Rumors from u2-forum.com (I repeat, Rumors)
"A Mate Met Steve Matthews, MD of Principal Yesterday
Steve basically said that touring will be very different this time around due to family commitments. Stadium tour of US a definite with shows on Thurs, Fri and Sat nights only. Extensive European tour as well but no shows in Asia / Australia.
If they're seriously thinking of weekends only for a 120-date tour, they'll be on the road 'til the end of 2010. Metallica did the 1st Summer Sanitarium that way, and it took 2 months to do 18 or 19 shows.
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Even if it's true, they're only doing weekends for the U.S. leg. If they start Europe in May, as is expected, they could be done with Europe by sometime in July.
IMO, the main reason why that statement is suspect is that that schedule would only allow for 2 shows/week, because I don't think Bono's voice can handle 3 shows in a row.
Then again, I'm not sure how many U.S. shows they're doing. They like to sell out, and there are not many U.S. markets that will sell out stadiums.
Chicago, NY/NJ, Philly, Boston, DC, L.A., SF/SJC area, Miami, Georgia and maybe Detroit are the only ones that seem likely to sell out.
It won't happen in Dallas or Houston. I'd be surprised if Denver sells out, but they have typically played 2 shows there, so it's possible. All that said, I kinda think they might play NOLA even though their last trek there resulted in maybe 20k tickets sold.
That's only dozen or so markets (with multiple shows likely in NY/NJ, PHI, BOS, L.A. and SF/SJC).
But what do I know. I've said for years that they wouldn't do stadiums here, because they couldn't sell out and now they're going to do it. Should be interesting.
I also wonder what the NJ/Ticketmaster Deal will do to change the way tix are sold online. Hope it doesn't make it harder for out of town people to get them....cause I know they're not coming to me.
