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U2 unveils European tour route

Published March 6, 2001 05:38 PM

By Rob Evans / LiveDaily Editor

The European leg of U2 [ tickets ]'s Elevation tour will take the group to 16 cities in July and August, the band announced on Tuesday (3/6). Tickets for five of the shows will go on sale on Friday and Saturday (3/9-10), and a limited number of tickets will be sold via a pre-sale that gets underway on Thursday (3/8).

The European tour will follow U2's 34-city North American jaunt, which kicks off in late March and runs through June. PJ Harvey will be the opening act for the North American dates, most of which have already sold out. Support acts and most venues haven't been named for the tour's European leg.

The European tour is scheduled to conclude with a previously announced Aug. 25 festival appearance at Ireland's Slane Castle. The performance will mark the first time that U2 has played at the venue in 20 years.

A limited number of tickets to five shows--three in the U.K., one in Holland and one in Ireland--will go on sale to registered members of the U2.com website on Thursday (3/8).

On Friday (3/9), tickets to U.K. shows in Manchester, Birmingham and London go on general sale. On Saturday (3/10), tickets to the Utrecht show in Holland and Slane Castle show in Ireland go on general sale.

Ticket on-sale information for other shows hasn't been announced.

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[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

March
24, 25 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center
29 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Coliseum
30 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena

April
2 - Houston, TX - Compaq Center
3 - Dallas, TX - Reunion Arena
6 - Denver, TX - Pepsi Center
9, 10 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
12 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
13 - Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
15 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
17 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Sports Arena
19, 20 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Arena
23, 25, 26 - Anaheim, CA - Arrowhead Pond
28 - Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena

May
1 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
3 - Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena
4 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
7 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
9 - Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
10 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
12, 13, 14, 16 - Chicago, IL - United Center
24, 25 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
27 - Montreal, Quebec - Molson Centre
30 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace Of Auburn Hills
31 - Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena

June
2 - Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena
3 - Hartford, CT - Civic Center
5, 6, 8, 9 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter
11, 12 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center
14, 15 - Washington, DC - MCI Center
17, 19 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
21, 22 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena

July
6 - Copenhagen, Denmark
9 - Stockholm, Sweden
12 - Cologne, Germany
15 - Munich, Germany
17 - Paris, France
21 - Imola, Italy
23 - Zurich, Switzerland
26 - Vienna, Austria
29 - Berlin, Germany
31 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Prins van Oranj

August
5 - Antwerp, Belgium
8 - Barcelona, Spain
11 - Manchester, England - Manchester Evening News Arena
14 - Birmingham, England - National Exhibition Center Arena
18 - London, England - Earl's Court
25 - Slane, Ireland - Slane Castle