U2 NORTH AMERICAN 360° TOUR TO RESUME NEXT YEAR

The 16 U2 360° tour dates in the U.S. previously postponed due to Bono's back surgery have been rescheduled for spring and summer 2011, with all tickets being valid at the rescheduled performances.

The 2010 European tour, which was not been affected, begins as scheduled Aug. 6 in Turin, Italy.

U2's manager Paul McGuinness thanked fans for their ongoing support. "We're delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play. It hasn't been easy to accomplish this, and I'd like to thank the managers of the many venues and sports teams across North America and Live Nation Global Touring for their help and cooperation in making this complex new plan possible. Above all, we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They're the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience."

The U2 360° Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored in 2010 by BlackBerry. More than 1 million tickets had been sold for the 16 North American shows prior to their postponement, worth more than $100 million in box office revenue. Last year, 360° grossed more than $311 million and sold more than 3 million tickets. Year Two would have taken the tour toward $600 million in box office, topping the $558 million generated by the Rolling Stones' 2005-‘07 Bigger Bang tour; a total the band seems headed for in 2011.

An Asia/Pacific leg on the U2's 2005-07 Vertigo tour was postponed by an illness in The Edge's family, but went on to gross $389 million, currently third all time.

Tickets for the following shows will be honored at the new 2011 dates:

May 21: Denver, Col. (Invesco Field, formerly June 12/10)
May 24: Salt Lake City, Utah (Rice Eccles Stadium, formerly June 3/10)
June 1: Edmonton, Alberta (Commonwealth Stadium, formerly June 23/10)
June 4: Seattle, Wash. (Qwest Field, formerly June 20/10)
June 7: Oakland, Calif. (McAfee Coliseum, formerly June 16/10)
June 17: Anaheim, Calif. (Angels Stadium, formerly June 6/10)
June 18: Anaheim, Calif. (Angels Stadium, formerly June 7/10)
June 26: East Lansing, Mich. (Spartan Stadium at MSU, formerly June 30/10)
June 29: Miami, Fla. (Sun Life Stadium, formerly July 9/10)
July 5: Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field, formerly July 6/10)
July 8: Montreal, Quebec (Hippodrome, formerly July 16/10)
July 9: Montreal, Quebec (Hippodrome, formerly July 17/10)
July 11: Toronto, Ontario (Rogers Centre, formerly July 3/10)
July 14: Philadelphia, Pa. (Lincoln Financial Field, formerly July 12/10)
July 20: East Rutherford, N.J. (New Meadowlands Stadium, formerly July 19/10)
July 23: Minneapolis, Minn. (TCF Bank Stadium, formerly June 27/10)