ARTIST ARCHIVE
U2 tours
Follow the artist through the places, dates and chapters of life on tour.
Origin: Dublin · Formed: 1976 · Identity source ↗
25 source-named itineraries · 24 concert years · 1,572 distinct listed appearances · 1977–2019
A selection of source-named itineraries held in Tour Atlas, including regional legs and partial database records. This is not a complete touring history. Overlapping chapters can describe the same tour; each page states its own scope.
YEAR BY YEAR
U2 concerts by year
Calendar-year records include listed home concerts and touring dates. They are separate from source-named tours.
CHAPTERS ON THE ROAD
U2 · a touring chronology
Early Days
Worldwide database tour record · 1977-04-11–1980-03-02
U2: 120 concert listings from 1977-04-11 to 1980-03-02.
Dublin (IE) → Tullamore (IE) · 120 listed performances · 24 cities
11 O'Clock Tick Tock Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1980-05-09–1980-07-13
U2: 24 concert listings from 1980-05-09 to 1980-07-13.
Galway (IE) → London (GB) · 24 listed performances · 17 cities
Boy Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1980-09-06–1981-06-09
U2: 149 concert listings from 1980-09-06 to 1981-06-09.
Coventry (GB) → London (GB) · 149 listed performances · 101 cities
October Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1981-08-16–1982-08-07
U2: 101 concert listings from 1981-08-16 to 1982-08-07.
Slane (IE) → Turku (FI) · 101 listed performances · 88 cities
War Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1982-12-01–1983-11-30
U2: 101 concert listings from 1982-12-01 to 1983-11-30.
Glasgow (GB) → Tokyo · 101 listed performances · 81 cities
Unforgettable Fire Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1984-08-29–1985-08-25
U2: 109 concert listings from 1984-08-29 to 1985-08-25.
Christchurch → Cork (IE) · 109 listed performances · 73 cities
The Unforgettable Fire Tour
Opening New Zealand & Australian leg · 1984-08-29–1984-09-24
Nineteen shows begin in Christchurch and finish in Perth, with fifteen Australian performances along the way.
Christchurch → Perth · 19 listed performances · 8 cities
Conspiracy Of Hope
Worldwide database tour record · 1986-06-04–1986-06-15
U2: 6 concert listings from 1986-06-04 to 1986-06-15.
Daly City (US) → East Rutherford (US) · 6 listed performances · 6 cities
Joshua Tree Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1987-04-02–1987-12-20
U2: 109 concert listings from 1987-04-02 to 1987-12-20.
Tempe (US) → Tempe (US) · 109 listed performances · 65 cities
Lovetown Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1989-09-21–1990-01-10
U2: 47 concert listings from 1989-09-21 to 1990-01-10.
Perth → Rotterdam (NL) · 47 listed performances · 16 cities
Lovetown Tour
Australia · New Zealand · Japan · 1989-09-21–1989-12-01
Thirty-three performances connect five Australian cities, three New Zealand stops and three Japanese cities.
Perth → Osaka · 33 listed performances · 11 cities
ZOO TV Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1992-02-29–1993-12-04
U2: 154 concert listings from 1992-02-29 to 1993-12-04.
Lakeland (US) → Auckland · 154 listed performances · 101 cities
Zoo TV Tour
Final Pacific leg · 1993-11-12–1993-12-10
The closing Zoo TV leg crosses Australia and New Zealand before two Tokyo Dome nights.
Melbourne → Tokyo · 10 listed performances · 7 cities
PopMart Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 1997-04-25–1998-03-21
U2: 92 concert listings from 1997-04-25 to 1998-03-21.
Las Vegas (US) → Johannesburg · 92 listed performances · 77 cities
PopMart Tour
Australia · Japan · South Africa · 1998-02-17–1998-03-21
Eight shows connect Australia, Japan and South Africa, with sourced gross at every stop.
Perth → Johannesburg · 8 listed performances · 8 cities
Elevation Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 2001-03-24–2001-12-02
U2: 113 concert listings from 2001-03-24 to 2001-12-02.
Sunrise (US) → Miami (US) · 113 listed performances · 64 cities
Vertigo Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 2005-03-28–2006-12-09
U2: 128 concert listings from 2005-03-28 to 2006-12-09.
San Diego (US) → Honolulu · 128 listed performances · 70 cities
Vertigo Tour
Australasian leg · 2006-11-07–2006-11-25
Brisbane to Auckland: a rescheduled November chapter with three Sydney concerts and two nights each in Melbourne and Auckland.
Brisbane → Auckland · 9 listed performances · 5 cities
360° Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 2009-06-30–2011-07-30
U2: 109 concert listings from 2009-06-30 to 2011-07-30.
Barcelona (ES) → Moncton (CA) · 109 listed performances · 74 cities
U2 360° Tour
Australasian leg · 2010-11-25–2010-12-19
Five cities, two concerts in each: the Australasian chapter of U2’s 360° stadium tour.
Auckland → Perth · 10 listed performances · 5 cities
Innocence + Experience Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 2015-05-14–2015-12-07
U2: 76 concert listings from 2015-05-14 to 2015-12-07.
Vancouver (CA) → Paris (FR) · 76 listed performances · 22 cities
Joshua Tree Tour 2017
Worldwide database tour record · 2017-05-12–2017-10-25
U2: 51 concert listings from 2017-05-12 to 2017-10-25.
Vancouver (CA) → São Paulo (BR) · 51 listed performances · 39 cities
Experience + Innocence Tour
Worldwide database tour record · 2018-05-02–2018-11-13
U2: 60 concert listings from 2018-05-02 to 2018-11-13.
Tulsa (US) → Berlin (DE) · 60 listed performances · 30 cities
Joshua Tree Tour 2019
Worldwide database tour record · 2019-11-08–2019-12-15
U2: 15 concert listings from 2019-11-08 to 2019-12-15.
Auckland → Mumbai (IN) · 15 listed performances · 11 cities
The Joshua Tree Tour 2019
Australasian leg · 2019-11-08–2019-11-27
Eight shows connect Auckland with five Australian cities on The Joshua Tree’s 2019 return.
Auckland → Perth · 8 listed performances · 6 cities
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