U2 reschedule Australian dates

U2 hopes to make up its recently-postponed Australian tour dates in November. The band was forced to scrub several shows because of a family illness. According to U2.com, frontman Bono felt bad about scrapping the tour, saying, "I can't really get into details why. There was a lot of distress and angst and the good news is I can announce tonight we are coming back, looks like November and that's a great relief for me." Although there's no definitive details about the family illness, Bono said it has affected the entire band, explaining, "Our music does come out of a very tight community," he said. "So if one of us is going through it we're all going through it."

The sold-out shows would have been the band's first visit to Australia and New Zealand since its Popmart tour in 1998.
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