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Irish band U2 will play in New Zealand in November after rescheduling the Australasian leg of their tour.
A spokesman for the band's promoter in New Zealand said last night that an announcement of details of the tour would be made within days.
The U2 Auckland concerts for Friday and Saturday were among 10 postponed last Thursday after an immediate family member of one of the band fell ill.
The band's frontman, Bono, said on Australian television last night that the Vertigo Tour would resume Downunder in November.
Bono was in Sydney for a short break before the scheduled start of the Vertigo Tour Australasian concerts and stayed on following the decision to postpone the 10 concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Hawaii.
Although there has been no confirmation about which band member could not continue with the tour, the speculation was that the daughter of guitarist The Edge was seriously ill.
"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," Bono said on the ABC show Enough Rope.
New Zealand fans will be on tenterhooks waiting for the decision, as the angst over the postponed concerts continues.
Telecom says U2 song Beautiful Day had been in the top 10 caller tune downloads since the concert was announced, but rather than falling off the chart once the concert was pulled, it was joined by With or Without You.
Meanwhile, another international band, Foreigner, has cancelled the New Zealand leg of its tour as well as part of its Australian tour.
The soft rock group pulled out of its May 25 concert at the Aotea Centre and three Australian shows, to play a concert back in the United States.
The band produced hits including Cold as Ice, and I Want to Know What Love Is.
It is the second time recently that Foreigner have ditched concerts. Last month, they put off a concert in Palm Desert so they could go on the TV show Rock Star.
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