***Official U2 Appreciation Thread***

Popmartijn said:

Newch91 said:

Just when you thought Streets was an untouchable song, Bruce absolutely knocked it out of the park!

That depends on how you look at it. I thought that, while good, it didn't even came close to when performed by U2 with Bono. With the full band that song takes off, with Bruce it seemed stuck in a Jersey swamp. He put more weight on the song while that one needs a kind of lightness to it.

Still, it was an enjoyable performance. Chris Martin did also OK, while at the same time proving he's no Bono.

i agree. it was cool seeing him up there...but i did not like the way he was singing it. almost like he was yelling instead of singing. get well soon bono.

http://www.u2.com/news/title/u2-innocence-experience-tour-2015

secured two $85 GA floor tickets today with my u2 fan club ticketbastard presale code
very happy about that

Any body get a spare for the MSG or Boston shows i'd gladly take it off your hands thanks ....

PJ_Soul said:

The 2nd show in Vancouver is a Friday. Sweet. Never seen them before - definitely have to go for tix so I can see them once in my life..... i have to admit though, as someone who hasn't seen them, I am disappointed that it's not going to be a typical massive stadium production. I have always been looking forward to seeing the huge U2 extravaganza, and just when it finally works out that I can see them they ditch that format. :(

Honestly... seeing them in Rogers Arena is much better than seeing them at BC Place. Consider yourself lucky.

U2 still kick ass after all these years. Like Pearl Jam their recent records are average for their catalog but they still rock live. I can't imagine what a U2 tour would be like if they mixed up their setlist like Pearl Jam does. They've got enough money. They should challenge themselves to do it.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

PJ_Soul said:

The 2nd show in Vancouver is a Friday. Sweet. Never seen them before - definitely have to go for tix so I can see them once in my life..... i have to admit though, as someone who hasn't seen them, I am disappointed that it's not going to be a typical massive stadium production. I have always been looking forward to seeing the huge U2 extravaganza, and just when it finally works out that I can see them they ditch that format. :(

Honestly... seeing them in Rogers Arena is much better than seeing them at BC Place. Consider yourself lucky.

I assume it will be really good (unless they play tons of the new album, which doesn't do much for me), and i don't normally like big stadium shows... But i just had an idea in mind about U2 in particular that fit the crazy stadium format. If I'd already seen that i would be WAY more into this smaller scale concept, which I'd normally be all over for any artist. I just feel like I missed out on something unique in this particular case, given U2's reputation for huge production. I very rarely see huge production shows, so once in a while I just want to see one! Can't even remember the last time I did see one.... I think i have only seen one in my whole life actually: Pink Floyd. And it was awesome.

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.

Thanks for posting this....I saw this once before and I was floored my that performance and the sort of acoustic style they performed that song, simply beautiful.

Kind of reminds of a favorite PJ song of mine Amongst The Waves.

Peace

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.

that is incredible. a++