Bad news for hundreds of thousands of U2 fans this morning (May 25). The band has postponed the entire North American leg of its 360o tour following lead singer Bono’s back operation last week.
The singer will be in full recovery mode for the next eight weeks. This means that all shows originally planned between June 3 and July 19, 2010 are not happening. Tour promoter Live Nation announced these concerts will be rescheduled for some time in 2011.
Four Canadian shows are affected. Fans should cross the following dates off their calendar: June 23 at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, July 3 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, and July 16 and 17 at the Hippodrome in Montreal. Redeveloping that location to add additional seating will cost the group around $3 million.
U2 also had to bow out of participating at the Glastonbury Festival. It was supposed to headline the 40th edition of this festival on June 25. Coldplay is rumoured to be a possible replacement.