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"U2 have postponed the remaining March and April dates of their Vertigo tour --including stops in Australia, New Zealand,  Japan and Hawaii -- &amp;quot;due to the illness of an immediate family member of one of the band,&amp;quot; tour promoter Arthur Fogel said. Specifics were not disclosed.\r\n&amp;quot;Any fan of U2 will realize that this decision has not been taken lightly,&amp;quot; Fogel added. Further details will be announced soon.\r\nThe launch of the Rock &amp;amp; Roll Hall of Famers&amp;apos; 2005 Vertigo world tour, in support of the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning How to Dismantle an Atomic  Bomb, was initially postponed due to family illness. Despite the rocky start -- which included a pre-sale ticket snafu -- the jaunt earned the band $139 million, landing the Irish group at the top of Rolling Stone&amp;apos;s annual list of rock&amp;apos;s top earners."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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