{"id":9950,"date":"2015-09-09T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2015-09-09T08:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T07:47:33","slug":"u2-brings-innocence-experience-tour-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/09\/u2-brings-innocence-experience-tour-home\/","title":{"rendered":"U2 brings iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>U2\u2019s sold out <strong>iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE <\/strong> European Tour 2015 will finish with six home shows, being Belfast on 18<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 19<sup>th<\/sup> November and four shows in Dublin on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> + 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 27<sup>th<\/sup> + 28<sup>th<\/sup> November 2015.<\/h1>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9951\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/press7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9951\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/press7-1023x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit - Sam Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is the first time the band will perform songs from their recent album <strong>Songs of Innocence<\/strong> to a home crowd. The album released last year, charts the group\u2019s earliest experiences of growing up in Dublin influenced by 70s rock, punk and early 80s electronica and gives insight into how and why U2 came together. With its themes of home and family in songs such as Cedarwood Road, Iris (Hold Me Close) and Raised by Wolves, which deals with the impact of the \u201874 Dublin\/Monaghan bombings, <strong>Songs of Innocence<\/strong> charts the end of the time of innocence for all four band members and their friends, as teens growing up.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Irish shows go on sale at 9am on Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> September, will be limited to 2 per purchaser and are priced from \u00a330 to \u00a3165 for Belfast and from \u20ac30 to \u20ac185 in Dublin, plus charges. Tickets can be bought at the 3Arena and SSE Arena box offices and online, with floor tickets being sold with the Paperless Ticket system, to ensure fans have access to tickets at face value. A limited number of student-priced floor tickets will be available for sale online. For full details see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.U2.com\/tour\">www.U2.com\/tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u20ac2,000,000 (\u20ac2 million) from these concerts will go to <strong>Music Generation<\/strong>, Ireland\u2019s National Music Education Programme which currently provides high quality subsidised music tuition to some 26,000 children and young people. <strong>Music Generation<\/strong> was originally set up with \u20ac5m funding from U2\u2019s Croke Park shows in 2009, along with a further \u20ac2m raised by The Ireland Funds.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the 18 years that I have worked with U2, the home shows are always very special. These shows promise to be brilliant.\u201d \u2013 Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring Live Nation Entertainment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Finding venues to take this show is actually quite tricky and we\u2019re grateful to our overworked crew who finally cracked the reconfiguring to fit these venues.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 The Edge<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>iNNOCENCE + Experience Tour <\/strong>kicked off in May in Vancouver to rave reviews and the US leg saw the band joined onstage by specials guests including Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga, as they performed songs from across their career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dublin and Belfast dates are:<\/strong> Wed, 18<sup>th<\/sup> and Thurs, 19<sup>th<\/sup> November &#8211; Belfast \u2013 SSE Arena<\/p>\n<p>Mon 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, Tues 24<sup>th<\/sup>, Fri 27<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; Sat 28<sup>th<\/sup> November &#8211; Dublin \u2013 3Arena<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2\u2019s sold out iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE European Tour 2015 will finish with six home shows, being Belfast on 18th &amp; 19th November and four shows in Dublin on 23rd + 24th, 27th + 28th November 2015. 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