U2 - Welcome back to North America

MysteryTrain

The Fixer wrote:

rick1zoo2 wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I'm going to the Linc on 7/14. Never saw U2 before - guess it's kind of a bucket list kind of thing.

Don't they play the same setlist the whole tour? If so it seems odd to go see them so many times...

I think you will enjoy it. Do you have seats or will you be on the field?

I think Pearl Jam is an exception with set list variety

Springsteen is also great with setlist variety.

I'm not a big U2 fan, but I'd like to see them live. I don't mind paying money for good seats at shows (I'm kind of a ticket snob with sports and concerts). I looked at tix to the philly show, but I thought the prices were outrageous. I got tickets for all four PJ spectrum shows for less than it would have cost me for a pair of U2 tickets.

what is the face for the U2 shows? wasn't it something like $200 per ticket?

Yeah, that's why GA is the best way to go. Or if you want an outstanding view of the show, you can sit behind the stage. If i'm not wrong, those are the cheapest.

Johnny Abruzzo

The Fixer wrote:

rick1zoo2 wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I'm going to the Linc on 7/14. Never saw U2 before - guess it's kind of a bucket list kind of thing.

Don't they play the same setlist the whole tour? If so it seems odd to go see them so many times...

I think you will enjoy it. Do you have seats or will you be on the field?

I think Pearl Jam is an exception with set list variety

Springsteen is also great with setlist variety.

I'm not a big U2 fan, but I'd like to see them live. I don't mind paying money for good seats at shows (I'm kind of a ticket snob with sports and concerts). I looked at tix to the philly show, but I thought the prices were outrageous. I got tickets for all four PJ spectrum shows for less than it would have cost me for a pair of U2 tickets.

what is the face for the U2 shows? wasn't it something like $200 per ticket?

Don't think we paid nearly that much. Had those tickets since the Bronze Age.

rick1zoo2

May 11, 2011 Mexico City, MX (Azteca Stadium) with Snow Patrol

Attendance around 100,000

SET LIST
Even Better Than The Real Thing
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until The End Of The World
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Beautiful Day
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
ENCORE
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
ENCORE 2
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender

Newch91

rick1zoo2 wrote:

May 11, 2011 Mexico City, MX (Azteca Stadium) with Snow Patrol

Attendance around 100,000

SET LIST
Even Better Than The Real Thing
I Will Follow
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until The End Of The World
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Beautiful Day
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
ENCORE
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
ENCORE 2
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender

It's probably just me, but they have to take out the "I'll Go Crazy" remix version. I have the London bootleg from 09 and I just can't listen to it. At least Zooropa was played!!

Newch91

http://www.u2.com/tour/date/id/4550

U2360° took off again in Mexico City tonight and that wasn't the only reason to celebrate.

Ok, so it was actually a day after Bono's birthday but that's a minor detail when you have a stadium full of fans who want to serenade you. Edge led the massed chorus of 'Happy Birthday' and Bono explained that he thinks of his own mother on his birthday, particularly so here as it coincided with Mothers Day. Special mention to Ali, the mother of his own children, who has flown in for the show.

'Mexico, Mexico...'

More signs tonight that this tour is continually reinventing itself, not just with 'Real Thing' now established at the top of the show but with Magnificent getting a new vibe thanks to some cool animation with Archbishop Tutu - the production team have clearly not been taking much time off since the South American dates.

Another surprise came in the middle of 'Crazy' which suddenly metamorphosed into 'Discotheque' (this track knows no limits) while there was a wonderful response for Zooropa, quietly establishing itself in the mix.

The first of three shows in five nights in Mexico City, this was not just one of the loudest audiences we've had to date but one of the highest stadiums we've played in - even edging the mighty 360 stage. Adam sporting a new bass guitar with vibrant red stripes, was on top form - at one point taking hold of a huge flag that had made its way onto the stage and wrapping it around the rest of the band.

