U2 dates

tickets begin to go on sale on january 29.

Originally posted by lily1:
smackie, how is sound quality at the big venues in san fran/san jose? better to see them at the mci center or go west?

You'll have to ask Venerable. The only show I've seen at the Arena's out here is Britney at Oakland Coliseum and it's a lip synch show so it's impossible to guage sound quality.

These are the official dates.

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23.01.2005
'VERTIGO//2005' WORLD TOUR - EXCLUSIVE!

U2 will begin the first leg of their Vertigo//2005 world tour in San Diego on March, 28th 2005.

Vertigo//2005 will visit 13 cities in North America before arriving in Brussels on June 10th for the first of 24 scheduled European performances, finishing up in Lisbon in the middle of August.

Here's the detail - get ready to book!

NORTH AMERICA DATES AND TICKETING INFORMATION

March 28th San Diego, CA - Sports Arena
April 1st Anaheim, CA - Arrowhead Pond
April 5th Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
April 9th San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
April 14th Phoenix, AZ - Glendale Arena
April 20th Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
April 24th Seattle, WA - Key Arena
April 28th Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
May 7th & May 9th Chicago, IL - United Center
May 14 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
May 17 & May 18 East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena
May 21 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
May 24 & May 26 Boston, MA - Fleet Center

Tickets for performances in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia and San Diego will go on sale this Saturday, January 29th.

Tickets for performances in Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose go on sale this Sunday, January 30th and tickets for New York and East Rutherford go on sale next Monday, January 31st. (All additional on sale dates will be announced in the next few weeks.)

Once again, U2 will offer General Admission floor tickets giving fans the best view in the house for the lowest ticket price. Reserved seat tickets in the stands will also be available. In North America, general admission floor tickets will be $49.50 (plus applicable service fees). Additional ticket prices will vary per market. There will be an 8 ticket limit per person with a maximum purchase of 2 general admission floor tickets.

EUROPEAN DATES AND TICKETING INFORMATION

June 10th Brussels - King Baudouin Stadium
June 12th Gelsenkirchen - Schalke Stadium
June 14th Manchester - City of Manchester Stadium
June 18th London - Twickenham Stadium
June 21st Glasgow - Hampden Park
June 24th Dublin - Croke Park
June 29th Cardiff - Millenium Stadium

2nd July Vienna - Ernst Happel Stadium
5th July Katowice - Slaski Stadium
7th July Berlin - Olympic Stadium
9th July Paris - Stade de France
11th July Zurich â?? Letzigrund Stadium
13th July Amsterdam â?? Arena
19th July Milan - San Siro
23rd July Rome - Olympic Stadium
27th July Oslo - Vallehovin Stadium;
29th July Gothenburg - Ullevi Stadium
31st July Copenhagen - Parken

3rd August Munich - Olympic Stadium
5th August Nice - Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann
7th August Barcelona â?? Camp Nou
9th August San Sebastian - Anoeta Stadium
11th August Madrid - Estadio Vicente Calderon
14th August Lisbon - Alvalade


Tickets for the UK shows go on sale at 9am Friday, January 28th; tickets for
Brussels go on sale Saturday, January 29th and tickets for Dublin go on sale on Friday 4th February. (All additional on sale dates will be announced in the coming weeks.)

Anyone on the fence about going to a U2 show should bite the bullet and go….I am what might be called a casual fan, "Greatest hits" cd and thats it in my collection. Without a doubt, they put on one of the best live shows in a large venue/arena so you won't be disapointed, unless you're next to a smoker/dancer/talker/snoggers/drunks, you know, the usual stuff. :)

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
unless you're next to a smoker/dancer/talker/snoggers/drunks, you know, the usual stuff. :)

or an obsessed fan who "touched" Bono because she was next a friend who touched him. this was the same person that couldn't understand why I didn't want them climbing up my back in order to get nearer to Bono. Never mind the fact that I was already three or four people away from catwalk Bono was on at that time.

Anyone know if it's still possible to sign up for U2.com and get in on the presale?

i would advise against it. it only allows you to get 2 tickets to any one show in a calendar year. not worth it.

Originally posted by Bags:
Anyone know if it's still possible to sign up for U2.com and get in on the presale?

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by lily1:
smackie, how is sound quality at the big venues in san fran/san jose? better to see them at the mci center or go west?

You'll have to ask Venerable. The only show I've seen at the Arena's out here is Britney at Oakland Coliseum and it's a lip synch show so it's impossible to guage sound quality.

i'm not much help either. by the time HP (fka compaq center) was finished, i was in texas. i've seen 2 shows at the oakland coliseum which wasn't bad. and i saw u2 in sacto. . .so. . sorry.

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
Without a doubt, they put on one of the best live shows in a large venue/arena so you won't be disapointed

I'd better not be with tickets costing up to $160 :eek:

I'm missing something. What happened to the DC date?

Looks like DC (along with all of the South and mid-Atlantic) has to wait until the fall leg.