U2′s longtime tour manager Dennis Sheehan has been found dead a day after the band kicked off a five-night stint in the Los Angeles area.

Bono posted a statement about Sheehan’s death on his website today, saying: “We lost a family member, we’re still taking it in”.

Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Chris Reade said first responders were called at around 5.30am local time to reports of a man in cardiac arrest.

Sheehan was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner’s investigators are at the hotel.

He managed U2′s tours for more than three decades.

Larry Mullen Jr., from left, The Edge, Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 perform at the Innocence + Experience Tour at The Forum on Tuesday, May 26, 2015
The band are on tour at the moment (Rich Fury/Invision/PA)

Bono said he “was a legend in our band. He is irreplaceable.”

The Irish quartet brought their Innocence & Experience tour to The Forum in Inglewood, California, yesterday, the first of five nights in the Los Angeles area.