage must happen in Melbourne in November for family, friends and local supporters.
Tour sources say the shows, postponed while Minogue has fought cancer, will launch a special 2007 tour acknowledging Kylie's third decade as pop superstar and survivor.
Next July marks the 20th anniversary release of Minogue's debut single, Locomotion.
