The pre-sale to U2.com members for the final two US shows will take place on Friday this week, not Thursday as previously announced.

Many U2.com members will have received an e-mail today, Wednesday, announcing details of the special registered members pre-sale of tickets to the New York and New Jersey shows. The e-mail announced that the sale would begin 10am EST Thursday - but this is not the case.

In observance of the Yom Kippur holiday, the pre-sale will take place on FRIDAY September 28th at 10am EST.

If, as a registered member, you received this e-mail, everything else in the announcement - notably the password - is still valid. We apologise for the confusion.

So, if you want to participate in the pre-sale as a member of U2.com, it is Friday morning when it begins.

And if you are not lucky in the pre-sale - or if you are not a registered member - then it is Monday that the public onsale begins for the two shows in question, which are :

Oct. 24, New York, NY Madison Square Garden, Oct. 28, E. Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena