BigBunny

18 hours ago, kings said:

How was it BB? Do you enjoy the show? 

it was good but for me 360 was a better tour. I'm a 90's U2 fan so 'The Joshua Tree' doesn't resonate with me like 'Achtung Baby' does. maybe if they did a tour for AB my reaction would be more excited.

11 hours ago, Max Tsukino said:

The Joshua Tree Tour 2019

November 27, 2019      Perth, AU      Optus Stadium

#TheJoshuaTreeTour2019 #LiveThreads #Perth #U2

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. I Will Follow
3. New Year's Day
4. Bad / "Heroes" (snippet)
5. Pride (In The Name of Love)
6. Where the Streets Have No Name / California (There Is No End To Love)[snippet]
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. With or Without You
9. Bullet the Blue Sky / The Star-Spangled Banner (snippet) / America (snippet)
10. Running to Stand Still
11. Red Hill Mining Town
12. In God's Country
13. Trip Through Your Wires
14. One Tree Hill
15. Exit / Wise Blood (snippet)
16. Mothers of the Disappeared
17. Angel of Harlem
18. Elevation
19. Vertigo / Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car (snippet) / Rebel Rebel (snippet) / It's Only Rock'n'Roll (But I Like It) [snippet]
20. Even Better Than the Real Thing
21. Beautiful Day
22. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
23. Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way
24. One
25. Every Breaking Wave

Source: mixlr.com/nicou2/ | mixlr.com/toug | mixlr.com/bradperth/ | @andycoen1977, @Reecefm periscope streams

 

fixed that for ya. though EBW is in the wrong spot

below is a photo from where I was seated. 

so I'm at home in a pretty cool house but outside it must be nearing the maximum. I don't know how the people waiting in GA will cope.

14 minutes ago, Max Tsukino said:

 

oh my gosh, it looks like the queue for GA doesn't have any shade. today is going to reach 35c ☀️

15 minutes ago, kings said:

Hope you have the time of your life. The show is magnificent. 

thanks kings 👋  my mobile doesn't have internet access so sadly I can't send anything to this thread from the venue.

gonna be taking advantage of the free public transport to Optus Stadium. think we'll be getting there around 6pm.

this will be my first time at Optus Stadium. looking forward to checking out the stadium for myself tomorrow evening 😎👍

that's a lovely tribute to Michael

2 hours ago, Max Tsukino said:

 

anyone know what this cup is made of?

dang look at that queue! In 2010 I got into the middle part of the 360 stage without waiting, I rocked up at 4:30pm. how times have changed.

oh dear, it looks like they've dropped Bad  

6 hours ago, Manohlive said:

 

It's REALLY nice to read comments where one thing is not liked but people don't trash U2, as a band, as people and as the greater sum of our parts. 

I think the band just asked for an image of the Australian flag to be put up and that's whats been done. even though the blue is too bright. 

while I don't care for the Union Jack being there and it take up alot of space, that's what our flag is. until Australia is wanting a change the band can't do anything.

cept like I said, split the screen. 

1 hour ago, Canadanne said:

Yes, the star falling off was ZooTV (so prophetic!), but they did include a Brexit reference at the UK shows last year - one of the stars had a Union Jack pattern and a heart around it.

that's interesting. it's a shame we didn't get any of those arena tours as I like 'Son gs Of Innocence'

3 hours ago, fscully said:

This isn’t an argument about the flag as such, but it’s a misstep for the band both  Politically and aesthetically, leave it out all together, like I said a shot panning across Uluru would fit the tone of the show and what is being said. It wasn’t even the right colour blue  and . the southern cross positioning was wrong. Look at the many different ways they represented the us flag - each one rich in visual commentary. Seriously that “flag” Last night looked as though whoever got  had scanned it from a cheap tourist shop. Or windows 95.
when u2 used the European flag in previous shows they had a star falling off to symbolise the brexit issue, what we saw last night lacked that aesthetic intelligence. Easiest short term option - get rid of it all together. They finished with a superb flurry of i imagery  and commentary prior to the unnecessary flag . u2 , just lose this  image. 
 

yeah, it does look like they googled 'Aussie Flag' 😜 but I think you are wrong about the European flag thing. they had that at the start of ZOO TV in the early 90's.

the star fell off back then when Bono would rise up to the stage as the FLy 

2 hours ago, fscully said:

It was a fantastic concert with great visuals BUT the final image of the Australian flag was a misstep. It jarred with the ethos U2 projects and felt a tad patronising. Aside from the fact that we had “the best band from north Dublin” finishing with a flag with the Union Jack dominating, it was a jingoistic gesture that did not gel with the more interpretative and artistic representations of the US flag featured at different times. The flag appeared during “One” . For the first Australians this flag is not a symbol of oneness at all. To not include the Aboriginal flag was also a glaring omission. OMaybe some footage of Uluru - without climbers - would have been more fitting. Seriously, it needs to go BEFORE the next Australian show. Tell the band to have a chat with their friends in the Oils who could steer them or whichever visual designer thought this was a good idea - because it’s not and it’s definitely not U2-ish.
on a similar note, there was some effort made to include Australia which worked brilliantly in Ultraviolet, but the Australian poetry projected on the screen pre show? Judith Wright and Les Murray were great poets , but the choice of poem for Murray was bizarre. Perhaps a few living poets and some presenting indigenous voices are needed. I don’t know who makes the decisions, but they can do better. There were far too many poets from the USA writing about the USA rather than more universal themes. Many were excellent, but it seemed to lack geographical balance.

please note, I loved the show, but get rid of that FLAG!

I'd like our flag to be changed but it's something that should go to a vote throughout our nation. when I was a kid I didn't know that was the Union Jack in the top left. I just thought it was a cool pattern. it would be good to have the Aboriginal flag represented at the end as well, maybe split the screen? there are alot of diggers who fought under the current flag and would find a change hurtful. this is something that is out of the bands control. I think they mean well and heck it's our flag, it's not my fault there's a Union Jack in it. 

my final thoughts would be to split the screen with both the Aussie flag & the Aboriginal flag but that's just me 👍

I wish we had that weather, it's currently 37c here 🌞

1 minute ago, Max Tsukino said:

so far...

Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year’s Day
Bad / Beds are Burning (snippet)
Pride (In The Name of Love)
Where the Streets Have No Name

below is me in Perth... 2 weeks ta go for me!

for the fire fighters! 👍

1 minute ago, bl00dypalms said:

How cool would it be if the band did an audio broadcast of their shows as part of the U2.com subscription? Surely their is a way to stream their IEM feed to us without the count ins.

or even make cds available of each show. Metallica do this, would be cool if U2 did as well.

SBS and I'm not talking about the tv channel 😜

1 minute ago, tan_lejos_tan_cerca said:

And I've just arrived! ♥️

welcome 👋

checking in from the great state of WA... I'm listening to Kanye's new album before the show. never been a Kanye fan but I love this Gospel album!

10 minutes ago, Max Tsukino said:

@Mysterious days live:

http://mixlr.com/mysteriousdays/

thanks for the link

not long now my fellow Strayans 

1 minute ago, kings said:

So just the one song change from Night 1? EBE - out, You’re the best thing...- in.  

 

I'd prefer to hear EBW personally 

in 1994 I quoted 'one' for my graduation statement in my school yearbook.