Even if you weren't lucky enough to be at the show, there was plenty of debate about the tracklisting on our live feed, none more so than about the rival merits of Ultraviolet or Hold Me Thrill Me - which vie for their place in the set list each night.

'I've always loved UV and wanted to listen to it so bad live,' posted Isamoras. 'But after listening to HMTMKMKM as well, I have to say that it's perfect (for) the show and they should keep it!'

Tonight it was 'Hold Me', followed by (what else?) With Or Without You' which led into a special dedication from Bono before the beautiful closer 'Moment of Surrender'.

'We would like to dedicate this to all those who have lost their loved ones in the violence that is happening in this country. It's happening here and it's happening all over the world. 'Mexico needs to know you are not alone and we are with you.. you are not alone in the darkness. Let's make each light brighter...'

At which point the Azteca Stadium was illuminated with 100,000 cellphones and you couldn't have had a more powerful way to close the night.

So that was the opening night in Mexico, the tenth show of 2011 and the first of the final lap of the tour which will take us through North America until the end of July. Were you at the show tonight? What was the moment you'll never surrender? Add your own review and upload your photos below.

rick1zoo2

MysteryTrain wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

what is the face for the U2 shows? wasn't it something like $200 per ticket?

Yeah, that's why GA is the best way to go. Or if you want an outstanding view of the show, you can sit behind the stage. If i'm not wrong, those are the cheapest.

Cheapest tickets were in the $30 range for nosebleeds at top of stadium. Best value were the GA field for around $55, which I like. They also have reserved for $95 and $275. Their philosophy is that the high priced reserved tickets subsidize the cheaper tickets. One reason I am not doing Metallica at Yankee Stadium is the high ticket price - $250 for front GA, $90 was cheapest.

For this tour, anywhere in the stadium is a great view.

helplessdancer

Newch91 wrote:

It's probably just me, but they have to take out the "I'll Go Crazy" remix version. I have the London bootleg from 09 and I just can't listen to it. At least Zooropa was played!!

it is probably just you. i'll go crazy is a total mind fuck. one of the best parts of the live show...with the lights/stage...crazy good...imo

popmart was a cool tour but i thought the giant lemon was a tad much...that screen that they had on the popmart tour was incredible technology for early 1990's. it made that tour

Newch91

helplessdancer wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

It's probably just me, but they have to take out the "I'll Go Crazy" remix version. I have the London bootleg from 09 and I just can't listen to it. At least Zooropa was played!!

it is probably just you. i'll go crazy is a total mind fuck. one of the best parts of the live show...with the lights/stage...crazy good...imo

popmart was a cool tour but i thought the giant lemon was a tad much...that screen that they had on the popmart tour was incredible technology for early 1990's. it made that tour

Maybe I need to see them live to appreciate I'll Go Crazy live.

That lemon. PopMart was later 90s.

helplessdancer

Newch91 wrote:

helplessdancer wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

It's probably just me, but they have to take out the "I'll Go Crazy" remix version. I have the London bootleg from 09 and I just can't listen to it. At least Zooropa was played!!

it is probably just you. i'll go crazy is a total mind fuck. one of the best parts of the live show...with the lights/stage...crazy good...imo

popmart was a cool tour but i thought the giant lemon was a tad much...that screen that they had on the popmart tour was incredible technology for early 1990's. it made that tour

Maybe I need to see them live to appreciate I'll Go Crazy live.

That lemon. PopMart was later 90s.

ya i got all stoopid re the years popmart was happening...late 1997 was when i saw that tour...welcome to old age i say...there’s less days in the front of the horse, than riding in the back of this cart!

and um YES when u see lets go crazy it WILL click for you. i won't spoil the moment but be prepared to be absolutely blown away at the spectacle of it all :shock: :shock:

Popmartijn

Newch91 wrote:

The PopMart DVD from Mexico City is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMR9N3wxs6Y

Did anyone see them on that tour?

