U2 has certainly had a roller coaster 2014, from posting an album for free on iTunes to dealing with the backlash from that move, the group has been everywhere. They even performed this week without Bono. But they will hopefully have their lead singer ready next year, when they start a world tour.
On Wednesday, the group announced the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour, which will have them play 19 cities around the world in 2015. They will also perform special shows in Dublin at the end of the year for the Music Generation Project.
“We are going to try to have a completely different feeling from night one to night two,” Bono promised in a statement. “And have some fun playing with the idea of innocence and experience. More to be revealed!”
Tickets will go on sale for the general public on Dec. 8, with presales for members of the U2.com club starting Thursday.
On Monday night, the group had to perform on World AIDS Day without Bono, who has been sidelined after a bicycling injury he suffered in Central Park. Bruce Springsteen and Chris Martin sang with The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
Speaking of Bono’s accident, The Edge told KROQ that the singer can’t even move at the moment.
“He managed to come out of it with what you could only describe as injuries from a car crash, literally, multiple fractures of bones in his elbow and in his back,” The Edge said, reports Radio.com. “But he’s doing OK.”
U2’s 2015 tour to support Songs of Innocence kicks off on May 14 in Vancouver. They will be performing multiple dates in every city they visit, including Los Angeles, Phoenix, chicago, Boston and New York.
The European leg starts in September and includes spots in Italy, Germany, Spain, France and the U.K.
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