The Dublin rumours continue to flow in, though this one may be a bit disappointing to most of you. We reported earlier this week on a rumour that U2 would soon announce at least five shows at Dublin's 3Arena for December. However, another article has sought to quash that.

The Irish Daily Star quotes unnamed "U2 sources" as stating that U2 won't be performing shows in Dublin during December, but that they will play Dublin at "the end of the year".

Given that the already-announced dates of the Innocence + Experience Tour keep U2 occupied through to the middle of November, that can only mean U2 will play Dublin in the second half of November.

This report goes on to state that dates won't be fixed "until June or so", and that there will be "as many as five concerts" - not quite the ten of previous rumours.

Earlier this month, we used the 3Arena's schedule to guess when concerts might be. Since we did that, one extra show has been announced in the late November window: Simple Minds on 29 November. That leaves U2 with just 21-28 November to squeeze in between Van Morrison and Simple Minds, which if they keep the two shows/two rest days pattern means only four gigs can squeeze in. It is, of course, possible to fit five if they vary the pattern.

We will keep you updated with rumours and news as they come in.

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Axver