 U2 at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, Summer 2000 | It's Official! Australia To Get Vertigo Tour Eight years after they last played Australia, U2 are taking the Vertigo Tour to Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney in March. The shows are the first to be announced for 'Vertigo '06' which will kick off in February and also stop in Mexico, South America, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. U2.Com can exclusively confirm the Australian dates - tickets will go on general sale on Monday December 5th. |
Tuesday March 21 Brisbane Queensland Sports & Athletics Centre
Friday March 24 Melbourne Telstra Dome
Tuesday March 28 Adelaide AAMI Stadium
Friday March 31 Sydney Telstra Stadium
Tickets are priced at $99 for General Admission to the stadium field area,with Reserved Seat tickets to be priced between $99 and $199. Ticket sales outlet information will be released one week prior to the on-sale date of December 5.
Since the Vertigo Tour kicked off in San Diego last March, three and a half million fans have filled 110 shows in North America and Europe. Meanwhile, a year after release, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb enjoys 9 million sales worldwide and this week 'U2//Vertigo//2005 Live from Chicago, a live DVD of the show was released worldwide.
VERTIGO to play New Zealand
U2 return to New Zealand after twelve years. U2.com can announce that U2 will play one show at Auckland's Ericcson Stadium on March 17. U2 last played New Zealand on December 04, 1993 at Western Springs in Auckland.
A good day for our fans down under - Irelands biggest band play for Kiwi
fans on St Patricks Day!
VERTIGO//TOUR RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA
Six months after Vertigo '05 kicked off on the West Coast of the US, U2 begin a third leg of their world tour in Toronto in September.
The band performed their final European date in Lisbon, Portugal on August 14th, the climax to thirty stadium shows across Europe. After a month off, a week of shows at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto from September 12th opens fifty arena shows through to the end of December.
You can find all the tour dates, cities and venues below
As with the European shows, the final North American leg is set to host a great range of support acts. As they are confirmed, find them in the listing below.
Keep checking back in our TOUR area for the very latest on life on the road in 2005.
Here you can find nightly set lists, tour news and live shots. And, for Subscribers of U2.Com, we have a host of other exclusive content including show reports each night, road diaries, fan reviews and video coverage from the inside of the tour production.
Stay tuned to U2.Com on the road with the best live band in the world.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
NOVEMBER
21st November, New York - Madison Square Garden, Sold Out
Support Act: Patti Smith
22nd November, New York - Madison Square Garden, Sold Out
Support Act: Patti Smith
25th November Ottawa - Corel Centre, Sold Out
Support Act: Arcade Fire
26th November Montreal - Bell Centre, Sold Out
Support Act: Arcade Fire
28th November Montreal - Bell Centre, Sold Out
Support Act: Arcade Fire
DECEMBER
04th December, Boston, TD Banknorth Garden, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
05th December, Boston, TD Banknorth Garden, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
07th December Hartford - Civic Center, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
09th December Buffalo - HSBC Arena, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
10th December Cleveland - Gund Arena, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
12th December Charlotte - Charlotte Arena, Sold Out
Support Act: Institute
14th December St. Louis - Savvis Center, Sold Out
Support Act: Kanye West
15th December Omaha - Qwest Center, Sold Out
Support Act: Kanye West
17th December Salt Lake City - Delta Center, Sold Out
Support Act: Kanye West
19th December Portland - Rose Garden, Sold Out
Support Act: Kanye West
Bono's tribute to the British politician Mo Mowlam
‘You’re supposed to stop wanting to change the world...’
Bono's tribute to the British politician Mo Mowlam was delivered at a memorial event in London’s West End last night. Comedians, pop stars, politicians and friends all paid tribute to Mowlam. She will be remembered in particular for playing a crucial role in the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland, as a Cabinet Secretary in the Blair Government.
Here’s Bono’s tribute:
‘When you grow up
You're supposed to stop wanting to change the world
And instead better adapt to it
When you grow up
You're supposed to stop believing
That
People can change
Today
We give thanks
For the girl in Mo Mowlam
For humour
In the face of serious bigotry
For naiveté when it was necessary
For wisdom when it wasn't
Today
We give thanks
For youthful stubbornness
In the face of mockery
For honesty
When illness cheats
For grace
Amongst the clumsy
Today
We give thanks
For a girl who refused
To grow up and out of her old friends
Beautiful
At Durham
More beautiful
Bringing it out of others
In housing estates
In her labour
In her family
In the Irish...
More faith
...Than the Irish themselves
Faith
That we would eventually see sense...
Peace
She's there
We're nearly there...’
Bono, November 20th, 2005
More here
source: u2 website
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