U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry Opening Weekend Performances Sell Out!

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 on sale this week in the UK; France, Ireland, Italy and Poland

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.

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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.

VISIT WWW.U2.COM FOR THE VIRTUAL CONCERT EXPERIENCE!

EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE:
Special Guest: On sale:

30-JUNE BARCELONA, SP NOU CAMP
07-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO Snow Patrol SOLD OUT!
08-JULY MILAN, IT SAN SIRO Snow Patrol Mar. 20
11-JULY PARIS, FR STADE DE FRANCE Kaiser Chiefs Mar. 20
15-JULY NICE, FR CHARLES EHRMANN Snow Patrol Mar. 20
NIKAIA
18-JULY BERLIN, DE OLYMPIC STADIUM
20-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA TBC SOLD OUT!
21-JULY AMSTERDAM, NL ArenA TBC SOLD OUT!
24-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK Glasvegas Mar. 20
25-JULY DUBLIN, IE CROKE PARK Kaiser Chiefs Mar. 20
31-JULY GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI Snow Patrol SOLD OUT!

01-AUG GOTHENBURG, SE ULLEVI Snow Patrol SOLD OUT!
06-AUG. CHORZOW, PL SLASKI STADIUM Snow Patrol Mar. 20
10-AUG. ZAGREB, HR MAKSIMIR STADIUM
14-AUG. LONDON, UK WEMBLEY STADIUM Elbow Mar. 20
18-AUG. GLASGOW, UK HAMPDEN PARK Glasvegas Mar. 20
20-AUG. SHEFFIELD, UK DON VALLEY
STADIUM Elbow Mar. 20
22-AUG. CARDIFF, UK MILLENNIUM
STADIUM Glasvegas Mar. 20
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SCHEDULE:

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.

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CONTACT: Live Nation Publicity, John Vlautin, +1-310-867-7127,
johnvlautin@livenation.com; or U2 European Publicity, RMP - 44 20 8 749 7999,
press@rmplondon.co.uk; or U2 North American publicity, Lisa DiAngelo of
Interscope Records, lisa.diangelo@umusic.com; or Lori Earl of CodeBlue Media,
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