According to U2's Web site www.u2.com, the band hopes to make an official announcement on specific dates "very soon."

The Vertigo tour's final shows — including an Aloha Stadium date on April 8 — were postponed last week when an immediate family member of someone in the band fell ill. Honolulu fans were advised to hold on to their tickets and wait for a new date.

Bono commented about rescheduling the postponed shows on Australian TV's "Enough Rope" show, saying that he didn't want to leave the country without confirming the band's intention to make up the shows.

"I can't really get into details why," Bono said, answering a question on the family illness that postponed the dates. "The good news is I think I can announce tonight we are coming back, looks like November and that's a great relief to me."

Bono did not want to comment on which U2 member's immediate family member was ill but said, "Our music does come out of (a) very tight community. So if one of us is going through it we're all going through it."

Last week's postponement affected U2 shows in New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Hawai'i.