U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry Opening Weekend Performances Sell Out!

U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry Opening Weekend Performances Sell Out!

312,000 tickets sold over 2 days

2ND SHOWS ADDED Gothenburg; Milan; Amsterdam

Additional show confirmed for Dublin

Tickets on sale this week in the UK; France, Ireland, Italy and Poland

LOS ANGELES, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With sales of over 312,000 tickets in 24 hours, U2 fans worldwide are ready to "get on their boots" as U2 360 Tour, presented by BlackBerry(R), announces complete sell-outs in Gothenburg, Milan and Amsterdam this weekend.

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Friday morning, sales in Gothenburg were so brisk, that after 30 minutes a 2nd and final show (August 1st) was added with 56,000 tickets per show completely sold out by end of day. Amsterdam broke that record Saturday with the July 20th ArenA performance selling 60,000 tickets within 15 minutes of going on sale. A 2nd performance July 21st was immediately announced and put on sale and is also now sold out. Milan's 80,000 capacity San Siro was also completely sold out by Sunday evening and tickets for a 2nd performance July 8th in Milan will go on sale this Friday, March 20th.

In Dublin, reaction to last week's world tour announcement was so strong that a 2nd performance at Croke Park was confirmed prior to tickets even being put on sale. Tickets for both the July 24th and 25th performances will go on sale this Friday, March 20th. Additional on-sales this week include: Paris & Nice; Chorzow Poland, and London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff in the UK.

In keeping with their long-standing tradition, U2 will welcome a number of different support acts to the tour including: Snow Patrol (Milan, Nice, Gothenburg); Glasvegas (Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff), Elbow (London, Sheffield), Kaiser Chiefs (Paris, Dublin), and Black Eyed Peas with additional artists to be announced.

U2 360 Tour follows the release of their 12th studio album "No Line On The Horizon" which debuted at #1 in over 30 territories.

The U2 360 tour is sponsored by BlackBerry(R) and produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

   VISIT WWW.U2.COM FOR THE VIRTUAL CONCERT EXPERIENCE!    EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE:   Special Guest:  On sale:    30-JUNE       BARCELONA, SP     NOU CAMP   07-JULY       MILAN, IT         SAN SIRO         Snow Patrol     SOLD OUT!   08-JULY       MILAN, IT         SAN SIRO         Snow Patrol     Mar. 20   11-JULY       PARIS, FR         STADE DE FRANCE  Kaiser Chiefs   Mar. 20   15-JULY       NICE, FR          CHARLES EHRMANN  Snow Patrol     Mar. 20                                   NIKAIA   18-JULY       BERLIN, DE        OLYMPIC STADIUM   20-JULY       AMSTERDAM, NL     ArenA            TBC             SOLD OUT!   21-JULY       AMSTERDAM, NL     ArenA            TBC             SOLD OUT!   24-JULY       DUBLIN, IE        CROKE PARK       Glasvegas       Mar. 20   25-JULY       DUBLIN, IE        CROKE PARK       Kaiser Chiefs   Mar. 20   31-JULY       GOTHENBURG, SE    ULLEVI           Snow Patrol     SOLD OUT!    01-AUG        GOTHENBURG, SE    ULLEVI           Snow Patrol     SOLD OUT!   06-AUG.       CHORZOW, PL       SLASKI STADIUM   Snow Patrol     Mar. 20   10-AUG.       ZAGREB, HR        MAKSIMIR STADIUM   14-AUG.       LONDON, UK        WEMBLEY STADIUM  Elbow           Mar. 20   18-AUG.       GLASGOW, UK       HAMPDEN PARK     Glasvegas       Mar. 20   20-AUG.       SHEFFIELD, UK     DON VALLEY                                   STADIUM          Elbow           Mar. 20   22-AUG.       CARDIFF, UK       MILLENNIUM                                   STADIUM          Glasvegas       Mar. 20   NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SCHEDULE:    12-SEPT.      CHICAGO, IL       SOLDIER FIELD   16-SEPT.      TORONTO, ON       THE ROGERS CENTRE   20-SEPT.      BOSTON, MA        GILLETTE STADIUM   24-SEPT.      NEW YORK, NY      GIANTS STADIUM   

U2 360 will also visit: Gelsenkirchen, DE this summer with additional dates and venues to be confirmed.

The North American tour will include dates in Atlanta, GA; Charlottesville, VA; Raleigh, NC; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Norman, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL; Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC. Complete Tour and ticketing information to follow.

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