U2 - Welcome back to North America

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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Newch91 wrote:
    rick, I like the avatar.


    thanks! I cropped a picture of a shirt from the u2.com shop, I am going to try to get one Thursday
  • ryanjep
    ryanjep Posts: 130
    I'm going but won't be able to make it until about 1:30. Don't need to be super close but should still end up with a decent seat. Looking forward to this
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    gonna miss that stage

    it is the greatest show on earth
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    July 11, 2011 - Toronto, ON, CA (Rogers Centre) with Interpol


    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
    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 / Discotheque
    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


    Next up is Philadelphia Thursday July 14!!!!!!!!!!
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    1 week till the sole NJ/NY area appearance.
    I hope a certain Mr Springsteen makes a cameo that night,
    and i hope they do a song or two
    honoring the man , the myth, & the Legendary E - Street Band .
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    the line up has already started in Philly :shock: :o

    hopefully it won't be too bad by the time we get there
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    the line up has already started in Philly :shock: :o

    hopefully it won't be too bad by the time we get there
    what!!! there's no cops telling them to stop??? i read that at places where people lined up days before they were allowed to that they get kicked out. hopefully i won't be all the way in the back... :?
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    the line up has already started in Philly :shock: :o

    hopefully it won't be too bad by the time we get there
    what!!! there's no cops telling them to stop??? i read that at places where people lined up days before they were allowed to that they get kicked out. hopefully i won't be all the way in the back... :?


    if they get kicked out, they will just go somewhere as close as they can to the stadium. and there is no guarantee that others will honor what they started.

    you are getting there around 9am? You should be fine. and the show is fantastic no matter where you are.
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    the line up has already started in Philly :shock: :o

    hopefully it won't be too bad by the time we get there
    what!!! there's no cops telling them to stop??? i read that at places where people lined up days before they were allowed to that they get kicked out. hopefully i won't be all the way in the back... :?


    if they get kicked out, they will just go somewhere as close as they can to the stadium. and there is no guarantee that others will honor what they started.

    you are getting there around 9am? You should be fine. and the show is fantastic no matter where you are.
    true... just stinks that i'm so short i won't be able to see anything.
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • Popmartijn
    Popmartijn Posts: 382
    helplessdancer wrote:
    gonna miss that stage

    it is the greatest show on earth

    It does look quite impressive, yeah.
    toronto1_overhead_640.jpg
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Popmartijn wrote:
    helplessdancer wrote:
    gonna miss that stage

    it is the greatest show on earth

    It does look quite impressive, yeah.
    toronto1_overhead_640.jpg

    very cool shot...and i'm not even sure the word impressive does it proper justice. ;):)

    it is really indescribable...especially when the screens move into the cylinder and then they play zooropa and city of blinding lights....and then lets go crazy and then and then...so many highlights, such an epic event...
    i saw the first leg, before bono hurt his back and then saw the second leg(after he was better)
    it was better the second time around, but thats prolly cause they dropped a lot of the new album songs and went with the hits. i have to give props to u2 for doing it up right. big stadium and big everything with cheap seats(if u wanted to stand in the pit). heard they grossed 3/4 of a billion dollars on this tour :shock: :shock:

    i loved the elevation tour because it was stripped down but this show was such a spectacle...can't really compare one to the other because they were so different. been a u2 fan since the early 1980's and lots of peeps at the show who weren't even born when i started listening to them...not that it makes me a better fan...juss saying...its been a wild ride!
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Hey rick, if you get merch at the show tomorrow, do you mind picking me up an Achtung Baby shirt if they have it? I can paypal you.
    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
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hey rick, if you get merch at the show tomorrow, do you mind picking me up an Achtung Baby shirt if they have it? I can paypal you.


    sure, I'll try, what size? - U2 shirts are generally a tight fit
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Campaign Encourages Fans to Donate a Pair of Shoes And In Exchange Receive a Pair of Tickets to the U2 360° Tour
    StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, is launching the Take Off Your Boots campaign to collect shoes for the charity Soles4Souls, and giving away tickets to the U2 360° Tour to those who participate. From May through July, StubHub with the help of Hard Rock Cafe, will host events in New York City and Philadelphia to collect new or gently used shoes. In exchange for donating a pair of shoes at these events, fans will receive a pair of U2 tickets.
    Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity, collects shoes and distributes them to people in need. Since 2005, it has given more than 13 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to people in over 125 countries.
    “We are thrilled StubHub is making it easy for people in these cities to donate to our cause. We hope that as a result of the Take Off Your Boots campaign , Soles4Souls will be able to distribute thousands of pairs of shoes to those who are most in need,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls.
    There is a limit of one pair of U2 tickets per person donating a pair of shoes at the Take Off Your Boots events, while supplies last. Shoes must be gently used or new to be accepted. The locations, dates and times of the shoe collection events are
    Philadelphia (StubHub Last Minute Services Storefront, 900 Packer Ave.) – July 13 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    New York City (StubHub Last Minute Services Storefront, 40th and Broadway) – July 20 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Last year, after U2 postponed their tour many fans who purchased tickets through StubHub could not commit to the rescheduled shows. With StubHub’s FanProtect Guarantee policy, these fans were able to return their tickets and receive their money back. Because it is StubHub’s policy not to resell tickets, these returned tickets are now being used to encourage charitable giving through the Take Off Your Boots campaign.
    “At StubHub our number one priority is taking care of our customers, which is why we were happy to jump in and make things right for those that were stuck with tickets they couldn’t use in light of Bono’s injury and subsequent U2 rescheduling of shows last year. By helping fans we also created an excellent opportunity to give back. We are excited to partner with Soles4Souls and see this campaign as a fun way to incentivize charitable giving,” said Ray Elias, senior director of marketing for StubHub.
    Those unable to make it to the events who still wish to donate shoes can find easy, step-by-step instructions on the Soles4Souls website: www.soles4souls.org.
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hey rick, if you get merch at the show tomorrow, do you mind picking me up an Achtung Baby shirt if they have it? I can paypal you.


    sure, I'll try, what size? - U2 shirts are generally a tight fit
    I think medium should be good.

    Thanks!
    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
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Newch91 wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hey rick, if you get merch at the show tomorrow, do you mind picking me up an Achtung Baby shirt if they have it? I can paypal you.


    sure, I'll try, what size? - U2 shirts are generally a tight fit
    I think medium should be good.

    Thanks!


    I'll try! ok, on my way there now!
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Achtung Baby shirts?
    So theyre selling throwback shirts?

    cool !
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
    platessmall.jpg
    ORGAN DONATION SAVES LIVES
    http://www.UNOS.org
    Donate Organs and Save a Life
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Achtung Baby shirts?
    So theyre selling throwback shirts?

    cool !
    Yep, I forgot what page I posted the pic on.

    EDIT:

    Here it is:
    Newch91 wrote:
    Look what they're selling at the shows!! That #14 shirt!!!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/atu2com/5756194046/
    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
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    does anyone have a close up picture of the jesus statue that was at the very top of the center pole on the new stage?

    jesus with his arms stretched wide open...i never realized that statue existed until the last of the 3 shows shows i saw. i kept looking up at it in disbelief...but soon realized that it was jesus! weird...

    i know larry, bono and edge are hard core christians but i thought the statue was a little over the top...
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,362
    Anyone know what time tonight? Interpol 7:30? U2 9:00?
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16

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