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U2 Reschedule Tour
Bono and Co. will now begin in San Diego
U2 will now launch their international Vertigo tour in support of their blockbuster album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, on March 28th in San Diego. Comprehensive concert dates will be announced on Monday, with tickets going on sale on January 29th. The tour was originally set to begin on March 1st in Miami, but was postponed early this month due to a family illness.
The Vertigo tour will comprise more than 100 shows worldwide. Southern garage rockers Kings of Leon will open on its initial North American leg, which wraps up in Boston in late May. A thirty-stadium European stint will then launch on June 10th in Brussels, with the band returning to the States in mid-August for another thirty arena concerts.
"People want to see U2 and feel like they're part of something special," drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., told Rolling Stone of the band's live appeal. "People respond to U2 in an unusual way. People trust U2 and believe what we do. And that's much bigger than the music."
U2, who are nominated for three Grammys for the single "Vertigo," will also perform at the February 13th awards ceremony in Los Angeles and are slated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 14th in New York.
ALEX MAR
(Posted Jan 21, 2005)
--RollingStone.com
Bono and Co. will now begin in San Diego
U2 will now launch their international Vertigo tour in support of their blockbuster album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, on March 28th in San Diego. Comprehensive concert dates will be announced on Monday, with tickets going on sale on January 29th. The tour was originally set to begin on March 1st in Miami, but was postponed early this month due to a family illness.
The Vertigo tour will comprise more than 100 shows worldwide. Southern garage rockers Kings of Leon will open on its initial North American leg, which wraps up in Boston in late May. A thirty-stadium European stint will then launch on June 10th in Brussels, with the band returning to the States in mid-August for another thirty arena concerts.
"People want to see U2 and feel like they're part of something special," drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., told Rolling Stone of the band's live appeal. "People respond to U2 in an unusual way. People trust U2 and believe what we do. And that's much bigger than the music."
U2, who are nominated for three Grammys for the single "Vertigo," will also perform at the February 13th awards ceremony in Los Angeles and are slated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 14th in New York.
ALEX MAR
(Posted Jan 21, 2005)
--RollingStone.com
