U2 Announced For Australia

U2 will bring the 360 degree tour to Australia and New Zealand from November.

Tickets for the shows have also been priced for every budget starting at $39.90. General admission floor tickets start at $99.90.

‘U2 has alays been at their best when surrounded by their audience, and this extraordinary production makes that happens in stadiums,” says U2 manager Paul McGuiness. “It was important to the band that we were able to bring the whole production to Australia and New Zealand so fans could experience the latest of U2’s legendary productions.”

The U2 360° Tour kicked off again in Turin, Italy this month and will visit 17 cities, including Moscow and Istanbul, before finishing at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on 8th October. By the time it reaches New Zealand and Australia, U2 360° will have been seen by over 4 million fans.

With a cylindrical video system of interlocking LED panels, and a steel structure rising 150 feet from the floor over a massive stage with rotating bridges, the band has truly created an intimate 360º experience for concert goers. Long-time U2 Show Director Willie Williams has worked again with architect Mark Fisher (ZooTV, PopMart, Elevation and Vertigo), to create an innovative 360 design, which affords an unobstructed view for the audience.

“To have an in-the-round transportable stadium production is something that the touring industry has been trying to figure out for some time. The extra capacity U2 360° gives us means that there are a large number, several thousand in fact, of low priced tickets at every show”, said U2 tour producer/promoter Arthur Fogel, CEO of Live Nation Global Touring.

In keeping with the concept that this tour is more about a unique staging configuration with excellent sight-lines tickets in all 5 cities will be available starting at $39.90 with general admission floor tickets available at $99.90. Additional reserved seat tickets also available starting at $99.90.

Recent reports from the tours latest stop in Helsinki suggest an interesting setlist has developed.

The songs performed in Helsinki yesterday were:

1. Return Of The Stingray Guitar
2. Beautiful Day / Singing In The Rain (snippet)
3. I Will Follow
4. Get On Your Boots
5. Magnificent
6. Mysterious Ways / My Sweet Lord (snippet) / Norwegian Wood (snippet)
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Elevation
9. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
10. Every Breaking Wave
11. Glastonbury
12. In A Little While
13. Miss Sarajevo
14. City Of Blinding Lights / Singing In The Rain (snippet)
15. Vertigo
16. Crazy Tonight
17. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
18. MLK
19. Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet)

Encore(s):
20. One / Rain (snippet)
21. Where The Streets Have No Name
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
23. With Or Without You
24. Moment of Surrender / Singing In The Rain (snippet)

Dates are:

November 25, Auckland, Mt Smart Stadium
December 1, Melbourne, Etihad Stadium
December 8, Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium
December 13, Sydney, Olympic Park
December 18, Perth, Subiaco