I'm not saying the tour was bad - I went along and enjoyed my show - but "tour of the year"? I love seeing U2 live but this was their least memorable show since Vertigo. Surely there were better contenders of acts touring new material who should have been considered for tour of the year?
Yes but would they have given these awards as much media coverage.
Awards IMO are largely pointless/meaningless (a small number of exceptions aside) they are self serving and more and more these days just promotional vehicles - that is why there are so many of them.
The credibility of a lot of them is zero - but they generate social media clicks etc and raise brand awareness etc...