Live Nation said fans should hold on to their tickets until the new dates are scheduled. Bono, whose real name is Paul Hewson, had emergency spine surgery last Friday. 

“Bono suffered severe compression of the sciatic nerve. On review of his MRI scan, I realized there was a serious tear in the ligament and a herniated disc, and that conservative treatment would not suffice,” Bono’s doctor, Dr. Muller Wohlfahrt, said in a statement released by the concert promoter.  

Professor Joerg Christian Tonn, who carried out the operation, added, “He was already in severe pain with partial paralysis in the lower leg. The ligament surrounding the disc had an 8mm tear and during surgery we discovered fragments of the disc had traveled into the spinal canal. This surgery was the only course of treatment for full recovery and to avoid further paralysis. Bono is now much better, with complete recovery of his motor deficit. The prognosis is excellent, but to obtain a sustainable result, he must now enter a period of rehabilitation.”  

“Our biggest and I believe best tour has been interrupted and we’re all devastated,” said U2’s manager Paul McGuinness. “For a performer who lives to be on stage, this is more than a blow. He feels robbed of the chance to do what he does best and feels like he has badly let down the band and their audience, which is of course nonsense. His concerns about more than a million ticket buyers whose plans have been turned upside down, we all share, but the most important thing right now is that Bono make a full recovery.”

Bono Is Steadily Recovering From Surgery Damego, on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:49:29 -0700 Since he has to do this rehab the North American leg of U2’s world tour will be postponed until 2011. Bono being in France and recovering there is a good …

Edge: ‘Bono Could Have Suffered Serious And Permanent Damage’ Gigwise, on Wed, 26 May 2010 09:23:13 -0700 U2 guitarist The Edge has revealed that Bono could have suffered “serious and permanent damage” to his back had he not undergone recent surgery. …

U2 postpones tour after Bono’s surgery – Music – Entertainment … May 25, 2010 … U2 frontman Bono left a hospital after undergoing emergency surgery on his back, but the injury has forced the band to postpone the entire … 

U2 tour engine to be idling for at least 8 weeks – Los Angeles Times May 26, 2010 … As Bono recovers from emergency back surgery, the logistics of revamping such a massive undertaking are becoming clear. … 

U2 delays tour opener for Bono’s surgery :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Music May 21, 2010 … U2 delays tour opener for Bono’s surgery – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. … Bono underwent emergency surgery today in a hospital in Munich, Germany, …

U2 will play at the Rice Eccles Stadium on June 3rd. Tickets go on sale Monday February 22, 2010 for the U2 Concert in Salt Lake City but presale access for U2.com subscribers begins tomorrow.

This will be the final date announcement for the North American leg of the tour, but it will be the day that U2 actually starts “360” up again this summer!

If you want to see U2 I’d suggest getting tickets early as many dates have already sold out.

Songs of Ascent to be released in June

U2 frontman Bono indicated in an interview with the Irish Independent that a new album from the band will be ready by June. Bono also revealed that the name of the album will be Songs of Ascent.

The "One" singer said in the same interview that Songs of Ascent will function as a sister effort to No Line on the Horizon, similar to the way Zooropa and Achtung Baby shared conceptual and thematic links. 

There are several U2 songs floating around that are rumored to be making their way onto Songs of Ascent, including "Winter," a song that didn't make No Line On The Horizon. "Winter" did, however, appear in the movie Brothers.

Another song believed to be on the album is "Kingdom Of Your Love," which was heard as part of the intro music during U2's recent tour.

Get Your U2 Tickets Here and hear the new songs live!

source: RTT News

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This morning the presale for the U2 Concert in Zurich, Switzerland started at 8 a.m. with hundreds gathered in the cold hours before 8 a.m. (Some say they were there already at 5 am) at the Ticketcorner office at Berne train station.

15 minutes later (at 8 a.m.), it was all over and all the 45.000 tickets were sold out.

According to a journalist on location only 4 to 6 people were able to get tickets at the ticketcorner in Berne and more than 50 people went home with empty hands.

While these fans were waiting in the cold, others were trying to purchae U2 tickets through the internet, however the Ticketcorner website was down due to a crash overload. Fans trying to visit the Ticketcorner website, ended up in the so called waiting room saying: “Our webshop is busy helping customers”.

At EU Ticket News we wrote about the AC/DC concert and Muse concert for which fans were able to subscribe to the website of the band in order to get the tickets earlier and this was also possible for the U2 Concert in Zurich. Many tickets were sold out before per sales started. At 8:45 a.m. the Ticketcorner website said:

“U2 Sales are done, the contingent is exhausted”.

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1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Unknown Caller
5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Stand Up Comedy
8. Fez — Being Born
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe
11. Cedars Of Lebanon

Release Date: March 3, 2009

1. Vertigo
2. Miracle Drug
3. Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own
4. Love And Peace Or Else
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. All Because Of You
7. A Man and A Woman
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Orignal Of The Species
11. Yahweh

Release Date: November 22, 2004

1. Beautiful Day
2. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
3. Elevation
4. Walk On
5. Kite
6. In A Little While
7. Wild Honey
8. Peace On Earth
9. When I Look At The World
10. New York
11. Grace
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (UK only)

Release Date: October 30, 2001

1. Discotheque
2. Do You Feel Loved
3. Mofo
4. If God Will Send His Angels
5. Staring At The Sun
6. Last Night On Earth
7. Gone
8. Miami
9. The Playboy Mansion
10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
11. Please
12. Wake Up Dead Man

Release Date: March 3, 1997

1. Zooropa
2. Babyface
3. Numb
4. Lemon
5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
6. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
7. Some Days Are Better Than Others
8. The First Time
9. Dirty Day
10. The Wanderer

Release Date: July 5, 1993