U2 360 Degree Tour Confirms Rescheduled North American Tour Dates

U2 360 Degree Tour Confirms Rescheduled North American Tour Dates

LOS ANGELES, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Entertainment announced today that the U2 360 degree tour dates in the US, which were recently postponed due to Bono's emergency back surgery, have all been rescheduled for Spring/Summer 2011 with all tickets being valid at the rescheduled performances.

The 2010 European tour, which has not been affected, begins as scheduled on August 6th in Turin.

U2's manager Paul McGuinness thanked fans for their ongoing support, "We're delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play. It hasn't been easy to accomplish this and I'd like to thank the managers of the many venues and sports teams across North America and Live Nation Global Touring for their help and cooperation in making this complex new plan possible. Above all we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They're the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience."

The U2 360 degree Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored in 2010 by BlackBerry.

The North American Tour rescheduled dates, are confirmed as follows:

(formerly June
May 21 Denver, CO Invesco Field 12/10)
(formerly June
May 24 Salt Lake City, UT Rice Eccles Stadium 3/10)

(formerly June
June 01 Edmonton, AB Commonwealth Stadium 23/10)
(formerly June
June 04 Seattle, WA Qwest Field 20/10)
(formerly June
June 07 Oakland, CA McAfee Coliseum 16/10)
(formerly June
June 17 Anaheim, CA Angels Stadium 6/10)
(formerly June
June 18 Anaheim, CA Angels Stadium 7/10)
(formerly June
June 26 East Lansing, MI Spartan Stadium at MSU 30/10)
(formerly July
June 29 Miami, FL *Sun Life Stadium 9/10)
*(previously Dolphin
Stadium)

(formerly July
July 05 Chicago, IL Soldier Field 6/10)
(formerly July
July 08 Montreal, QC Hippodrome 16/10)
(formerly July
July 09 Montreal, QC Hippodrome 17/10)
(formerly July
July 11 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre 3/10)
(formerly July
July 14 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field 12/10)
(formerly July
July 20 East Rutherford, NJ New Meadowlands Stadium 19/10)
(formerly June
July 23 Minneapolis, MN TCF Bank Stadium 27/10)

Tickets for the previously scheduled performances will be honored at the door. Tickets for the rescheduled performances will be available at www.livenation.com and all usual outlets. Refunds if required available at point of purchase.

Additional dates and cities to be confirmed.

For complete tour and ticket information, fan club memberships, merchandise and more, visit: www.U2.com

About Live Nation Entertainment:

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) is the largest live entertainment company in the world, consisting of five businesses: concert promotion and venue operations, sponsorship, ticketing solutions, e-commerce and artist management. Live Nation seeks to innovate and enhance the live entertainment experience for artists and fans: before, during and after the show. In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

Source: Live Nation

CONTACT: Lori Earl, U2 North American publicity of CodeBlue Media,
codebluemediapr@gmail.com; or U2 European publicity, RMP - 44 20 8 749 7999,
press@rmplondon.co.uk; or Liz Morentin of Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860,
lizmorentin@livenation.com

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

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