I am getting majorly psyched for Saturday's show in Moncton! I hope they play all night and pull out some surprises; last show of this long and record breaking tour; playing a place they've never even come near before; Arcade Fire opening; beautiful natural sloping field/amphitheatre with stands built to make it like a 360 stadium; and hopes of 100,000 people attending!
rick1zoo2
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what an amazing show!!!!!!!!!!!! This time for GA, we waited until after 6pm to go in, went all the way to the back of the stage, watched the band come in, then went to the side, behind the red zone area on Adam's side and watched the show from there. We had plenty of room, and a rail to hang onto, it was perfect. Had two of my sons with us, we had a great time! Check out the last song they played!
U2360° Pittsburgh 072611
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
Stay (Faraway So Close)
Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
Elevation
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy if I don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix) / Miss You (snippet) / Discotheque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet) / Please (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
One / Hallelujah (snippet)
Where the Streets Have no Name
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender Bad / Walk on the Wild Side (snippet) / "40" (snippet)
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
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wish they didn't wait till the last 1(2) shows of the tour before playing bad
was the statue of jesus still there??
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rick1zoo2
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Here are a few pictures from Pittsburgh:
outside the stadium, band arrived with a police escort, then Bono and Edge came out, shook hands and signed a few things:
We had GA tickets and when we went in our friend suggested we go all the way to the back, behind the stage to see the band come on. This is a picture my son took, I made a cool video, but not sure how to get that on here:
After they came on stage we went around the side, on the rail behind the Red Zone area on Adam's side. I was surprised they let us stay there, it was a perfect spot!:
During City of Blinding Lights, Bono pulled up a boy from the crowd (my youngest son was jealous):
For With Or Without You, Bono pulled a couple that had been to 60 shows, they danced during the song:
After the show, it was amazing how fast they started tearing down. It looked like an army of ants scrambling all over:
I am getting majorly psyched for Saturday's show in Moncton! I hope they play all night and pull out some surprises; last show of this long and record breaking tour; playing a place they've never even come near before; Arcade Fire opening; beautiful natural sloping field/amphitheatre with stands built to make it like a 360 stadium; and hopes of 100,000 people attending!
It won't sell out, as they plan to cap it at 100K; you should definitely come up, great spot, forecast calling for a little rain though.
Pretty excited for the show tomorrow; except for the fact that I have an Ultimate Frisbee Keg Party tonight; gonna be a rough weekend.
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rick1zoo2
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July 30, 2011 - Moncton, NB, CA (Magnetic Hill Music Festival) with Carney, Arcade Fire
360 Tour Closer
SET LIST
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/ Springhill Mining Disaster (snippet)
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight /Discotheque (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
ENCORE
One
Hallelujah (snippet) /Where The Streets Have No Name
ENCORE 2
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender
Out Of Control
40
Here's a cut and paste from a Google message group from 2009.
michael schey" wrote:
>I was listening to one of the new U2 Milan shows today and during one
> of the songs (I forgot which one) he said something like "...let's
> hear it for xxxxxxx under the stage" and then there was a keyboard
> solo played.
> It has long been rumoured that U2 has employed other musicians off
> stage over the years.
> Alot of bands now tour with extra musicians, putting them right on the
> stage with them. REM, Green Day, Fleetwood Mac, etc.
> Except for vanity and the whole 'band as a 4 piece unit thing' I can't
> think of why U2 won't put the extra members on stage if they are
> playing a part.
Yeah, most fans are a bit mystified why they still insist on keeping the
"help" offstage when it's a poorly kept secret to even the most casual
listener at their shows.
It's really no mystery U2 has been using live "help" off stage since the
ZooTV tour in '92. In fact, their drum tech played "backing drums" offstage
during "Desire" on the '89 Lovetown tour and can be seen behind The Edge's
amps playing in some bootleg videos from that tour. And going even further
back, they've used pre-recorded backing tapes since the Unforgettable Fire
tour in '84.
There was a notorious article in Spin Magazine (I think) during the first
leg of the ZooTV tour where the author (who I think had a relationship with
someone in support band The Pixies) kind of blew the cover on this when he
described The Edge's guitar tech Dallas Shoo playing some keyboards in The
Edges' guitar "pit" as well as triggering some of The Edge's guitar effects
peddles. Since then, they've also used a dedicated offstage keyboard
player/programmer, and I think that person at least for the last couple
tours has been Terry Lawless. There's a ton of videos on YouTube that
illustrate how vital Dallas is to The Edge including this one:
And U2 isn't the only major band hiding the "help." For instance, Van Halen
has been using a offstage keyboard player since 1991.
