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U2 360° Tour Tickets

Legendary rock band U2 is gearing up for a 2nd set of dates on their hugely successful 360° tour, which is in support of the band's latest studio album No Line on the Horizon. According to Billboard, the sale of 360° tickets has brought the Irish band revenues in excess of $180 million just for the 24 performances on the European leg! With that in mind, fans should expect that concerts on the North American leg of the tour will see sell out after sell out wherever the band goes. So now is the time to visit TicketNetwork to find great deals on U2 tickets for cities ranging from Atlanta to Vancouver to Los Angeles. Buy your U2 concert seat today at TicketNetwork!

U2 360° Tour Schedule

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U2 - News Stories

• According to Aversion, U2 will release a new single, "I"ll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight," on September 22. It will feature special mix versions of "Fix Out of Water," "Dirty South," and "Redanka." - Read More »
• U2 fan site @U2 will host a showing of the film U2 3D on October 4 at 8pm at the Wachovia IMAX Theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event will also feature a chat with Daily Telegraph music critic Neil McCormick. - Read More »
• MSNBC reports that U2 and Megan Fox will join forces when they appear on this falls' season premiere of Saturday Night Live, which will air on September 26. Fox will host the show while the band from Ireland will provide the music. - Read More »
• CHARTattack reports that the U2-related musical Spider-Man has gone back into production after facing financial issues in August. - Read More »

About U2

U2 was formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1976 by drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. under the name "Feedback." It was originally a Beatles and Rolling Stones tribute band that consisted of Mullen, Paul Hewson (Bono), Dave Evans (The Edge), and his older brother Dik Evans. The elder Evans left the band about a half year later when its name had changed to "The Hype," which pared the group down to the quartet it is today. Shortly thereafter they changed name one final time to "U2." After winning a talent show in Limerick in 1978, the band had enough money to record a demo tape, and by the end of that year had a manager, Paul McGuiness.

The band released an EP called Three in the fall of 1979. According to Allmusic, it was a hit in Ireland, and along with a the 1980 Irish chart-topping single "Another Day," won the band a contract with Island Records. Although they had found success at home, it would be some time before U2 would gain as much attention abroad. The process began with the release of their first studio album, Boy, and particularly the single "I Will Follow." According to fan site U2 Gigs, this song has remained a staple of U2 performances, even 30 years after it was released. Throughout the early and mid-1980s, U2 gained a following in the U.K. October, released in 1981, produced hit singles "Fire" and "Gloria," and War, was the band's first album to top the chart in any country, doing so in the U.K. All three of the album's singles, "New Year's Day," "Two Hearts Beat as One," and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" were hits in various countries.

U2 finally broke into the mainstream abroad with the 1987 release of The Joshua Tree. The album has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and has been certified diamond in the U.S., according to the RIAA, and 6x platinum in the UK, according to the BPI. The band had another hit with 1991's Achtung Baby, which has sold over 8 million copies just in the U.S. During the '90s, the band was forced to reinvent itself to meet with the changing musical tastes of music listeners. To do so, they incorporated different sounds of different genres, such as dance and industrial, into the album. The band even innovated new ways to entertain holders of U2 tour tickets, adding multimedia and other visual influences during the Zoo TV Tour.

The quartet was able to return to their roots with All That You Can't Leave Behind, including the smash hit "Beautiful Day." In 2004, U2 released How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, including the chart-topper "Vertigo," which was highly publicized in a series of iPod commercials for Apple, Inc. In February 2009, the band released its latest album No Line on the Horizon, which topped the charts and been certified Platinum in multiple countries. Over the course of its formation, U2 has performed or recorded with B.B. King, Paul McCartney, Green Day, and Johnny Cash, along with many others.

U2 is currently giving some of the biggest shows it ever has with the 360° tour. Fans, act now for your chance to get U2 Chicago tickets, U2 Tampa tickets, and U2 Toronto tickets. U2 will visit many other tickets during the tour, which will extend well into 2010, so be sure to take advantage of TicketNetwork's ability to get you the hard-to-find U2 tickets that you are looking for. Buy your U2 tickets from TicketNetwork today!

U2 - Resources

• U2 Official Site
• U2 on Wikipedia
• U2 on MySpace
• U2 at Last.fm

U2 Trivia

• According to the book U2 at the End of the World by Bill Flanagan, U2 nearly broke up over the direction of Achtung Baby. Bono and The Edge wanted a alternative and dance music-oriented album, while Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen preferred a more traditional U2 sound. The Edge eventually came up with a compromise in the form of "One" and the band survived.
• A 2005 interview by The Sun reveals that the Live Aid dancing antics by Bono originated when the singer saved the woman's life from a crowd that threatened to crush her. The dancing also forced U2 to drop a song from their set, meaning they only played two songs rather than the three originally planned.
• On April 1, 2008, The Telegraph reported that U2 had signed a 12-year, $100 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation. The company will control the band's touring, merchandising, and website.