Members of international U2 fan-club were the first to rush to the box offices as they opened on December 9. Starting from Friday, December 11, wider audiences (meaning everyone else) could go to the expense of buying a ticket long in advance.

“Though it’s over half a year to the show, tickets sales have already opened. [Demand] for the U2 concert… has already broken all sale-records for concerts in Russia,” the organizers’ press-service says.

According to their information, within the first two hours of the first day of sales, 1,223 tickets were either sold or booked. By the end of the first day, that figure rose to 4,200 tickets. And by the end of the third day, the press-service reports “kind of a record – 8,650 tickets."

Bono and his band will arrive to the Russian capital within the limits of their world 360 Degree Tour, in support of their 12th studio album “No Line on the Horizon”.

The official price for the tickets in Moscow varies from 1,500 to 11,000 rubles (US$50–365).
As the organizers’ spokesperson assures, U2 put “very strict demands concerning ticket prices” in front of them, despite “the show being the most expensive in the world” – 200 trucks are carrying the equipment for it to Moscow, and the crew consists of 700 people.

The 360 Degree Tour started on June 30, 2009 in Barcelona. Within the tour the band will visit 31 cities in Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Croatia, Great Britain and the USA. Additional concerts are planned for 2010. Moscow’s is among them and will take place at Luzhniki arena on August 25.