U2 announces North American tour but no Twin Cities concert

The tour celebrates the 30th anniversary of the album 'Joshua Tree' with 17 North American shows.

January 9, 2017 at 10:47PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
U2's the Edge and Bono/ Photo by Wong/Rex Shutterstock/ TNS
U2's the Edge and Bono/ Photo by Wong/Rex Shutterstock/ TNS (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

U2's 30th anniversary tour celebrating the landmark "Joshua Tree" album is coming to 17 North American cities this summer. The Twin Cities are not on the itinerary.

Guess we have too many stadiums here.

The U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 kicks off May 12 in Vancouver and wraps up the North American leg on July 1 in Cleveland. All the concerts are in stadiums save for the Bonnaroo festival in June. The closest city is Chicago, where U2 plays at Soldier Field on June 3.

Tickets will go on sale on Jan. 17 but a presale for U2 subscribers at u2.com starts Wednesday.

Eight European dates follow in July and early August.

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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