News flash on TV has just stated that U2 has cancelled it's Australian tour due to an illness of a family member of the U2 players.



ROCKMAN

Update....Australian shows are to be rescheduled for a later date.



ROCKMAN

The Edge's daughter has a serious illness (I think its leukemia) which postponed the start of the Vertigo tour this time last year. I'd imagine (unless theyre VERY unlucky) this would be the reason for this. Too bad.

maybe this is the end of their tour all together!!!!

Hope she'll recover soon. U2 are a great band but family problems have to come first.

must be hard, being on tour, thousands of miles from home, knowing a loved one is sick...
best wishes to those concerned.

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> maybe this is the end of their tour all
> together!!!!

I doubt they'll cancel it. Postpone it maybe.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-08 01:47 by Beelyboy.

Bono is suffering of mental illness, but still touring - geuss that will last the rest of his life....

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-12-08 01:46 by Beelyboy.

"It's a softening tactic"....mmmmmmm...just imagine what those U2 fans that paid BIG bucks buying tickets from scalpers are going through right now...





ROCKMAN

Having a sick child puts everyone on the same playing field doesn't it? Hope the situation works out okay.

Yes. For the safe of this little girl.

I'd say it's cancelled for good.

I certainly feel for the Edge & his daughter and hope for the best, despite my lack of enthusiasm for U2...Not trying to make a comparason, but it reminds me: Folks may recall Keith went ahead with all Euro dates on the Stones' 76 tour after the death of his & Anita's third child. Probably took a lot of dope to get through that trauma.

well, the Edge's daughter has been sick for some time...this time last year the tour was postponed for several weeks because of it - so, hes been dealing with the problem DESPITE being on the road for a year. The Stones tour in '76 ended 3 weeks after Keith's child died.

Great! Wish those @#$%& would cancel the rest of their irrelevant career.

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I know alot of VERY upset u2 fans right now.

My mate from Dublin extended his stay in Melbourne just so he could enjoy his $3000 seats @ U2.

Ouch..

Even my Mum took my free U2 tickets off me.

I do hope that his daughter gets better.

And i do hope that Bono gets off the .

Thats sad about the little girl.

But the Aussies are not missing anything,U2 suck, the show I saw was total shit.That fat waddling oaf Bono, and the drummer with concrete hands are a joke. Their getting nearly up to the Sting/Phil Collins level of irritating.
Just because they are succesfull people write about them,but musically they are not a fit topic for a Stones board IMO

U2 never appealed to me.I remember walking through the main street of Barcelona,Spain last northern summer a day after the u2 gig there.Lots of people were wearing U2 t-shirts and you know what?They all looked like geeks!