A performance from the second night in Vancouver of 'Song for Someone' was televised for Red Nose Day. The opening night in Vancouver was partially broadcast on iHeart stations in North America, with the first three songs airing. Opening night in Vancouver saw a moment of surprise as The Edge, walking along the catwalk between stages, stepped off the edge, and fell to the floor below, both the guitarist and his instrument were ok. U2 used that venue for weeks, before moving the stage to the Rogers Arena in the same city where the tour would open. Rehearsals for the concerts were held in Vancouver starting on April 21 at The Pacific Coliseum. One additional show was added in Inglewood, two additional shows in Montreal and Boston, three additional shows in Chicago, and four more shows in New York City for a total of eight shows at Madison Square Garden in total. Additional shows were announced after the intial announcement but not necessarily following in pairs. Unlike previous tours, multiple shows were announced right from the start, and the press release specified that the tour would include 'pairs of shows in each city.' The initial announcement included four shows in Inglewood, and four shows in New York. Presales started the following day on Decemfor U2.Com members, with the on sale for tickets to the general public starting on December 8, 2014. This leg was announced when the tour was announced on December 3, 2014. The first leg of the tour visited cities in the United States and Canada. Sponsorship for the tour came from the cloud computing company, Salesforce. U2 would again use the same stage in 2018 for the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour, with an upgraded barricage, and that tour was a thematic sequel to this tour.Īn early plan for the tour suggested that U2 would possibly play the newer songs on one night while focusing on the hits on another night, with one show being branded 'innocence' and the other branded 'experience.' Shows were booked in pairs for this tour with this in mind, but eventually the plan to do this was dropped during tour rehearsals. A large event planned for Times Square the week of the announcement for World AIDS Day saw Bono being replaced on stage by Bruce Springsteen, Chris Martin and others. Due to a bike accident in New York the previous month, Bono was recovering from injuries and did little in promotion for the tour. The tour was announced through a press release on the internet, as well as articles on the bands own website. In some venues the stage was so long it actually did prevent movement from one side of the stage to the other at certain points during the production.

From above, the staging resembled the tour logo. The main stage, rectangular in shape was called the 'i' stage and the round stage, decorated with an 'e' was called the 'e' stage. Above the catwalk was a LED cage, which lit up and functioned as a screen, and in which U2 would also perform, called the barricage. The stage divided the arenas down the middle, running from a main stage at one end of the arena, and long catwalk down the middle of the arena, and a round stage at the other side of the arena. The tour saw U2 returning to arenas after the worldwide U2360 stadium tour. The iNNOCENCE & eXPERIENCE tour was announced on Decemwith both the North American and European legs being announced on the same day.

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