On 30 April, the band played the Pontiac Silverdome, their first headlining stadium show in the United States. The tour ended on 20 December back where it started in Tempe, Arizona, but this time at Sun Devil Stadium. The third leg returned to American and Canadian arenas and stadiums in the autumn. The final show of the European leg is at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork on 8 August.
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The second leg in European arenas and outdoor stadiums ran from late May through to early August, starting at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome on 27 May. The first leg finished with 5 concerts at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford between 11 and 16 May. 1,063 tickets from Las Vegas remained unsold equating to a 99.77% sellout for the 1st American leg. The 29 concerts generated US$7,501,329 with a total of 465,452 tickets sold. The first leg took place in American indoor arenas during April and May. He had fully regained his voice for the second of the two shows at the arena on 4 April. At the time, it was explained by their publicists in a press release that it was due to the week of rehearsals the band held at A.S.U.'s Activity Center and he had over rehearsed his voice. He asked the audience to help him sing the majority of the set, which they were happy to do. Bono had partially lost his voice as a result. The day before the opening night, Bono fell onto a spotlight he was carrying during a rendition of "Bullet the Blue Sky", cutting open his chin.
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This tour's opening night was 2 April at Arizona State University's Activity Center in Tempe, Arizona. Fans waiting for U2 outside Hartford Civic Center May 1987