Tour Dates announced for Australia and New Zealand. U2360° will visit Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and include  U2's first Perth date since Popmart in 1998.

A sea of white flags as the band arrived on stage for the first of two shows in Helsinki tonight - and shining brightly in the set list,  North Star.

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New Show Date: Thursday September 30th, Olympic Stadium

'Sometimes I feel like checking out...' If there was one track everyone's been missing since the 2009 shows it's been Ultraviolet. Tonight it was back in the show.

Coming to the second show in Horsens tonight? Keep us posted with your tweets. If you're not at the show, follow it live online in Zootopia.

'Thank you for having us back to your land of islands…' Great show in Denmark tonight from The Return of the Stringray Guitar to Moment of Surrender.

Second of three shows in Germany this summer tour and Hannover is jumping. Christian Wulff the President of the Federal Republic of Germany is here, along with Wim Wenders, the President of German movie directors.

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In Frankfurt, Germany it is U2360 time for the second show of the 2010 European tour. And Bono is 'made in Germany'. Were you in the house tonight ?

'Spider-man Turn Off The Dark' will open on Broadway this December. Directed by Julie Taymor, with new music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, the new show will star Jennifer Damiano, Patrick Page and Reeve Carney. Ticket presales begin this week.

The bridge is in place at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt. Load-in is complete and we're all set for tonight's show. New video.

Onstage and backstage in Turin as the 2010 tour opens in Italy. (Pizza anyone ?)

'Bono's restored energy was dramatic confirmation that U2's world tour, now set to run into next year, was only interrupted, not derailed.' Rolling Stone on the opening night in Turin.

It was like they'd never been away. Opening up with a brand new track, one of three in the set, U2 returned to the stage in Turin tonight with a blistering 24-song performance. 'It's very good to be back with you, 'said Bono. 'Bellissimo Torino...'

Just a few hours until the 2010 European Tour kicks off in Turin and the excitement is building in and around the Stadio Olimpico.

The wait is almost over and anticipation is building in Turin. Tomorrow night the tour kicks off and outside the stadium, some people are hoping to have a word.

On the bass... Adam Clayton.

On the drums... Larry Mullen Jr.

The Edge is in the house.

Deep in the darkness of a rock'n'roll stage, hidden among flight cases, something strange this way comes. (Five days until opening night...)

The sun is up in Turin, the crew are on stage and the scene is set for the arrival of the band. On the drums...

Imagine you'd never seen this before. What do you think it could be? Seven days and counting until the opening night in Turin.

No need to wait until the end of the world. Just until the end of next week. Countdown Day Eight.

Anything in this scene seem familiar ? Nine days until showtime and the build is underway at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin.