U2.com has just announced the latest dates for the third leg of the Vertigo tour. This leg will bring the band back to North America, late in the year.
Monday, September 12: Toronto, Air Canada Centre
Wednesday, September 14: Toronto @ Air Canada Centre
Tuesday, September 20: Chicago @ United Center
Wednesday, September 21: Chicago @ United Center
Friday, September 23: Minneapolis @ Target Center
Sunday, September 25: Milwaukee @ Bradley Center
Monday, October 3: Boston @ Fleet Center
Tuesday, October 4: Boston @ Fleet Center
Friday, October 7: New York @ Madison Square Garden
Saturday, October 8: New York @ Madison Square Garden
Monday, October 10: New York @ Madison Square Garden
Sunday, October 16: Philadelphia @ Wachovia Center
Monday, October 17: Philadelphia @ Wachovia Center
Wednesday, October 19: Washington, DC @ MCI Center
Thursday, October 20: Washington, DC @ MCI Center
Saturday, October 22: Pittsburgh @ Mellon Arena
Monday, October 24: Detroit @ Palace of Auburn Hills
Friday, October 28: Houston @ Toyota Center
Saturday, October 29: Dallas @ American Airlines Arena
Tuesday, November 1: Los Angeles @ Staples Center
Wednesday, November 2: Los Angeles @ Staples Center
Sunday, November 13: Miami @ American Airlines Arena
Wednesday, November 16: Tampa @ St. Pete Times Forum
Friday, November 18: Atlanta @ Philips Arena
Friday, November 25: Ottawa @ Corel Centre
Saturday, November 26: Montreal @ Bell Centre
Wednesday, December 7: Hartford @ Civic Center
Friday, December 9: Buffalo @ HSBC Arena
Saturday, December 10: Cleveland @ Gund Arena
Wednesday, December 14: St. Louis @ Savvis Center
Thursday, December 15: Omaha @ Qwest Center
Saturday, December 17: Salt Lake City @ Delta Center
Monday, December 19: Portland @ Rose Garden
It looks like the band are going out of their way to make up for the cluster that spoiled the fan club ticket presale for the first & second leg. Now the presale is being split up, not only between new and veteran members, but over a two week period. My guess is the the first presale, running between March 8 – 10, will comprise the September/October dates; the November/December dates might be up during the second presale between March 15 – 17. Those details will be announced tomorrow.
I didn’t have a great problem getting tickets during that first, infamous presale. I was upset, however, to find out, through the fine print, that I was now barred from buying any more tickets for any other date in the tour — including the third leg dates, which hadn’t even been announced at the time. I am quite pleased therefore to find that U2 have seen the error of their ways and are re-enabling our presale codes so that we can participate in this new presale after all.
U2 are still using Ticketmaster though, so everything isn’t all peaches & cream just yet.
Forget everything I said. The talk of re-enabling our presale codes was a meaningless platitude.
Far too many U2.com subscribers are reporting their old codes have disappeared and they have yet to receive their information e-mail.
It looks like everything is poised for another royal clusterfuck tomorrow at 10 AM.