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UB40

The Dubliners 

The Subterraneans

Utah Saints

Engine Alley

Fun Lovin' Criminals

Interpol

The Lumineers

If we are counting selectors then I would add Paul Oakenfold.

It's always  1:08 in the universe.

3 hours ago, dmway said:

Where do you see the "t-shit"? 💩 (I see the shirt and that does look tasty.) 😉

 

 

Oh dear. That really couldn't have gone any worse for me. 🙊

3 hours ago, Max Tsukino said:

😍

 

That Auckland t-shirt is tasty.

1 hour ago, Malahide said:

Wouldn't filming the show in Berlin on November 13 be a bit strange? If I'm right normally the band films more than one gig so they can mash up if necessary.

But Berlin is the last show of the tour so there won't be an opportunity to mash up..

I would wager that they record everything. 

1 hour ago, JCF said:

Wow, that was hard to watch. Bono looked scared during Red Flag Day.

It must be a truly horrible feeling to be standing there and realize that your voice is going. Things like this happen occasionally but I really feel for Bono right now. He must think that he let people down.

On the plus side those audience members are in for a very special night when the band return to make things right. I'm certain that U2 will give that show their all.

2 hours ago, dmway said:

...and a P.S. to celebrate a week's passing since I saw one of the best U2 shows I have ever seen - in fact, the last two I saw were among their very best ever, IMHO

I've been going to see U2 for 30+ years and the Newark show stands out big time.

Wow. So much energy in the room from the start. Both band and audience.

Plenty of $46 seats left for Newark tomorrow night. Some good sightlines and great value for money.

On 11/3/2017 at 2:18 PM, dermo said:

In his interview on 2FM in the last hour Bono said they are looking at indoor shows. 

That rules out Páirc Uí Chaoimh then.

There was a rumour out there that the tour is to start back up in April 2018. 

Yeah, Exit was like a horrible nightmare come to life.

My favourite performance in the set.

Intro to One Tree Hill... Bono said that we all lose people unexpectedly and don't get to say goodbye. U2 are playing the song for a man named Greg but fill in the name of your own loved one and the song is for them all.....

Tomorrow my wife and I are leaving for PA to attend a memorial service for my mother-in-law who passed away and was cremated last week while we were back home in Ireland. When Bono said those words my wife put her arms around me and leaned her head against me. It was a powerful moment.

1 hour ago, Max Tsukino said:

Me too.  A righteous shirt.

From Times Square you can walk to Port Authority bus terminal at 8th Ave & 42nd St.

Coach USA run buses to MetLife for events. Link HERE.

Also you can catch the subway at Port Authority to get to a train connection to the stadium.

Link HERE.

I really enjoyed that. Nice find.

55 minutes ago, vertigojds said:

I think the problem is, U2 sold their touring business to Live Nation....

Let's not forget merchandise prices. At $40 U2 t-shirts are the most expensive I've seen by far. I was really surprised when they signed with Live Nation as they were a band known for doing it their way and to give up so much control is stunning. As you've pointed out there have been big noticeable changes since 360.

As cool and fun as that meerkat/periscope thing was on I+E I always suspected that it was a product placement sponsorship deal. Fans who didn't have a meerkat account signed up to follow the live broadcast. As a matter of fact I had never even heard of meerkat prior to the tour.

During the 360 tour they uploaded a day in the life of Edge video with was basically an infomercial for BlackBerry who as it happens were sponsoring the tour.

Yeah you guys are both right. ?

It was a very very minor set change.

They seemed to have played more variety in the last tour so hopefully as this tour goes on it will be the same.

Re: A Sort Of Homecoming...

My guess is that they didn't want to play the exact same set two nights in a row at the same venue. There are fans who will go to both nights and the band respected that.

The Joshua Tree alone is about an hour, then with the rest it has to come close to the two hour mark. So time wise I think it is about the norm. However I was expecting them to play more songs. Are they playing longer songs (Bad, A Sort of Homecoming) that eat up time? 

But for sure they could do at least two more tunes pre-JT or as a final encore. A nice piano only Every Breaking Wave then 40 and everyone goes home happy.

On 5/15/2017 at 8:04 PM, tvham said:

I paid $40 US for a Cure shirt two years ago, it seems as though the 'legacy' bands can charge more knowing people will pay for it. 

I paid $25 for a Cure shirt at MSG last year. 

Bono has been using teleprompters for the last few tours. Not just for song lyrics but also for inbetween song banter. 

The band rehearse to a fault playing entire concerts to empty stadiums in preparation for tours. The shows are great, no doubt about that, but are now closer to being scripted plays rather than rock concerts.

I'm glad to say that I saw them on the original JT tour when it was just get up and play. By contrast whenever I've seen them since it's more about hitting their mark and doing the rehearsed  routine.

I believe that Adam's in-ear was malfunctioning and as a result he was off the beat for the first part of the song.