'We've lost a family member,' says Bono

U2's longtime tour manager Dennis Sheehan died overnight in a hotel room in Los Angeles, where the band is scheduled to play tonight.

U2's longtime tour manager Dennis Sheehan died overnight in a hotel room in Los Angeles, where the band is scheduled to play tonight.

"We've lost a family member, we're still taking it in," Bono said in a statement on U2's website. "He wasn't just a legend in the music business, he was a legend in our band. He is irreplaceable."

Sheehan, who had worked with U2 since 1982, was pronounced dead at Los Angeles'Sunset Marquis Hotel early Wednesday morning after paramedics were called to his hotel room for a reported cardiac arrest.

U2 had finished the first of a five-night run at The Forum just a few hours before. The group is in the middle of the North American leg of its Innocence + Experience Tour, which launched May 14.