U2 Fan Discussing Issues with New Tour featuring Nightly Set Changes

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Drdeal
Drdeal Posts: 696
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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.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    edited December 2014
    I saw U2 in philly and nj last tour.....nearly the same exact set list and actions by the band each night.

    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!!!
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  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Lol lol lol! Oh the madness! :)) I love PJ!
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    Wow, that poster definitely chose the worst way to look at it.
  • Drdeal
    Drdeal Posts: 696
    I posted in the thread on the U2 site about how we get a different set EVERY night and wouldn't have it any other way. Maybe PJ has influenced U2 a bit?
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,380
    On the 360 tour I believe there were 110 total shows and 61 different songs over the 2 year tour.
  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
    I had issue with $312 for Upper level tickets. Nearly $700 for my wife and I to go? Thank god for Blu Ray. I know U2 doesn't tour too often, but damn. At $162 I would have bought, but not that price for those seats.
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    LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan Posts: 3,417
    Bentleyspop said:

    On the 360 tour I believe there were 110 total shows and 61 different songs over the 2 year tour.


    That's brutal
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    What the hell is a Zooropa
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,376
    Everything seems so forced with U2. One of the many reasons I could never get into them (mainly I just don't like most of their music...at all).
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    edited December 2014
    I actually know what he means and I agree with him. I've never seen U2 live nor do I have any desire to but from what I've seen on tv and youtube, they put on shows with elaborate lights and douchey bullshit like zooropa and all that crap from the 90's. With a band like Pearl Jam, it's literally just a slightly different setlist. With U2 it will be different theatrics. I think he has a point.
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  • Drdeal
    Drdeal Posts: 696
    PJammer4life said:

    I had issue with $312 for Upper level tickets. Nearly $700 for my wife and I to go? Thank god for Blu Ray. I know U2 doesn't tour too often, but damn. At $162 I would have bought, but not that price for those seats.

    I was able to buy a single in the 200 level for $118 at 4:30 yesterday after much retrying. No pairs so I am going solo.
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    I never go to live gigs many in a row, I just go for that one night, so I'm happy seeing U2 again in September. But tickets were expensive this time around, and I didn't even buy the most expensive ones, I could never afford it. Wonder why they are so costly?
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    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    They were my favorite until Pop came out. Maybe they will start playing albums all the way through.
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  • Eddieshometown
    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    Tickets for the additional U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 shows will go on general sale Monday, Dec. 15. U2.com subscribers who have not already utilized their code and new subscribers may access tickets at U2.com from Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. through Friday, Dec. 12 at noon (all times local). Tickets will be general admission on the floor and reserved seating in the stands.

    U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015 is produced by Live Nation Global Touring. UPS is the Official Logistics Provider of the tour.

    Additional dates.

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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    say what you want about u2, they put on one hell of a show. They are definitely the complete opposite of pearl jam when it comes to playing live but that doesn't mean they don't kick some serious ass. I think one of the reasons they play the same set every night is because their fan base is so damn large that it's difficult to go to multiple shows (along with a really steep ticket price, although ga is only $86).
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  • MT132914
    MT132914 Posts: 188
    edited December 2014
    bands that play the same set each night is due to visuals that go along with the show, ie specific lighting, videos, backdrops etc, just look at AC/DC, Iron Maiden, The Who, Kiss, Aerosmith, the concerts are more of a production, than band playing music. U2 are great live, they put on a great show.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,514
    Yeah I had two tickets section 213 msg total after fees $ 624 , no way can I justify paying that for any band at all ... It's a shame really ..
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  • maverick
    maverick Posts: 1,253
    edited December 2014
    I'm pretty sure Live Nation paid U2 something like $100 million (prior to the 360 tour) for all tour rights for a specific number of years (10, I think). If that's the case, the crazy ticket prices and push for most lower bowl seats around the middle of the arena to only be available as VIP packages, makes sense as Live Nation is trying to make as much money as possible on each and every seat in the arena.
    Thankfully, Pearl Jam takes a very different approach for pricing of tickets and distribution of the best tickets!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    josevolution said:

    Yeah I had two tickets section 213 msg total after fees $ 624 , no way can I justify paying that for any band at all ... It's a shame really ..

    Unless they view these ticket prices as socialism and they have a robin hood complex where they are going to use it all for the poor, then these prices are ridiculous and they are excluding a lot of their fan base from the opportunity to see them.

    Although, all the shows have sold out for the most part it sounds like so perhaps the prices aren't that bad.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,514
    edited December 2014
    bootlegger10 said:

    josevolution said:

    Yeah I had two tickets section 213 msg total after fees $ 624 , no way can I justify paying that for any band at all ... It's a shame really ..

    Unless they view these ticket prices as socialism and they have a robin hood complex where they are going to use it all for the poor, then these prices are ridiculous and they are excluding a lot of their fan base from the opportunity to see them.

    Although, all the shows have sold out for the most part it sounds like so perhaps the prices aren't that bad.
    Exactly the fans are paying so if the demand is there they have no reason to charge lower prices but it really is a disgrace ....Take a look at stub hub @-)
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  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,510
    MT132914 said:

    bands that play the same set each night is due to visuals that go along with the show, ie specific lighting, videos, backdrops etc, just look at AC/DC, Iron Maiden, The Who, Kiss, Aerosmith, the concerts are more of a production, than band playing music. U2 are great live, they put on a great show.

    Agreed.
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  • maverick
    maverick Posts: 1,253
    I wouldn't be surprised if the Songs of Experience album is released when the Apple iWatch is released in the Spring.
    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.
  • lolobugg
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    U2 are out of touch with reality........
    that is all

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  • rock4ever
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    ldent42 said:

    What the hell is a Zooropa

    Zooropa - was one of the U2 tours like U2 360
  • rock4ever
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    some of the tickets for Europe are like €33 for bottom price i think up to €190 ( that was for Barcelona , Im looking at Paris for a cheap seat , its my birthday on the 14th so gonna hop over the water to the Bercy , seen them on the 360 in Amsterdam ( not great that night ) Snow Patrol much better so going to try again
  • maverick
    maverick Posts: 1,253
    Keep in mind...
    2015 - U2 arenas
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    MT132914 said:

    bands that play the same set each night is due to visuals that go along with the show, ie specific lighting, videos, backdrops etc, just look at AC/DC, Iron Maiden, The Who, Kiss, Aerosmith, the concerts are more of a production, than band playing music. U2 are great live, they put on a great show.

    really good point. There's nothing wrong with this approach but I like the PJ technique better: here we are, take it or leave it. Nothing fancy, just five guys rocking out.
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  • PeArLgOoNeR
    PeArLgOoNeR Posts: 1,250
    mcgruff10 said:

    MT132914 said:

    bands that play the same set each night is due to visuals that go along with the show, ie specific lighting, videos, backdrops etc, just look at AC/DC, Iron Maiden, The Who, Kiss, Aerosmith, the concerts are more of a production, than band playing music. U2 are great live, they put on a great show.

    really good point. There's nothing wrong with this approach but I like the PJ technique better: here we are, take it or leave it. Nothing fancy, just five guys rocking out.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    U2 blows...

    AND it is pretty ridiculous to take up the cause of poor africans then charge $300 for nosebleeds... what a joke
  • texasistheSTEVEN
    texasistheSTEVEN Posts: 1,111
    Bono is such a cretin. Tax dodger and a hypocrite and how anyone can pay money to watch that clown onstage is so far beyond my comprehension
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