Dennis Sheehan , the group 's tour manager since 1982 , died in Los Angeles on 27 May 2015 while on tour with the band . He was 68 years old . Bono said , " We 've lost a family member , we 're still taking it in . He was n't just a legend in the music business , he was a legend in our band . He is irreplaceable . " The group 's 20 September 2015 show in Stockholm was postponed until later that week after an arena security breach that required police to evacuate the building and search for a suspect . Less than two months later , attacks in Paris on 13 November forced the postponement of two of U2 's shows in the city scheduled for 14 and 15 November ; the shows were rescheduled for 6 and 7 December , making them the final dates of the European leg of the tour . According to tour producer Arthur Fogel , " minimal " refunds were requested ( 3,000 of the 34,000 tickets sold ) . The rescheduling posed logistical challenges for the band , as the tour was supposed to end in Dublin more than a week prior to the new Paris dates , and crew members and equipment had been set to disperse . Arena security was bolstered for the rescheduled shows . Writing about U2 's plan to return to a Paris still on high alert , Don Kaplan of the '' New York Daily News '' said , " The Dublin band , born in the crucible of violence that gripped Ireland in the 1970s and '80s , has long collaborated with other musicians , artists , celebrities , and politicians to address issues concerning poverty , disease , and social injustice . That they 've now opted to challenge terrorism and fear should surprise absolutely no one . " U2 originally began the Innocence Experience Tour with the intent to tour in two phases , one with material primarily taken from '' Songs of Innocence '' and one with material that would eventually be from its follow-up , '' Songs of Experience '' . Bassist Adam Clayton said , " By the time we finished the '' Innocence '' tour and came full circle to focus on the '' Songs of Experience '' album , it was clear we were n't going to be able to flip it really quickly into the '' Experience '' side of the material and put it right back out on tour . " When asked about plans to continue the Innocence Experience Tour after the Joshua Tree Tour 2017 , the Edge said , " We feel like that tour was n't finished . So right now , we 'd love to finish that tour . I would imagine it 's gon na be with very similar production components ... But we like that tour and that project was n't completed . It is still alive in our minds creatively . " On 1 November 2017 , the band announced the Experience Innocence Tour as a sequel to the Innocence Experience Tour , with concerts in North America and Europe in 2018 to support '' Songs of Experience ''
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November 2015 Paris attacks
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