U2 Vertigo Tour Announces Immediate Sell-Outs in 16 Cities Worldwide, Reports Clear Channel Entertainment

U2 Vertigo Tour Announces Immediate Sell-Outs in 16 Cities Worldwide, Reports Clear Channel Entertainment

TORONTO, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- U2's Vertigo Tour announced record sales throughout the weekend with sold out shows in every city where U2 concerts went on sale.

In the United Kingdom, U2 fans were quick to snap up in excess of 260,000 tickets for stadium shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff and London including a second show which was added at Twickenham Stadium. Saturday morning, U2's European tour opener in Brussels (June 10) continued the sweep, selling out an additional 53,000 tickets in less than four hours. A second Dublin date at Croke Park on June 25, 2005 has also just been announced. Tickets for the band's two Irish shows will go on sale to the public Friday, February 4 at 8 a.m.

Culminating in this morning's immediate sell-outs at Madison Square Garden (May 21) and Continental Airlines Arena (May 17 and 18), weekend sales in North America were no exception, surpassing a total of 370,000 tickets sold for 21 arena events.

Early Saturday morning Chicago witnessed the spectacular sell out of 4 performances including shows on May 7 and 9 with additional concerts added May 10 and 12.

In Boston, following the immediate sell-outs of performances on May 24 and 26 at the Fleet Center, a third show (May 28) was quickly announced, which also sold out.

Excellent sales in Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Diego, San Jose and Philadelphia resulted in second show announcements & sell-outs in each of those cities. In Denver, following the sell-out of the April 20 performance, a second show (April 21) at the Pepsi Center was announced and will go on sale Friday, February 4.

Ticket sales in North America will continue this weekend with the second Denver performance on sale Friday and concerts in Phoenix, Seattle, and Vancouver on sale Saturday. Subscribers to U2's official website http://www.u2.com/ will again have the opportunity to reserve tickets in advance. Visit http://www.u2.com/ for complete Fan Club, Tour and Ticketing information.

The U2 Tour is presented and produced by The Next Adventure, a division of Clear Channel Entertainment, and RZO Productions.

About Clear Channel Entertainment

Clear Channel Entertainment, a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), a global leader in the away-from-home advertising industry. Clear Channel Entertainment currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books approximately 130 live entertainment venues, including nearly 100 in North America and more than 30 in Europe. In 2003, 69 million people attended approximately 32,000 events promoted and/or produced by the company, including live music events; Broadway, West End and touring theatrical shows; family entertainment shows; museum exhibitions, and specialized sports and motor sports events. In addition, the company's independently operated athlete representation business, SFX, provides management, marketing and financial consulting services to many of the world's top professional athletes. Clear Channel Entertainment operates throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. More information may be found by visiting http://www.cc.com/ and http://www.clearchannel.com/ .

U2
VERTIGO//2005 TOUR

NORTH AMERICA:

March 28 San Diego Sports Arena
*March 30 San Diego Sports Arena

April 01 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
*April 02 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
April 05 Los Angeles Staples Center
*April 06 Los Angeles Staples Center
April 09 San Jose HP Pavilion
*April 10 San Jose HP Pavilion
April 14 Phoenix Glendale Arena
April 20 Denver Pepsi Center
*April 21 Denver Pepsi Center
April 24 Seattle Key Arena
April 28 Vancouver General Motors Place

May 07 Chicago United Center
May 09 Chicago United Center
*May 10 Chicago United Center
*May 12 Chicago United Center
May 14 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
*May 22 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
May 17 E. Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
May 18 E. Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
May 21 New York City Madison Square Garden
May 24 Boston Fleet Center
May 26 Boston Fleet Center
*May 28 Boston Fleet Center

EUROPE:

June 10 Brussels King Baudouin Stadium
June 12 Gelsenkirchen Schalke Stadium
June 14 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium
June 18 London Twickenham Stadium
*June 19 London Twickenham Stadium
June 21 Glasgow Hampden Park
June 24 Dublin Croke Park
*June 25 Dublin Croke Park
June 29 Cardiff Millennium Stadium

July 02 Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium
July 05 Chorzow Slaski Stadium
July 07 Berlin Olympic Stadium
July 09 Paris Stade de France
July 11 Zurich Letzigrund Stadium
July 13 Amsterdam Arena
July 19 Milan San Siro
July 23 Rome Olympic Stadium
July 27 Oslo Vallehovin Stadium
July 29 Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium
July 31 Copenhagen Parken

August 03 Munich Olympic Stadium
August 05 Nice Parc des Sports Charles Ehrmann
August 07 Barcelona Camp Nou
August 09 San Sebastian Estadio de Anoeta
August 11 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderon
August 14 Lisbon Alvalade

*Additional show(s) added due to overwhelming demand

Itinerary subject to change. Additional cities and dates to be announced.



For Official Fan Club, Tour and Ticket Information visit: http://www.u2.com/


Source: Clear Channel Entertainment

CONTACT: Susan Rosenberg of Clear Channel Entertainment,
+1-416-922-5290

Web site: http://www.clearchannel.com/
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