U2 TOUR Annoucement Expected ( RUMOR)

U2 Fans before we all get to crazy about this. It’s a rumor at this timer. However, U2Place has posted some interesting facts before and while we can not confirm the information at this time.

We tend to think this might be spot on. We have a call into our sources in Dublin so lets all ease back from our computers and listen to some music as we await the possible announcement on Wednesday December 3rd

The announcement will be posted on U2.com on 12/3/14 The tour name will be "Innocence And Experience Tour " in support of both albums. Pre sale tickets will follow the normal process for subscribers.

Tickets expected to be on sale December 4th.  Vancouver will kick off the tour on May 14th and May 15th We can expect eight shows at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, from 26 May to 8 June. Montreal, Boston, New York. European tour dates as we expected Torino would kick it off.

Now as our friends at U2Place have said this is all rumor at this point and we as well as they will update the information as we get more information. Expect that we will have something to report later today.

Source Credit: U2PLACE

Springsteen, Martin and U2 Minus Bono

The schedule called for U2 to perform at World AIDS Day (RED) performance Monday night in Times Square. However, Bono has been recovering from his earlier “High Impact Cycle” accident that has taken him out of the mix for right now.  U2 announced that the show will still go on with some help from some friends, Bruce and Chris stepped in to help the boys out. U2 posted on their Facebook page "Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr. will be joined by Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, each of whom will take a turn as frontman on the U2 songs. Appearing at the personal invitation of U2, Springsteen and Martin has graciously donated their time and talents to save the World AIDS Day event from cancellation." The show has been dubbed “U2 Minus 1”

"This year is a World AIDS Day like no other," Bono said in a statement. "The world reached a tipping point in the fight against AIDS - more people were newly added to life-saving treatment than were newly infected with the virus. Many people are calling it the beginning of the end of AIDS. 

"We wouldn’t be at this point without American leadership, people from the left and the right," added the singer. "Today, 13 million people have access to life-saving treatment, up from 300,000 just over ten years ago.  Americans do not know the role they have played in this fight.  This event is to inform and thank Americans for their support.  

U2 Tour News 2015

Plans are shaping up for a massive U2 tour season in 2015/2016. We might expect at least two different shows in some of the major markets around the world. U2 has suggested in the current RS that the band could perform two different shows within the same city. Allowing for a large production and a smaller acoustic set which if you have already purchased the new album you will find a collection of acoustic versions of a couple of the tunes. The release of the next two albums could have an impact as to when the boys hit the road. The music is "in the can" ready however release dates are still fluid as the boys continue to find new ways to introduce their music to a younger mobile audience.  Clearly U2 wants to reach a younger audience and not leave out their very supportive older and growing older audience. Now this has been a battle that most bands have failed at. However we are talking about U2. Failure is not a word used often when referring to U2.  

2015 Tour Smaller Venues

Dublin started packing for this up coming tour sometime ago. New road cases ordered and we can expect to see the whole family out on tour next year. 

What will be different this tour is that the shows will be in smaller venues because the music is much more personal intimate  that a small venue would be better suited for. Yes 360 was amazing and some would say heck it sure was intimate however that was a massive under taking with a BIG ROCK show feel.

Christian O'Connell, Bono said: "We're gonna be touring. We're gonna start next year. Were gonna try and play the O2 and places like that, more indoors that outdoors this time, but we'll see where it takes us.

"It's exciting. We'll be coming your way and these songs are the songs that, I think . . . I think they will play themselves."

Bono further admitted that he finds it harder than ever to tour and leave his family.

He added: "Only if the songs are great can you bear leaving home. We all have families and mates and... so you know, you're looking for 11 great reasons to leave home and I think we've got them.

"You know what it's like now, it's like a whole city goes on the road with us. Our kids go out on the road, they get excited about it. It's like . . . yeah, it's kind of a whole . . . Dublin goes on the road."