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That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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Rick, those are some amazing shots you got in Pittsburgh. Nice to see them end the tour with 40.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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rick1zoo2
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Rick, those are some amazing shots you got in Pittsburgh. Nice to see them end the tour with 40.
thanks Chris. I just cannot get over how amazing the shows were! This leg was much better than 2009, and that is saying a lot, since those shows were great too.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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rick1zoo2
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they really need to make an official DVD from this last leg of the tour:
I hope so. They've done two DVDs for Elevation and Vertigo.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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rick1zoo2
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Interesting article, these guys are not to far from me:
Only Bono could wake up 500,000 people in the mid day heat
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Only Bono could wake up 500,000 people in the mid day heat
Peace
That's awesome!
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
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Watch the stage being assembled: http://magnetichillmusicfestival.ca/Eve ... Camera.htm
U2360° Pittsburgh 072611
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / The Promised Land (snippet)
Stay (Faraway So Close)
Beautiful Day / Space Oddity (snippet)
Elevation
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy if I don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix) / Miss You (snippet) / Discotheque (snippet) / Life During Wartime (snippet) / Psycho Killer (snippet) / Please (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
One / Hallelujah (snippet)
Where the Streets Have no Name
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender
Bad / Walk on the Wild Side (snippet) / "40" (snippet)
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
was the statue of jesus still there??
outside the stadium, band arrived with a police escort, then Bono and Edge came out, shook hands and signed a few things:
We had GA tickets and when we went in our friend suggested we go all the way to the back, behind the stage to see the band come on. This is a picture my son took, I made a cool video, but not sure how to get that on here:
After they came on stage we went around the side, on the rail behind the Red Zone area on Adam's side. I was surprised they let us stay there, it was a perfect spot!:
During City of Blinding Lights, Bono pulled up a boy from the crowd (my youngest son was jealous):
For With Or Without You, Bono pulled a couple that had been to 60 shows, they danced during the song:
After the show, it was amazing how fast they started tearing down. It looked like an army of ants scrambling all over:
is that really a jesus statue on top? :shock:
ticket drop going on right now! I was able to pull up 8 GA tickets!!! so tempted, it's a 15 hour drive.......
Pretty excited for the show tomorrow; except for the fact that I have an Ultimate Frisbee Keg Party tonight; gonna be a rough weekend.
360 Tour Closer
SET LIST
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Until The End Of The World
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For/ Springhill Mining Disaster (snippet)
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Beautiful Day
Elevation
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight /Discotheque (snippet)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
ENCORE
One
Hallelujah (snippet) /Where The Streets Have No Name
ENCORE 2
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender
Out Of Control
40
"how long.......to sing this song?
Here's a cut and paste from a Google message group from 2009.
michael schey" wrote:
>I was listening to one of the new U2 Milan shows today and during one
> of the songs (I forgot which one) he said something like "...let's
> hear it for xxxxxxx under the stage" and then there was a keyboard
> solo played.
> It has long been rumoured that U2 has employed other musicians off
> stage over the years.
> Alot of bands now tour with extra musicians, putting them right on the
> stage with them. REM, Green Day, Fleetwood Mac, etc.
> Except for vanity and the whole 'band as a 4 piece unit thing' I can't
> think of why U2 won't put the extra members on stage if they are
> playing a part.
Yeah, most fans are a bit mystified why they still insist on keeping the
"help" offstage when it's a poorly kept secret to even the most casual
listener at their shows.
It's really no mystery U2 has been using live "help" off stage since the
ZooTV tour in '92. In fact, their drum tech played "backing drums" offstage
during "Desire" on the '89 Lovetown tour and can be seen behind The Edge's
amps playing in some bootleg videos from that tour. And going even further
back, they've used pre-recorded backing tapes since the Unforgettable Fire
tour in '84.
There was a notorious article in Spin Magazine (I think) during the first
leg of the ZooTV tour where the author (who I think had a relationship with
someone in support band The Pixies) kind of blew the cover on this when he
described The Edge's guitar tech Dallas Shoo playing some keyboards in The
Edges' guitar "pit" as well as triggering some of The Edge's guitar effects
peddles. Since then, they've also used a dedicated offstage keyboard
player/programmer, and I think that person at least for the last couple
tours has been Terry Lawless. There's a ton of videos on YouTube that
illustrate how vital Dallas is to The Edge including this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkg_H2wM ... re=related
And U2 isn't the only major band hiding the "help." For instance, Van Halen
has been using a offstage keyboard player since 1991.
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
ORGAN DONATION SAVES LIVES
http://www.UNOS.org
Donate Organs and Save a Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5DGFgAH ... r_embedded
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
thanks Chris. I just cannot get over how amazing the shows were! This leg was much better than 2009, and that is saying a lot, since those shows were great too.
check out this article:
http://rockhall.com/blog/post/6247_a-ni ... forgotten/
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... 60-tour-/1
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIxY3YdN ... r_embedded
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2011 ... th-u2.html
Only U2 and Bono can pull off such theatrics live in concert....remember this one in 1983...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHa5I40ovdM
Only Bono could wake up 500,000 people in the mid day heat
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful