March 9th, 2009 by Gregory Jones

U2.com today confirms that the U2 360° tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360° tour is sponsored by BlackBerry® and it is the band’s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon.

The U2 Tour will visit 14 cities across Europe including U2 concerts in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 22nd August. The European leg of the U2 tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago’s Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009.

Long-time U2 Show Director Willie Williams has worked again with architect Mark Fisher (ZooTV Tour, PopMart Tour, Elevation Tour and Vertigo Tour), to create an innovative 360Ëš design which affords an unobstructed view for the audience.  The U2 360 Tour also marks the first time a band has toured in stadiums with such a unique and original structure (which can be viewed at U2.com).

“U2 has always been at their best when surrounded by their audience, this staging takes a giant leap forward. With 85 percent of the U2 tickets priced at less than 95 Euro, general admission floor tickets to see U2 are priced at 55 euro and at least 10,000 U2 tickets at every venue on the U2 Tour priced at around 30 Euro, we have worked very hard to ensure that U2 fans can purchase a great priced ticket to see U2 with a guaranteed great view” says U2’s manager Paul McGuinness.

In keeping with their long-standing tradition, U2 will welcome a number of different support acts to the tour including Glasvegas, Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol and Black Eyed Peas with additional artists to be announced.

Tickets for U2 360° concerts in Milan and Gothenburg go on sale this Friday, March 13th. Tickets for the U2 concert in Amsterdam go on sale this Saturday, March 14th.   Full details of all dates and on-sale information as well as a virtual model of the unique production and seating positions can be found on a dedicated microsite at U2.com.

As usual, existing subscribers to U2’s official website u2.com will have an opportunity to purchase tickets in advance of the public on sale date.