U2 :(
All Australian concerts postponed :(. Have known since an hour after the announcement - my brother Neal, who was going to the Adelaide concert, texted me with the bad bad bad news.
Postponment is probably due to the illness of The Edge's (Dave Evans) daugher. She has leukaemia, and has since early last year.
And I thought I was going pretty all out to see the Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney shows. One girl was going to all the Oz and NZ concerts:
Herald Sun - U2 shock as illness derails superstars
... The decision to postpone was made at the last minute, with frontman Bono already holidaying in Sydney with his family...
Fan Georgia Everett, 32, spent nearly $5000 on tickets, flights and accommodation to see every U2 show in Australia and New Zealand.
Her friends planned to fly from the UK and US for the final leg of the Vertigo world tour. Many of the flights and hotel bookings were non-refundable.
"I'm devastated," said Georgia, of Maribyrnong.
"All the fans I know are devastated, but obviously there's a very, very good reason for it being postponed and it's completely understandable.
"We pray Edge's daughter will get better.
"We're torn. We feel bad we'll miss out, but we feel worse because of the reason.
"For them to make this decision would have been heart-wrenching. Everyone was so excited, they're the greatest band in the world."
Guess I will have to stick with watching the Vertigo//2005 U2: Live from Chicago and U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Caste DVDs ...
Postponment is probably due to the illness of The Edge's (Dave Evans) daugher. She has leukaemia, and has since early last year.
And I thought I was going pretty all out to see the Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney shows. One girl was going to all the Oz and NZ concerts:
Herald Sun - U2 shock as illness derails superstars
... The decision to postpone was made at the last minute, with frontman Bono already holidaying in Sydney with his family...
Fan Georgia Everett, 32, spent nearly $5000 on tickets, flights and accommodation to see every U2 show in Australia and New Zealand.
Her friends planned to fly from the UK and US for the final leg of the Vertigo world tour. Many of the flights and hotel bookings were non-refundable.
"I'm devastated," said Georgia, of Maribyrnong.
"All the fans I know are devastated, but obviously there's a very, very good reason for it being postponed and it's completely understandable.
"We pray Edge's daughter will get better.
"We're torn. We feel bad we'll miss out, but we feel worse because of the reason.
"For them to make this decision would have been heart-wrenching. Everyone was so excited, they're the greatest band in the world."
Guess I will have to stick with watching the Vertigo//2005 U2: Live from Chicago and U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Caste DVDs ...