(See links at the end of the article for these)īono shared with Zane Lowe in the video below, “We’re not touring Achtung Baby, anyway with The Joshua Tree we took that album around the world, this will only be here.” The Edge smiles and hints, “But touring itself isn’t over…” And we couldn’t possibly really realistically do more shows than that.” More shows were added after these articles were released. In an article posted on April 24, Rolling Stone shared “More shows are likely to be added when those initial five nights sell out.” and on the same day Variety interviewed The Edge and he shared, “Because of the size of the venue, the scope of this run will be probably a maximum of six weeks. It is unknown whether or not additional shows will be added. Throughout October and into early November, the Sphere has open nights on Friday and Saturday as well as Wednesdays, where additional shows could be added. U2 has been long rumoured to play 10 – 12 shows at this new venue. Seven additional shows were announced on April 25: October 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21 & 25.Five shows were announced on April 24: September 29 & 30 and October 5, 7 & 8.These videos can be found at the end of this piece.Īs we have for previous tours, we will try to answer some questions here, but please, read the following information as well: A separate interview between Zane Lowe and Bono and The Edge also aired on Apple Music. The show was announced via a video, of Willie Williams, U2’s longtime tour designer, talking about the experience.

The long-awaited dates at the new Sphere venue have been announced today with ticketing already underway.

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