U2 Joshua Tree 2017

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So we booked a trip to Dublin to see them in Croke Park but couldn't pull any tickets during the general sale. If anyone has a pair or even a single please let me know. The aftermarket prices on these are just crazy.

Daron Oshay

kasedoug said:

Daron Oshay said:

I've seen conflicting reports

Are they play the album start to finish or mixing it in? Think I've read both and also that they may play the album mid set in order.

Anyone know?

From what I read in the Edge's interview in Rolling Stone, he mentions warming up to playing the album in sequence. That they won't necessarily be opening with "Where The Streets Have No Name" right out of the gate, but it's all still TBD.

Thanks. If I had my choice I'd rather them mix it up. But I am 100% for them opening with Streets on this tour. Would have the same affect as when Bruce opens with Badlands.

whitepants

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

I lost my ticket stub in a house flood, and the concert t-shirt faded beyond repair after years of wearing. BTW, that Silverdome show was the FIRST time that U2 played at a stadium in the US, so it was a historical show.

JOEJOEJOE

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

Even funnier is the low TM service charge back then!

norm

My first U2 show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmmhY0h72RY&t=75s

Can't believe it's been 30 years.

derbydave

JOEJOEJOE said:

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

Even funnier is the low TM service charge back then!

Someone pointed out that the actual ticket price is LESS than the TM fees & convenience charges we pay now!!
Pretty sad

HesCalledDyer

That's a very well kept ticket, Dave! My first concert ticket is from '97 and you can barely read it.

derbydave

HesCalledDyer said:

That's a very well kept ticket, Dave! My first concert ticket is from '97 and you can barely read it.

It's been on display with other ticket stubs and press credentials on the bulletin in my home office for 30 years!!

Popmartijn

PJ_Soul said:

Horse2345 said:

K. Thanks. Its a risk that far ahead trying to get time off work. At least hotel reservations are cancellable but ridiculous prices in Van even with govt rate its near $200 anywhere downtown

True. Tip for your hotel: Get a room away from downtown but by a skytrain station (like in New Westminster or Burnaby/Coquitlam (Lougheed Town Centre Stn, New Westminster Stn or Metrotown Stn). The room will likely be way cheaper, but you'll have very easy access to downtown and the venue. The Skytrain goes right to BC Place/downtown. It shuts down kind of early though, like 12:30 or 1am or something, so if you want to party downtown late, that's where you'll want to stay.

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind. I'll be travelling to Vancouver for this show (combined with a holiday as I've never been to the western part of Canada before). Already booked my flight, still need to book hotels (and figure out what I want to do in the days before and after the show).

U2 shows. Yippie!

RoleModelsinBlood31

this tour is prob around 100 kuricks

Not a fan at all but if I was ever going to see bono and the edge it would be for Joshua tree or achtung baby or maybe War

PJ_Soul

100 kuricks?? That's HUUUUGE!!! (I agree - this is like the #1 Primo U2 Concert of all time for me, lol. Joshua Tree is in my top 10 albums of all time (as it is for a lot of people).

HesCalledDyer

derbydave said:

HesCalledDyer said:

That's a very well kept ticket, Dave! My first concert ticket is from '97 and you can barely read it.

It's been on display with other ticket stubs and press credentials on the bulletin in my home office for 30 years!!

@ Lorena Bobbitt for Surgeon General!
Did you used to live in Richmond? Noticed quite a few things on there from RVA.

chitty

PJ_Soul said:

Super easy to get tix... I guess because the venue is so big... unless U2 has finally lost its popularity on the west coast, lol. I'm still able to get GA tix for Vancouver half an hour into the sale. There are also still singles in the 200 level (not that I'm actually still looking to buy tix - always just curious about how TM sales go).

I don't know how you were able to do that, me and at least five other people I know were totally shut out! Vancouver. Well check that, I did have four GA tickets, that I wanted. For some reason and I buy alot of tickets, so I know it wasn't my doing, no matter which credit card I used it kept coming back that I couldn't pay. Tried minimum 25 times. No dice. Accidentally hit cancel and they were gone. NO one else got anything

Thirty Bills Unpaid

chitty said:

PJ_Soul said:

Super easy to get tix... I guess because the venue is so big... unless U2 has finally lost its popularity on the west coast, lol. I'm still able to get GA tix for Vancouver half an hour into the sale. There are also still singles in the 200 level (not that I'm actually still looking to buy tix - always just curious about how TM sales go).

