U2 sets new date for HBO concert in Paris

Maria Puente | USA TODAY

The U2-on-HBO concert in Paris postponed in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks has been rescheduled to Monday, Dec. 7, the band and HBO announced Monday.

U2: Innocence + Experience Live in Paris, the first HBO concert special by the Grammy-winning band, originally was supposed to be seen on Nov. 15, two days after multiple attacks in the French capital resulted in 130 deaths and hundreds more injured by suicide bombers and gun-toting terrorists.

Now the exclusive presentation will be available in two weeks on HBO GO and HBO NOW simultaneously with its world premiere on HBO.

The concert will be shot live at the Accorhotels Arena in Paris and will air exclusively on HBO that same day at 9:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT.

"So much that was taken from Paris on the tragic night of November 13th is irreplaceable," band frontman Bono said in a statement. "For one night, the killers took lives, took music, took peace of mind – but they couldn’t steal the spirit of that city.

"It’s a spirit our band knows well and will try to serve when we return for the postponed shows on Dec. 6th and 7th. We’re going to put on our best for Paris.”

Arthur Fogel, the tour promoter‎ and producer said in a statement on the band's website that, "The band wanted us to reschedule as soon as possible so that they could honor the commitment to their audience."

Because of the change in schedule, HBO's presentation of Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists, which was originally scheduled for Dec. 7, will be postponed to a date to be announced.

Besides the HBO show, the band also postponed their Nov. 14th concert after the attacks; this one will take place on Sunday, Dec. 6 instead.

In-person tickets for the Nov. 14th performance will be valid for the December 6th event. Tickets for the Nov. 15th performance will be valid for the Dec. 7th event.

The band's Innocence + Experience tour launched on May 14 and included an extensive North American leg of more than a dozen cities.

But the tour has not been without tragedy: Only a week after launch, U2's longtime tour manager, Dennis Sheehan, died overnight in a hotel room in Los Angeles where the band had been scheduled to play.

"We've lost a family member, we're still taking it in," Bono said at the time in a website statement. "He wasn't just a legend in the music business, he was a legend in our band. He is irreplaceable."

And on opening night, The Edge fell off the stage, suffering cuts and scrapes.