U2 Fan Club

U2 are a very famous rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The group comprises of four members which are Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. The band was formed in 1976, when the group members were teenagers. Soon the band became a rage amongst people and was at the top amongst top international rock bands. Till date U2 tops the charts. The band is known for their religious and enchanting music and they keep coming up with something new.
The band has been performing live at various concerts and plans the same in the year 2009. U2 has been planning to perform live at different places all around the globe. Recently the band has announced to tour the world to promote their latest album “No Line on the Horizon”. Tour of 2009 is named the U2 360 degree tour. The album was released on February 27, 2009. The tour will start on June 30th in Europe and plans to remain there till august 22. The band plans to enter North America on September 12.  The feedback about the concert has been overwhelming. The ticket sales have crossed a record of 2.5 million and continue to shatter the old ones.

The tour promoters, live nation, announced the ticket sale as the fastest ever and the largest attended concert by people. Similarly, at other places like North America, Boston, and Chicago, the sale of tickets recorded were very high. U2 has also announced the dates for their final shows for 2009 and also the date for ticket sales for each show.

The final concert will take place from October 3rd and will be held at Raleigh, NC at Carter Finlay Stadium. Other dates for the concert have been decided as 12th October at Dallas, TX at New Cowboys stadium, on 14th October in Houston, TX at Reliant Stadium, On October 18th at Norman, OK at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The ticket sales for all the shows will start from 10th April. The ticket sale for October 23rd performance at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV, go on sale on 11 April for Norman and Raleigh. The tour will potentially have 90 to 100 shows with the finale coming up in 2011.

The U2 360 degree tour has been sponsored by Blackberry and produced by Live Nation Global Touring. U2 have been performing live with an aim of saving the world from war, hunger and poverty. The album includes some songs that were written by Bono and The Edge for the movie “Spiderman the musical”. The movie is supposed to debut in 2010.  U2 have given an impressive list of concerts to fans, and they can happily choose from them as there’s no dearth of concerts to choose from. This will not be the only dilemma for the audience, as they will have to choose between other groups like Fleetwood Mac, the Bruce Springsteen tour. The U2 360 degree tour will surely help them queue up for the best band in the world for the 3rd time now.