U2 Adds A Few Nights

Select cities are getting a double dose of U2. The band has added a handful of shows to the European leg of “The Joshua Tree Tour.”

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“Glastonbury Festival” at Worthy Farm, Pilton, England.

Bono & Co. are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band’s acclaimed fifth album by playing the LP from start to finish on tour. U2’s first No. 1 album in the U.S. includes the singles “Where The Streets Have No Name,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “With Or Without You,” and “Bullet The Blue Sky.”

The tour kicks off May 12 in Vancouver. Here’s the routing, with the new dates bolded:

May 12 – Vancouver, British Columbia, BC Place
May 14 – Seattle, Wash., CenturyLink Field
May 17 – Santa Clara, Calif., Levi’s Stadium
May 20 – Pasadena, Calif., Rose Bowl
May 24 – Houston, Texas, NRG Stadium @ NRG Park
May 26 – Arlington, Texas, AT&T Stadium
June 3 – Chicago, Ill., Soldier Field
June 7 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Heinz Field
June 8-11 Manchester, Tenn., Great Stage Park (Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – actual date to be determined)
June 11 – Miami Gardens, Fla., Hard Rock Stadium
June 14 – Tampa, Fla., Raymond James Stadium
June 18 – Philadelphia, Pa., Lincoln Financial Field
June 20 – Landover, Md., FedExField
June 23 – Toronto, Ontario, Rogers Centre
June 25 – Foxboro, Mass., Gillette Stadium
June 28 – East Rutherford, N.J., MetLife Stadium
July 1 – Cleveland, Ohio, FirstEnergy Stadium
July 8 – London, England, Twickenham Stadium
July 9 – London, England, Twickenham Stadium
July 12 – Berlin, Germany, Olympiastadion Berlin
July 16 – Rome, Italy, Olympic Stadium
July 18 – Barcelona, Spain, Estadio Olimpico
July 22 – Dublin, Ireland, Croke Park Stadium
July 25 – Paris, France, Stade de France
July 26 – Paris, France, Stade de France
July 29 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam ArenA
July 30 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam ArenA
Aug. 1 – Brussels, Belgium, King Baudouin Stadium 

U2 is joined on the road by Mumford & Sons May 12-17; The Lumineers May 20-June 7 & June 18-28, OneRepublic June 11-14 & July 1, and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds July 8-Aug. 1.

Presale information for the new dates will be emailed to U2.com subscribers on Tuesday. General onsales begin Jan. 23.

General onsales for the previously announced European dates are ongoing. General onsales for The U.K., and Ireland, as well as North America, begin Jan. 17.

Visit the band’s website for more information.