Thousands of €30 tickets for U2 at Croker

At least 10,000 tickets for U2’s forthcoming Croke Park concert will be priced at €30. The Dublin gig will take place in Croke Park on July 24th, with up to 95,000 tickets available for the event. Tickets will go on sale Saturday March 14^th.

The U2 360° tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on June 30th. The band will then travel to fourteen other cities across Europe including Milan, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on August 22nd.

Every venue on the tour will offer at least 10,000 tickets at the €30 price range. Additionally, 85% of the tour tickets will be priced at less than €95, with general admission floor tickets priced at €55. These ticket prices are likely to be welcomed by recession hit fans.

U2’s manager Paul McGuinness commented ‘We’ve worked very hard to ensure that U2 fans can purchase a great priced ticket with a guaranteed great view".

The tour produced by Live Nation, is the first to be held since the Vertigo tour of 2005/06.

Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring/Chairman of Live Nation said "Following the overwhelming worldwide success of the Vertigo tour where every available ticket was sold, there is tremendous anticipation for this tour".

After the final European concert in Cardiff, the band will begin the North American leg of the tour starting in Chicago at Soldier Field on September 12^th. U2 will welcome a number of different support acts to the tour including Glasvegas, Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol and Black Eyed Peas with additional artists to be announced in the coming months.