U2

Atlanta - Philips Arena
November 18 & 19, 2005
Tickets available @ Ticketmaster

With their 11th studio album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb having found critical and commercial acclaim following its release in November 2004, U2 now look set to spend the majority of 2005 on the road.

The band's manager, Paul McGuiness today confirmed the dates, "We're really looking forward to this tour, the show looks and sounds fantastic, its going to be a great year".

Announced today are 2 back-to-back shows in Atlanta at Philips Arena on November 18th & 19th, 2005.

In addition, new concerts dates have been confirmed in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Washington, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Tampa, Ottawa, Montreal, Hartford, Buffalo, Cleveland, St. Louis, Omaha, Salt Lake City and Portland.

With 1.9 million tickets sold U2//Vertigo//2005 has shattered sales records throughout Europe and North America. Dublin's two Croke Park concerts (160,000 tickets) sold out in just 50 minutes. In France, U2 sales surpassed 75,000 tickets sold in less than 1 hour making it the quickest sell out ever for a show at Stade De France. Shows in 3 Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona and San Sebastian) were all immediate sell-outs and Vienna brought the band another first when 55,000 tickets sold out in 74 minutes beating any previous sales record country-wide.

Concert ticket sales in North America were no exception with U2/Vertigo//2005 announcing immediate sell-outs in Chicago where 4 performances sold out in a few hours and in Boston where 3 shows also immediately sold out. In addition, multiple dates were confirmed in every city on the spring leg of the North American tour itinerary.

Tickets for all additional performances will go on sale in the next few weeks. General admission floor tickets remain $49.50 (plus applicable service fees) and are limited to 2 per person. Additional reserved seat tickets prices vary according to market. There is an 8 ticket limit per person with a maximum purchase of 2 general admission floor tickets.

Subscribers to U2's official website will again have the opportunity to reserve tickets in advance.

For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com

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