Will U2 make it to Denver?
The band has already postponed its upcoming show in Salt Lake City due to lead singer Bono’s accident during rehearsals in Germany. The Denver show at Invesco Field is supposed to happen just nine days later on June 12.
Band management announced earlier today that frontman Bono underwent emergency back surgery in a Munich hospital after he was injured while preparing for the group’s tour. The 50-year-old, whose real name is Paul Hewson, is under the care of neurosurgeon Dr. Joerg Tonn and Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt, according to a statement on U2’s website.
Band manager Paul McGuinness, in an MP3 posted on the website, said Friday that because of the injury, the band’s “360-Degree” June 3 show in Salt Lake City, Utah, would have to wait. It was not immediately clear if other dates also were canceled.
U2’s United States tour is scheduled to stop in Anaheim, Calif. on June 6 and 7 and followed by the Denver date. That’s not a long time to recover.
The local offices of Live Nation, which is presenting the show here, had no comment on Friday.
McGuinness says, “We hope to get things resolved as soon as possible.”
Updates will appear on the band’s website:
