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U2 Tickets – U2 Tour Pushed Back After Frontman Bono Undergoes Surgery

 

Fans with U2 tickets for the Irish rock band’s previously scheduled June 3 show in Salt Lake City, Utah may have to wait a little bit longer to see Bono & Co., as they have postponed the gig. U2′s official website reported on May 21 that frontman Bono underwent emergency back surgery at a Munich hospital.

According to the site, Bono sustained an undisclosed injury “during tour preparation training” and will remain in the hospital for a few days before resting up at home in Ireland. U2′s June 3 show was supposed to kick off the next North American leg of the U2360 Tour and there is no word yet on whether more shows will be pushed back as well.

The show will go on at some point, and fans that have U2 tickets from StubHub.com can see the band in U.S. cities like Anaheim, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Seattle, Wash.; Edmonton, AB; Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Montreal; QB; New York, N.Y. and more through July. Once Bono & Co. wrap up their batch of summer dates in North America, the band will cross the Atlantic to perform in cities scattered across Europe, such as Turin, Italy; Hanover, Germany; Horsens, Denmark; Helsinki, Finland; Moscow, Russia; Vienna, Austria; Athens, Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; Zurich, Switzerland; Paris, France; San Sebastian, Spain; Coimbra, Portugal and more.

U2 recruited an impressive lineup of openers for the continuation of their U2360 Tour. Lenny Kravitz will join the band for their initial tour dates, while the Fray, Interpol, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Razorlight and One Republic will open for U2 on the rest of the band’s tour dates. Hitting the road with one of the biggest rock bands wasn’t on the calendar for Kravitz, who turned down other offers to tour this summer, but the “American Woman” singer told PEOPLE Magazine in April that he simply couldn’t turn down the gig. I mean, can you blame him?

As if prepping for a massive world tour isn’t enough, U2′s Bono and the Edge have also been hard at work on their highly-anticipated and long-delayed musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Although the productionâ??projected to be the largest musical to ever take the Broadway stageâ??has endured multiple setbacks due to financial problems, the New York Times reports that it is expected to begin performances in the Big Apple this fall.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor (best known for the long-running Disney stage show The Lion King) is reportedly in the midst of auditioning actresses to play Mary Jane. Actress Evan Rachel Woodâ??Taymor and Bono’s first choice for the roleâ??withdrew from the production due to “scheduling conflicts,” as did Alan Cumming, who was slated to play the Green Goblin (the New York Post reports that Patrick Page has been offered to fill the role). Reeve Carney, lead singer of the rock band Carney, is still set to play the role of Peter Parker in the musical, and his band debuted a new song by U2 called “Boy Falls From the Sky” on May 18. The song was created as a major number in Act II of Bono and the Edge’s first Broadway musical.