I don't know how you were able to do that, me and at least five other people I know were totally shut out! Vancouver. Well check that, I did have four GA tickets, that I wanted. For some reason and I buy alot of tickets, so I know it wasn't my doing, no matter which credit card I used it kept coming back that I couldn't pay. Tried minimum 25 times. No dice. Accidentally hit cancel and they were gone. NO one else got anything

Sounds like a great experience.

The show is not sold out. Is it?

chitty

Sold out in a couple minutes. Apparently some people were lucky to get random tickets later then that, most likely due to people like me who "lost" theirs or for some reason didn't want them. I do have tickets for myself, but I was looking to upgrade to GA and sell my pre-sale balcony seats to family and friends who got shut out.
Curious why U2 wouldn't add a second show considering they will rehears here and could add a day before the current show

derbydave

HesCalledDyer said:

derbydave said:

HesCalledDyer said:

That's a very well kept ticket, Dave! My first concert ticket is from '97 and you can barely read it.

It's been on display with other ticket stubs and press credentials on the bulletin in my home office for 30 years!!

@ Lorena Bobbitt for Surgeon General!
Did you used to live in Richmond? Noticed quite a few things on there from RVA.

YUP...
worked at WTVR - the CBS affiliate in Richmond from 1988 - 1994.
Moved out to Seattle in '94!
Covered the Lorena Bobbitt trial in Manassas,
Still one of the strangest court cases I've ever worked!!
I've got a souvenir "Wack & Decker Pecker Wrecker" T-shirt somewhere in my closet too!!

Bentleyspop

whitepants said:

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

I lost my ticket stub in a house flood, and the concert t-shirt faded beyond repair after years of wearing. BTW, that Silverdome show was the FIRST time that U2 played at a stadium in the US, so it was a historical show.

I hate to rain on your parade but that was not their first U.S. stadium show.
I was at the first and second stadium shows so when I read your post I went and looked it up just to be sure....

9/14/87 Meadowlands New Jersey
9/20/87 RFK stadium DC

http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/51

BV84003

Bentleyspop said:

whitepants said:

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

I lost my ticket stub in a house flood, and the concert t-shirt faded beyond repair after years of wearing. BTW, that Silverdome show was the FIRST time that U2 played at a stadium in the US, so it was a historical show.

I hate to rain on your parade but that was not their first U.S. stadium show.
I was at the first and second stadium shows so when I read your post I went and looked it up just to be sure....

9/14/87 Meadowlands New Jersey
9/20/87 RFK stadium DC

http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/51

The Silverdome show was 4/30/87 though. (That's not the show in the pic of the ticket.)

Thirty Bills Unpaid

chitty said:

Sold out in a couple minutes. Apparently some people were lucky to get random tickets later then that, most likely due to people like me who "lost" theirs or for some reason didn't want them. I do have tickets for myself, but I was looking to upgrade to GA and sell my pre-sale balcony seats to family and friends who got shut out.
Curious why U2 wouldn't add a second show considering they will rehears here and could add a day before the current show

Wow.

They'll likely release more as the date nears. There's no secondary market either is there?

Bentleyspop

BV84003 said:

Bentleyspop said:

whitepants said:

derbydave said:

whitepants said:

mcgruff10 said:

whitepants said:

I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?

Yes, the set lists were varied and Bono talked a LOT during the shows. I was at the Joshua Tree tour in Pontiac Michigan at the Silverdome in 1987, and to experience this again, in So Cal in 2017 is surreal.

I saw U2 on the original Joshua Tree tour as well:



Did the show at the Hoosier Dome in Indy...
Funny to see that the tickets were only $16.50 back then!!

I lost my ticket stub in a house flood, and the concert t-shirt faded beyond repair after years of wearing. BTW, that Silverdome show was the FIRST time that U2 played at a stadium in the US, so it was a historical show.

I hate to rain on your parade but that was not their first U.S. stadium show.
I was at the first and second stadium shows so when I read your post I went and looked it up just to be sure....

9/14/87 Meadowlands New Jersey
9/20/87 RFK stadium DC

http://www.u2.com/tour/index/tour/id/51

The Silverdome show was 4/30/87 though. (That's not the show in the pic of the ticket.)

Whoops
Got to pay attention to the details
I stand corrected