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[Shinobi]

These were announced on Monday...

Sept. 12, 14: Toronto (Air Canada Centre) (woohoo!!)
Sept. 20-21: Chicago (United Center)
Sept. 23: Minneapolis (Target Center)
Sept. 25: Milwaukee (Bradley Center)
Oct. 3-4: Boston (Fleet Center)
Oct. 7-8, 10: New York (Madison Square Garden)
Oct. 16-17: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center)
Oct. 19-20: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
Oct. 22: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)
Oct. 24: Detroit (Palace of Auburn Hills)
Oct. 28: Houston (Toyota Center)
Oct. 29: Dallas (American Airlines Arena)
Nov. 1-2: Los Angeles (Staples Center)
Nov. 13: Miami (American Airlines Arena)
Nov. 16: Tampa (St. Pete Times Forum)
Nov. 18: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
Nov. 25: Ottawa (Corel Centre)
Nov. 26: Montreal (Bell Centre)
Dec. 7: Hartford, Conn. (Civic Center)
Dec. 9: Buffalo, N.Y. (HSBC Arena)
Dec. 10: Cleveland (Gund Arena)
Dec. 14: St. Louis (Savvis Center)
Dec. 15: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center)
Dec. 17: Salt Lake City (Delta Center)
Dec. 19: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)

U2 Extend Vertigo Tour
Irish rockers will return to the U.S. in the fall


U2 will launch the second North American leg of their international Vertigo tour, in support of their multi-platinum How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb album, September 12th in Toronto.

Regarded as one of the most anticipated tours of the year, the trek has gotten off to a rough start. The first leg was scheduled to begin March 1st in Miami, but was postponed to March 28th in San Diego due to family illness. Later, fans were angered when an Internet pre-sale left more than 100,000 U2 Web-site members without tickets despite paying forty dollars to have first shot at the seats.

"There was a mess-up with the way tickets were distributed," acknowledged drummer Larry Mullen Jr. in a posting on U2.com. "Some of it was beyond our control, but some of it wasn't." Mullen Jr. also took the opportunity to apologize to fans over the ticket snafu during U2's Grammy acceptance speech for Best Rock Performance By a Rock Duo or Group for the "Vertigo" single.

Southern garage rockers Kings of Leon will serve as the opening act on the tour's 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 before the band returns to the U.S. for the fall.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7088951/u2?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1



Here's some info for the Toronto gigs. Tickets officially go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster, 416-870-8000. General admission floor tickets are $50.75, with a limit of two per person. Seats range from $50.75 to $176.50. Buyers are limited to eight per purchase.

There's talk of U2 adding a third date in Toronto, which wouldn't surprise me since they've always done incredibly well here.

 

[6.8]

Nov. 25: Ottawa (Corel Centre)

Sweet. Now our awfully-named radio station, BobFM, will have to change its name into an even worse name (PaulFM in honor of our "honorable" PM) due to a silly bet.

 

[Grifter]

I can reach the Buffalo arena if I can get tickets, but should I try for Toronto instead? Never been to the Air Canada Center.

 

[Tedesco!]

Dec. 10th - Cleveland... I am so there!

 

[heavy liquid]

CLUB (FIRST OR LOWER LEVEL)
US $97.50 - US $162.50

Wow. I'd like to go, but I don't feel like being raped in order to get decent seats

 

[BarneyBP]

December 10th in Cleveland for me too. And our presale is but one week away

 

[Tedesco!]

December 10th in Cleveland for me too. And our presale is but one week away

No kidding, just one week? I am in Cincinnati so I won't be there. Shit, I'm getting married next week, I'm not going to have the $$$ for the pre-sale.

 

[Agent Dormer]

Nov. 16: Tampa (St. Pete Times Forum)

Anyone got a U2.com membership code I could use to get the tickets earlier than Saturday?

 

[dtrip]

Sept 23rd (Target Center) for me! My presale starts 10am next Tuesday!!

Wow. I'd like to go, but I don't feel like being raped in order to get decent seats

That's why i'm going to buy the General Admission tickets : $49.50 and you'll be the closer to the stage than with any other of the tickets. When I got GA tickets for the Elevation Tour I was so close I could pat Bono on the back of his jacket when he passed by me

 

[Shinobi]

I can reach the Buffalo arena if I can get tickets, but should I try for Toronto instead? Never been to the Air Canada Center.

Heh, I think Buffalo might be easier to get tickets for. I think the ACC is reputed to be a pretty good concert arena, and there's a lot of stuff you can see downtown before the show (like people wielding butcher knives and people in rental vans setting themselves on fire...ahem). Catching U2 would be a nice excuse to check out the building.

And yeah, I'll probably get general seats as well...as long as I get there early enough I've got a half decent shot of being pretty close to the band for a fifty spot, which would be pretty neat.