U2 360 TOUR 2010, European Opening Weekend Performances Sell-Out!

U2 360 TOUR 2010, European Opening Weekend Performances Sell-Out!

Horsens, Denmark; Vienna, Austria & Helsinki, Finland - SOLD OUT 2nd show added in Horsens - SOLD OUT Tickets on sale this week in Seville, Frankfurt, Hannover & Munich

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following the massive success of their current tour, U2's 360 Tour continues its spectacular run with sales over the weekend surpassing 180,000 tickets sold in just 3 cities.

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Tickets in Horsens, Denmark sold so quickly that a second and final performance (August 16th) was added and was an immediate sell out. The Austrian performance in Vienna at Ernst Happel Stadium sold out Saturday and the U2 date in Helsinki, Finland was another immediate sell-out this morning.

Tickets for the U2 360 show at Seville's Estadio Olimpico De La Cartuja go on sale this Thursday with the concerts in Frankfurt, Hannover and Munich on-sale this Saturday. Performances have also been announced in Moscow, Athens, Istanbul, Paris and Coimbra with additional cities, dates and venues to be announced.

For the current and forthcoming tour, a unique staging configuration with excellent sight lines provides an intimate audience experience at a price affordable to all fans. With its cylindrical video system, massive stage, rotating bridges and of course, the U2 passion - the experience becomes an amazing event.

Full details of all dates and on-sale information as well as multiple imagery and video of the staging configuration can be found at www.u2.com

The U2 360 Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored by BlackBerry

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Source: Live Nation

CONTACT: U2 European publicity, RMP - 44 20 8 749 7999,
press@rmplondon.co.uk; or Live Nation Publicity, John Vlautin,.
+1-310-867-7127, johnvlautin@livenation.com

Web Site: http://www.livenation.com/
http://www.u2.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Press materials available at: www.u2.com/rmpphoto

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