vancitylady

I know that people are pissed off, but you have to realize that U2 is one of the most popular bands in the world. They, the Rolling Stones and maybe one or two other acts can charge whatever they want because of the broad appeal they have around the world. GA tickets and upper bowl tickets are reasonably priced, frankly they could charge more for those as well and people would pay. We live in a world where the prices for almost everything is going up, expecting a concert from one of the biggest bands in the world to not go up is just unrealistic. In a world where album sales are stagnant, bands now need to make their money in concert tours. Also, I wouldn't expect altruistic socialism from a semi-conservative Catholic band whereas Eddie Vedder is more liberal than most, I mean he supported Ralph Nader and the Green Party. U2 is a capitalist business and they want to make money. Anyways, just saying that politics and world view enters into it a bit. Anyways, I still agree it sucks, but I can see why they're doing it.

Wear comfortable shoes, chances are people will be lining up days in advance if they can, or at least very early the morning of the show just to get as close as they can. I am debating on heading up from Seattle, may wait for the 2016 stadium leg as they probably will play Seattle at Century Link Field again. They have seem to start/finish their tours in the past here in the NW, so perhaps Seattle could either be the start of the 2016 leg or finish up the entire tour here, all speculation of course. I'll be honest, based on the stage layout being thrown around... a Main Stage and b-stage linked by a catwalk dividing the arena in two.... there is no need to line up early anymore. Back in the day when there was a heart/ellipse it made sense because you wanted to be inside the circle, but now... everyone is going to get a good view at some point wherever you are.

They've done Milan already for the U218 DVD

I'm also going to Vancouver and my tickets say S-FLR, so the whole North/South thing seems legit.