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  • halv
    halv Posts: 715
    g under p said:

    For me after seeing many many (Who, Stones, Springsteen, Floyd, Mettalica etc) tours all of U2's the 360 tour was by far the best. Two on the floor/infield front row outer ring. However the best was in the stands lower level where one could take in the true concept of the 360 claw, it was awesome.

    I really wanted to love the 360 show but it bored me to tears. I found it really choreographed and a bit dull. But I was right up near the stage and I heard from friends who had seats farther back that it was better to be farther away than closer to be able to take in the whole spectacle. My favourite tours so far are Joshua Tree, ATYCLB, Vertigo and Popmart. Im excited about the new tour. Going to both shows in Vancouver. 1 night on the floor and the next in rafters.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,131
    got two ga today for the last show in nyc.....so pumped! i'll be seeing them twice this tour.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • jrnyc
    jrnyc Posts: 537
    Been a U2 fan since 87 and never missed a tour. Ticket prices are obscene for this tour. $312 for upper level seats at MSG! No thanks, for $75 or so PJ plays for 3+ hours and wipes the floor with U2.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/arts/music/u2s-flight-to-now-turbulence-included.html?_r=0

    Great NYTimes article on the band's upcoming tour starting May 14th in Vancouver.

    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*
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Pretty fired up for the 15th.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Pretty fired up for the 15th.

    They better come down here to Florida, the 360 Tour in Miami was sold out and best one of the three I saw.

    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)


  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    g under p said:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/arts/music/u2s-flight-to-now-turbulence-included.html?_r=0
    Great NYTimes article on the band's upcoming tour starting May 14th in Vancouver.
    Peace

    what a great article. thanks for posting this
    here's what perked my interest. this tour is going to be awesome.


    The initial idea was to work up two entirely different concerts, but U2 worried about leaving out staples or having fans think they’d gotten the second-best show. As of last week, it planned instead to have a relatively fixed first half and a varying second one — separated, for the first time on a U2 tour, by an intermission. The band is also planning to work the entire room. Running nearly the length of the coliseum floor was U2’s triple platform: a large rectangular stage (a strip of which could light up as “I” for Innocence), a smaller round stage (“e” for experience) and, between them, a walkway that’s wide enough to become a third stage, sometimes sandwiched between LED video screens.

    The tour’s most striking innovation isn’t immediately obvious. U2 has moved its sound system to arena ceilings: an oval of 12 speaker arrays that sends the music downward evenly everywhere in the arena. When I walked all around the coliseum as the band played, the music was uniformly transparent and strong, the volume constant from front to back. “If you’re trying to blast sound the length of the venue from the stage, the venue sometimes wins and you get mud,” the Edge said. “With this, you don’t have to have it so loud — you’re getting good quality sound from something that’s much closer to you than normal.”

    The band calls the walkway the divider stage because that’s what it does midway through the concert — turning into a barrier that separates the audience completely.
  • elen
    elen Milan, Italy Posts: 188
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq72nbXTCMo
    2006: Verona, Milano, Honolulu
    2007: London
    2014: Milano
    2016: MSG1, MSG2, Fenway1, Fenway2, Wrigley1, Wrigley2
    2018: London1, Milano, Padova, Roma
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,705
    I wish the band would just stripp it down to them on a conventional stage , I know this will be a great tour but to me big production shows aren't my cup of tea I'm going to have to scalp at MSG for one of the shows ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    jose, did you read that ny times article above? this might be their best arena tour since elevation
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    I'm really excited for the tour to begin, even though I won't be seeing them until September
    Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    So tonight the tour begins! Jippi!!
    Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    edited May 2015
    bootlegger10 said:

    Every Breaking Wave from MTV EMA's

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cszigsFaChc

    I think any band would love to be able to write a song and perform it like this after 30 years. U2 still is amazing.

    Can you imagine going to work in the morning and these guys cause you to be LATE! The TOUR starts tonight.

    THIS is pretty damn AWESOME......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluYo-FSqiw

    PEACE
    Post edited by g under p on
    *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)


  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    stage setup
    image
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,385
    norm said:

    stage setup
    image

    Too cool! Very excited I have GA tickets to see them next month.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • JustaPJFan
    JustaPJFan Posts: 710
    Saw some vids of Vancouver. Looked very cool. Setlist not very different then normal, but let's see. Hope they will do other setlists every day, same as PJ.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    edited May 2015
    The Edge fell off the stage last night... Fell off? Actually, he literally just walked off the edge of it. Lol!

    https://youtu.be/rta9CHp7bEE

    I am not seeing them. $300+ for a 100 level seat?? Fuck you U2. Outrageous.
    I did have 2 cheaper GA tix in my cart, but Ticketmaster had an error and i lost them. Oh well. Still haven't been and be to see U2, and at those prices perhaps I never will. I wouldn't spend more than maybe $90 to see them.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Hahah, what a dick.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,715
    Dr. Delight said:

    Hahah, what a dick.

    Apparently, he is now too cool to even watch where he's stepping, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • weekapaug19
    weekapaug19 Posts: 2,293
    Did you check stunhub? For Boston shows, upper deck seats are going for $35 each and GA floors aren't even sold out

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