Yeah, that was a great tour. Even better than Zooropa, IMO. The opening night of Zooropa '93 (i.e. the European stadium leg of the Zoo TV tour) was my first U2 concert.

And yes, GA in the USA is about $55 for U2. OK, they also have $250 seats, but I do think that those saying that U2 are charging an outrageous fortune for seats are at best ill-informed. Each concert also has $30 and $55 tickets (and even $95 is more or less 'cheap' nowadays for established artists, with lots of times tickets prices starting at $100 and above).

lukinismydog

Newch91 wrote:

The PopMart DVD from Mexico City is awesome.

Did anyone see them on that tour?

I've seen U2 on the zoo tv, popmart, elevation, vertigo, and 360 tours. My favorite was elevation and least favorite popmart.

Newch91

Popmartijn wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

The PopMart DVD from Mexico City is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMR9N3wxs6Y

Did anyone see them on that tour?

Yeah, that was a great tour. Even better than Zooropa, IMO. The opening night of Zooropa '93 (i.e. the European stadium leg of the Zoo TV tour) was my first U2 concert.

And yes, GA in the USA is about $55 for U2. OK, they also have $250 seats, but I do think that those saying that U2 are charging an outrageous fortune for seats are at best ill-informed. Each concert also has $30 and $55 tickets (and even $95 is more or less 'cheap' nowadays for established artists, with lots of times tickets prices starting at $100 and above).

That's awesome. I would've loved to see them on Zoo TV.

I agree what you said about them and their ticket prices. They've always cared about their fans and have normally kept the prices low.

Newch91

lukinismydog wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

The PopMart DVD from Mexico City is awesome.

Did anyone see them on that tour?

I've seen U2 on the zoo tv, popmart, elevation, vertigo, and 360 tours. My favorite was elevation and least favorite popmart.

Elevation must've been a blast to see.

Newch91

I hope they break out "Love Rescue Me".

http://www.atu2.com/news/another-mexico ... ished.html

weremin23

Newch91 wrote:

I hope they break out "Love Rescue Me".

http://www.atu2.com/news/another-mexico ... ished.html

They broke that out when I saw them in Sydney in December. Was unreal.

Newch91

weremin23 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

I hope they break out "Love Rescue Me".

http://www.atu2.com/news/another-mexico ... ished.html

They broke that out when I saw them in Sydney in December. Was unreal.

Really??? I'm sure there's a video on YouTube somewhere of that. Thanks!

EDIT: Wow! I'm an idiot. Why was I confusing this song with "Love Comes Tumbling"?

restlesssoul

restlesssoul wrote:

......more ZOOROPA!

With both Zooropa and Stay being played tonight, it's the first show since Dec. 10, 1993 to have multiple songs from the Zooropa album in the setlist.

hell yes.

MysteryTrain

weremin23 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

I hope they break out "Love Rescue Me".

http://www.atu2.com/news/another-mexico ... ished.html

They broke that out when I saw them in Sydney in December. Was unreal.

Me too! I got it in Perth.

Newch91

restlesssoul wrote:

restlesssoul wrote:

......more ZOOROPA!

With both Zooropa and Stay being played tonight, it's the first show since Dec. 10, 1993 to have multiple songs from the Zooropa album in the setlist.

hell yes.

Hell yeah! I definitely need to download this show once it's available. Hopefully it's a good audience boot.

rick1zoo2

May 14, 2011 - Mexico City, MX (Azteca Stadium) with Snow Patrol

Even Better Than The Real Thing
Out Of Control
Get On Your Boots
Magnificent
Mysterious Ways
Elevation
Until The End Of The World
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Desire
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Beautiful Day
Miss Sarajevo
Zooropa
City Of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Remix)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Scarlet
Walk On
ENCORE
One
Where The Streets Have No Name
ENCORE 2
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
With Or Without You
Moment Of Surrender