U2 Tour and El Salvador – “U2 Veni” Means a Private Gig!
February 17, 2009
Bono cast his shades off for the first time in forever at the 51st Grammy Awards in February 2009 and opened the huge event with a rousing version of “Get On Your Boots.” This was a fitting accompaniment to all the speculation over the announcement of the 2009-2010 U2 world tour, eagerly anticipated by U2 concert fans around the world. Every stadium and U2 Live tickets seller is on notice, waiting for the magic moment those U2 tickets are released and the show is on the road…
Bono appeared to be wearing some kind of black eye makeup to compensate for the loss of the famous shades, as he drove fans wild with his performance. The “No Line on the Horizon” album will be released on March 3, 2009 amid rumors over the impending tour.
One country not believed to be included in the U2 tour schedule is El Salvador. The entire nation has embarked on a “U2 Veni” or “U2, come here” campaign, in which a million signatures are sought to try to entice the Irish rockers to the South American country as part of their impending tour.
Most amazingly, three Central American U2 fans who delivered the then 60,000-name petition requesting the band play in El Salvador were given a private U2 concert in Dublin in February! U2 have long been a cherished band in the Central American nation and when the El Salvadorans delivered the petition it spoke loud and clear. U2 had dedicated the song “Bullet the Blue Sky” to the people of civil-war-torn El Salvador on their 1987 Joshua Tree album, considered by many (including me, as you know) to be U2 music at its finest. El Salvadoran DJ-exile Frankie Rivas was among the privileged trio, and he gives his story here:
“We were meeting on Thursday with U2′s publicist in Dublin, Lindsey Holmes, when she turned around and said, ‘Would you like to go and see the band’s studio?’ We didn’t think for one moment that we were actually going to meet the guys. When we got there Bono and the lads said hello and all of us were stunned. Then they played No Line on the Horizon and Breathe for us. I couldn’t believe it.” He said the band had refused to give an answer as to the possibility of playing El Salvador on the world tour but would think about it.Back home at present ‘U2 Veni’ is a national campaign. The slogan is all over billboards, taxis and newspapers. We are currently aiming to get one million online signatures to petition U2 to come over to El Salvador.”
This is just one more example of why U2 are the best loved band in the world. The Irish rockers just keep on giving, and when this 2009 U2 tour kicks off, it’s gonna be pure magic. Grab your U2 tour tickets as soon as they come off the presses, because these babies are gonna be dust in minutes!
U2 Tour Dates – How it will go down!
February 17, 2009
U2 tickets are set to sell like mad when the Irish superstars hit Europe for a major stadium tour in summer 2009. The greatest living Rock band are set to sell out the biggest stadiums across Europe and the USA in the coming year, including 3 nights of glory at Croke Park in July, the icing on the cake of the U2 schedule.
U2 2009 tickets are expected to sell out completely – immediately – following the U2 tour announcement in March 2009.
The latest U2 album, No Line On The Horizon, will be released that month and smash single “Get On Your Boots” hitting Number One in Ireland is a surefire indicator that U2 concert tickets are gonna be “gonecert” tickets in no time at all! This U2 tour will ignite late June with two sensational concerts at Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium, the biggest in Europe.
Following that, the band heads to Paris for two huge dates at the Stade de France, and on to Nice for some fun in the sun.
U2 concerts in Germany and Holland follow, and then it’s on to Britain, with Wembley Stadium, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and Manchester City’s ground, the City Of Manchester Stadium, to be played in August.
Following all that excitement, the band are then set to hit the USA for the first time in 12 years, playing the biggest and the best stadiums across America, including New York, California and Chicago. It’s great to see Bono and Adam Clayton and the rest confident they can once more conquer the world with their unique blend of Rock and 80s Pop – a sound which has often been imitated but never mastered by other bands. Grab a U2 concert schedule and plan your U2 tour tickets purchase now – because this is the bigest news to hit worldwide music in years!
U2 2010 Tour Announcement Expected Soon
February 17, 2009
According to British tabloid rumours, U2 will headline the fabled Isle Of Wight Festival. Those waiting for an announcement on the U2 schedule for the “No Line on the Horizon” tour can a tleast know that U2 in concert is happening somewhere. The lucky ones who buy U2 tickets will see Bono and the band along with others, such as The Prodigy and Oasis, revealed as Isle of Wight headliners in October 2008 by promoters.
Other colourful acts like the Arctic Monkeys will top the bill at Reading and Leeds along with Kings Of Leon, who VF announced as headliners in November.
In more U2 concert tickets news, it’s believed that U2 will play three concerts at Dublin’s Croke Park in summer 2009 in their massively anticipated 2009 U2 Tour, in support of No Line on the Horizon.
The 82,000-capacity stadium will be packed to the rafters for the late July (24, 25 and 26) gigs, where U2 fans will finally get to see their heroes play in Eire on the big stage. A neighbouring Dublin hotel, the Jurys, is said to have boosted their prices threefold for those three nights.
Speculation over U2 tour schedules and U2 tickets mounts ahead of what many believe will be a 2009 announcement about a 2010 worldwide tour.
The official U2 2010 tour announcement is expected mid-March 2009 and U2 tickets are expected to sell out instantly.