U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry Opening Weekend Performances Sell Out; 312,000 tickets sold over 2 days; 2ND SHOWS ADDED Gothenburg; Milan; Amsterdam; Additional show confirmed for Dublin

Tickets still available here

LOS ANGELES, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — With sales of over 312,000 tickets in 24 hours, U2 fans worldwide are ready to “get on their boots” as U2 360 Tour, presented by BlackBerry(R), announces complete sell-outs in Gothenburg, Milan and Amsterdam this weekend. Tickets for the sold out shows are still available here

Friday morning, sales in Gothenburg were so brisk, that after 30 minutes a 2nd and final show (August 1st) was added with 56,000 tickets per show completely sold out by end of day. Amsterdam broke that record Saturday with the July 20th ArenA performance selling 60,000 tickets within 15 minutes of going on sale. A 2nd performance July 21st was immediately announced and put on sale and is also now sold out. Milan’s 80,000 capacity San Siro was also completely sold out by Sunday evening and tickets for a 2nd performance July 8th in Milan will go on sale this Friday, March 20th.

In Dublin, reaction to last week’s world tour announcement was so strong that a 2nd performance at Croke Park was confirmed prior to tickets even being put on sale. Tickets for both the July 24th and 25th performances will go on sale this Friday, March 20th. Additional on-sales this week include: Paris & Nice; Chorzow Poland, and London, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff in the UK.

In keeping with their long-standing tradition, U2 will welcome a number of different support acts to the tour including: Snow Patrol (Milan, Nice, Gothenburg); Glasvegas (Dublin, Glasgow, Cardiff), Elbow (London, Sheffield), Kaiser Chiefs (Paris, Dublin), and Black Eyed Peas with additional artists to be announced.

U2 360 Tour follows the release of their 12th studio album “No Line On The Horizon” which debuted at #1 in over 30 territories.

The U2 360 tour is sponsored by BlackBerry(R) and produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE Tickets available here

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30-JUNE BARCELONA, SP NOU CAMP
07-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO Snow Patrol
08-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO Snow Patrol
11-JULY PARIS, FR STADE DE FRANCE Kaiser Chiefs
15-JULY NICE, FR CHARLES EHRMANN NIKAIA Snow Patrol
18-JULY BERLIN, DE OLYMPIC STADIUM
20-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA TBC
21-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA TBC
24-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK Glasvegas
25-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK Kaiser Chiefs
31-JULY GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI Snow Patrol
01-AUG GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI Snow Patrol
06-AUG. CHORZOW, PL SLASKI STADIUM Snow Patrol
10-AUG. ZAGREB, HR MAKSIMIR STADIUM
14-AUG. LONDON, UK WEMBLEY STADIUM Elbow
18-AUG. GLASGOW, UK HAMPDEN PARK Glasvegas
20-AUG. SHEFFIELD, UK DON VALLEY STADIUM Elbow
22-AUG. CARDIFF, UK MILLENNIUM STADIUM Glasvegas

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SCHEDULE Tickets available here

12-SEPT. CHICAGO, IL SOLDIER FIELD
16-SEPT. TORONTO, ON THE ROGERS CENTRE
20-SEPT. BOSTON, MA GILLETTE STADIUM
24-SEPT. NEW YORK, NY GIANTS STADIUM

U2 360 will also visit: Gelsenkirchen, DE this summer with additional dates and venues to be confirmed.

The North American tour will include dates in Atlanta, GA; Charlottesville, VA; Raleigh, NC; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Norman, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa, FL; Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC. Complete Tour and ticketing information to follow.

SOURCE Live Nation