// U2 announce new world tour: 'Vertigo//2005'
Today U2.com has announced the dates, cities, venues and ticket information for the first and second legs of the Vertigo Tour. 
The
tour will start in San Diego on March, 28th 2005, the first leg will
take them to 13 cities in North America, the second leg will visit
Europe. A 3rd leg was not announced but it's very likely that they'll
head back to North America after the European leg. The dates: 1st leg : North America
| | March: | | 28 | San Diego, CA | Sports Arena |
April: | | 1 | Anaheim, CA | Arrowhead Pond | | 5 | Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center | | 9 | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion | | 14 | Phoenix, A | Glendale Arena | | 20 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center | | 24 | Seattle, WA | Key Arena | | 28 | Vancouver, BC | General Motors Place |
May: | | 7, 9 | Chicago, IL | United Center | | 14 | Philadelphia, PA | Wachovia Center | | 17, 18 | East Rutherford, NJ | Continental Airlines Arena | | 21 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden | | 24, 26 | Boston, MA | Fleet Center |
2nd leg: Europe
| | June: | | 10 | Brussels | King Baudouin Stadium | | 12 | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke Stadium | | 14 | Manchester | City of Manchester Stadium | | 18 | London | Twickenham Stadium | | 21 | Glasgow | Hampden Park | | 24 | Dublin | Croke Park | | 29 | Cardiff | Millenium Stadium |
July: | | 2 | Vienna | Ernst Happel Stadium | | 5 | Katowice | Slaski Stadium | | 7 | Berlin | Olympic Stadium | | 9 | Paris | Stade de France | | 11 | Zurich | Letzigrund Stadium | | 13 | Amsterdam | Arena | | 19 | Milan | San Siro | | 23 | Rome | Olympic Stadium | | 27 | Oslo | Vallehovin Stadium | | 29 | Gothenburg | Ullevi Stadium | | 31 | Copenhagen | Parken |
August: | | 3 | Munich | Olympic Stadium | | 5 | Nice | Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann | | 7 | Barcelona | Camp Nou | | 9 | San Sebastian | Anoeta Stadium | | 11 | Madrid | Estadio Vicente Calderon | | 14 | Lisbon | Alvalade |
Ticketing information:
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// U2 to announce 'Vertigo Tour' next monday
U2 will announce the dates and details of their upcoming 2005 world tour next monday, u2.com reveales.
The new world tour will be called the 'Vertigo Tour' and will kick off
on the west coast of the US in late March (rumour has it that the tour
will start on the 28th of March in San Diego), the second leg of the
tour will take them to Europe in the summer, after that they will
likely head back to the US. It's also likely that they'll play a couple
of concerts in New Zealand and Australia this tour.
The band also announced that the Southern roch band ' Kings of Leon' will be the support act in the US, Irish rockers ' The Thrills' are believed to be the European opening act.
More details on Monday...
// U2 postpone world tour
Bad news from Rolling Stone:
"U2 have postponed their much-anticipated tour behind How to Dismantle
an Atomic Bomb, originally scheduled to kick off March 1st in Miami.
"All of the plans are in total flux," a source close to the band told
Rolling Stone, citing a family illness as the reason for the change.
Tour dates were to be announced and go on sale this month, but those
plans have been delayed."
According to Irish newspapers the family member concerned is a daughter from The Edge and his first wife Aislinn.
U2.com does not mention a family illness as the reason for the delay, Paul McGuinness, U2's manager, is quoted saying: "We've postponed the announcement of the tour because the routing is
still being worked on. As soon as we get everything confirmed over the
coming weeks, we'll let you know.."
It seems highly unlikely that the tour will start in Miami in March, as originally planned.
// Watch 'All Because of You' online
Yesterday ESPN premiered the video for U2's next single, 'All Because of You', watch it online at ESPN.com!
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