Lenny Kravitz, The Fray, Interpol Opening For U2

The openers for some of U2's upcoming summer dates couldn't be much different.

Alt.funk rocker Lenny Kravitz, Joy Division-influenced nu-post-punks Interpol and piano rockers The Fray have all been tapped to warm the 360 stage up for the Irish quartet at select shows in June and July.

They won't all play on the same bill. Kravitz will open U2's shows from June 3 to 12, while The Fray will do the honours from June 16 to 23, including a date at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Interpol will finish things off from June 27 to July 12, and will be on hand when U2 play Toronto's Rogers Centre on July 3.

Openers for U2's July 16 and 17 shows at Montreal's Hippodrome and East Rutherford, N.J.'s New Meadowlands Stadium have not yet been announced.

Interpol are preparing to release their first album since 2007's Our Love To Admire, and the shows with U2 will be their first gigs since 2008.

Although there's little known about the new album so far, bassist Carlos D has written orchestral arrangements for it, according to Spin.com, and frontman Paul Banks says the as-yet-untitled disc is "elegant."

Kravitz is planning to release his ninth studio album, Negrophilia, sometime this year, though it's not known when it'll be out either. It's said to be a funk-rock album and he told New York Magazine the title comes from a book he read about the fascination French people have with black musicians.

"When I made my first album, the Americans didn't know what to do with me," Kravitz told the magazine.

"Here's a black Jew, light-skinned, he's not doing hip-hop. I didn't fit in any box, because America's all about formats, and Paris was one of the first places I went. And they accepted me, like being Josephine Baker or any jazz artist or whoever."

The Fray released their self-titled sophomore album last year. It's since gone gold in the U.S., Canada and Australia. They began working on its follow-up last summer.

You can see U2 here:

June 3 Salt Lake City, UT @ Rice Eccles Stadium at University Of Utah w/ Lenny Kravitz
June 6-7 Anaheim, CA @ Angel Stadium Of Anaheim w/ Lenny Kravitz
June 12 Denver, CO @ Invesco Field at Mile High w/ Lenny Kravitz
June 16 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Coliseum w/ The Fray
June 20 Seattle, WA @ Qwest Field w/ The Fray
June 23 Edmonton, AB @ Commonwealth Stadium w/ The Fray
June 27 Minneapolis, MN @ TCF Bank Stadium w/ Interpol
June 30 East Lansing, MI @ Spartan Stadium w/ Interpol
July 3 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre w/ Interpol
July 6 Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field w/ Interpol
July 9 Opa-Locka, FL @ Land Shark Stadium w/ Interpol
July 12 Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field w/ Interpol
July 16-17 Montreal, QC @ Hippodrome De Montreal
July 19 East Rutherford, NJ @ New Meadowlands Stadium
Aug. 6 Turin, Italy @ Stadio Olimpico Di Torino
Aug. 10 Frankfurt, Germany @ Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt Am Main
Aug. 12 Hannover, Germany @ AWD-Arena
Aug. 15-16 Horsens, Denmark @ CASA Arena Horsens
Aug. 20-21 Helsinki, Finland @ Helsingfors Olympiastadion
Aug. 25 Moscow, Russia @ Luzhniki Stadium
Aug. 30 Vienna, Austria @ Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Sept. 3 Athens, Greece @ Olympic Stadium
Sept. 6 Istanbul, Turkey @ Ataturk Olympic Stadium
Sept. 11-12 Zurich, Switzerland @ Stadion Letzigrund
Sept. 15 Munich, Germany @ Olympic Stadium
Sept. 18 Paris, France @ Stade De France
Sept. 22-23 Brussels, Belgium @ Stade Roi Baudoin
Sept. 26 San Sebastian, Spain @ Estadop Anoeta
Sept. 29 Seville, Spain @ Estadio Olimpico De Sevilla
Oct. 2-3 Coimbra, Portugal @ Estadio Cidade De Coimbra
Oct. 8 Rome, Italy @ Stadio Olimpico