U2 announce six Irish gigs to finish European tour

U2 will finish their European tour with six homecoming gigs in Ireland, the band has announced.
Despite doubts over the suitability of venues for their Innocence + Experience shows, the rock stars have revealed two dates in Belfast and four in their native Dublin.
The band will play Belfast’s SSE Arena on November 18 and 19 before four nights at Dublin’s 3Arena on November 23, 24, 27 and 28.
Tickets for the shows go on sale at 9am next Monday.
The album released last year charts the group’s earliest experiences growing up in Dublin influenced by 70s rock, punk and early 80s electronica.
Over the weekend, the band said they were doing everything in their power to take the world tour to Ireland – with The Edge saying not playing to a home crowd would be a “huge disappointment”.
The Innocence + Experience tour is only suitable for particular types of venue, the rock stars claimed, and fans were concerned its unique set would not fit in any indoor arena south of the Irish border.
In Turin on Saturday, The Edge told the Press Association: “This show is designed for a type of venue and unfortunately there isn’t one, certainly in the south. I think there might be one in the Belfast area, so we’re looking at that as well.
“But you can’t invent a venue. It’s either there or it isn’t. So, we’re doing a lot of head-scratching right now to see if we can figure out something.”
The band has just kicked off the European leg of their world tour and will be playing a string of dates at The O2 in London and dates in Glasgow before playing Paris in November.