 U2 |
Following the news last week that the U2360 Tour Opener in Salt Lake City
would be delayed due to Bono's back surgery, U2 has announced today that the
entire US tour will be postponed until 2011. The band has also pulled out of the
Glastonbury festival in the U.K. scheduled for June 25th.
From U2.com: Speaking at the LMU University
Hospital in Munich, U2 manager Paul McGuinness has
confirmed the postponement of 16 shows on the U2360° Tour from Salt Lake City on June 3rd,
through to New Jersey's Meadowlands Stadium on July 19th. Tour Promoters Live Nation are
now rescheduling those dates.
Paul McGuinness said, 'Our biggest and I believe best tour has been interrupted and we're
all devastated. For a performer who lives to be on stage, this is more than a blow. He
feels robbed of the chance to do what he does best and feels like he has badly let down
the band and their audience. Which is of course nonsense. His concerns about more than a
million ticket buyers whose plans have been turned upside down, we all share, but the most
important thing right now is that Bono make a full recovery. We're working as fast as we
can with Live Nation to reschedule these dates.' Additional details on rescheduled dates
will follow shortly and fans are encouraged to hold on to their tickets.
Bono has now been discharged from Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU) Hospital in Munich
where he underwent emergency surgery on Friday, following a back injury. In order to fully
recover, he is under doctor's orders to start a rehabilitation program and to recuperate
for at least eight weeks.
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