From there, a single midwest stop in Chicago bounces the band to the East Coast, where the band will play Philadelphia, East Rutherford, NJ, and New York before concluding May 26 in Boston. Kings of Leon [ tickets ] is slated to open all North American dates.

Ticket sales for the run will be staggered, with Boston, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia and San Diego going on sale Saturday (1/29). Tickets for Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose, CA, will be released Sunday (1/30). Tickets for New York and East Rutherford will go on sale Jan. 31.

Ticket on-sale dates for Phoenix, Seattle and Vancouver will be announced in the coming weeks, according to the announcement.

As previously reported, the tour will feature a general admission floor, as was implemented on 2001's "Elevation Tour." General admission tickets will be priced at $49.50, with other price points varying by city.

In an interview with Billboard.com, U2 manager Paul McGuinness said a live DVD of the tour was planned for release around the end of the tour, and that the band was exploring the possibility of making recordings of each show available online, possibly through their partnership with Apple Computer's iTunes store.

The entirety of the North American run will take place at indoor arenas, from whence the band will move to a 14-city stadium tour of Europe, kicking that leg off June 10 in Brussels and continuing through August 14 in Lisbon. A second North American leg is expected to follow Europe, though no dates or time window for that leg has been announced.

Members of the official U2 fan club will get access to some seats before the general public sale via a pre-sale system coordinated between the band and Ticketmaster. Fan club presales are set to begin Tuesday (1/25). (Ticketmaster is the parent company of liveDaily).