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U2 Fan Discussing Issues with New Tour featuring Nightly Set Changes
I found this post on a U2 Discussion Board tonight. Just got tix to see U2 at MSG next July. I hope the switch it up majorly every night!
I know they have always been a business, but it just feels so calculated at this point. Announcing that the tour is going to be made up of pairs of shows, each distinctly different from the other, makes it almost essential for a fan to attend two consecutive nights, for fear of effectively missing half of the show. Thats like going to Zooropa and being told you need to come back the following night to see the MacPhisto section. Yes, each night of the tour should have its own magic, a different set list, a unique song that maybe wasnt played on any other date, but broadly speaking, you shouldnt miss out on a whole part of the show because you couldnt afford to make it to two consecutive shows.
I went to 360 at Wembley and then went with different people to the show in Cardiff. Later on, I went to Pittsburgh. But I never felt concerned that I would regret not going to the 2nd Wembley night, because I would miss something completely different.
Hopefully I will start to feel differently about it nearer the time, but at the moment Im strangely indifferent and thats sad.
I know they have always been a business, but it just feels so calculated at this point. Announcing that the tour is going to be made up of pairs of shows, each distinctly different from the other, makes it almost essential for a fan to attend two consecutive nights, for fear of effectively missing half of the show. Thats like going to Zooropa and being told you need to come back the following night to see the MacPhisto section. Yes, each night of the tour should have its own magic, a different set list, a unique song that maybe wasnt played on any other date, but broadly speaking, you shouldnt miss out on a whole part of the show because you couldnt afford to make it to two consecutive shows.
I went to 360 at Wembley and then went with different people to the show in Cardiff. Later on, I went to Pittsburgh. But I never felt concerned that I would regret not going to the 2nd Wembley night, because I would miss something completely different.
Hopefully I will start to feel differently about it nearer the time, but at the moment Im strangely indifferent and thats sad.
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After two and a half hours on line today I got two tix to the 7/22 show. They are behind the stage but I m not sure where the stage is going to be. Some of those tickets were terribly expensive!!!
Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
That's brutal
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5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 is produced by Live Nation Global Touring. UPS is the Official Logistics Provider of the tour.
Additional dates.
June 16th, Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
June 17th, Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
June 28th, Chicago, IL, United Center
June 29th, Chicago, IL, United Center
July 14th, Boston, MA, TD Garden
July 15th, Boston, MA, TD Garden
July 26th, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
July 27th, New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
Sept. 12th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
Sept. 13th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
Sept. 20th, Stockholm, Sweden, Globe
Sept. 21th, Stockholm, Sweden, Globe
Sept. 28th, Berlin, Germany, O2 World
Sept. 29th, Berlin, Germany, O2 World
Nov. 14th, Paris, France, Bercy
Nov. 15th, Paris, France, Bercy
5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
Thankfully, Pearl Jam takes a very different approach for pricing of tickets and distribution of the best tickets!
Although, all the shows have sold out for the most part it sounds like so perhaps the prices aren't that bad.
If that happens, both albums would be out before the tour starts and night 1 shows could be more focused on the innocence LP and night 2 more focused on the Experience LP.
that is all
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AND it is pretty ridiculous to take up the cause of poor africans then charge $300 for nosebleeds... what a joke
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