November 28, 201014 yr No word on Ireland yet? :unsure: Not adding another date, Bono buying the country I mean. At rock bottom price :P How very dare you <_< How much have you given :angry: BTW...Are not U2 doing the AVIVA stadium in Dublin...winding up their tour :unsure:
November 29, 201014 yr :unsure: I don't think anything official yet has been confirmed about any Dublin dates, just rumour as far as I know. Hope it happens though, makes sense to finish the tour there. New dates added: Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Brazil. The U2 360° Tour will visit Sao Paulo’s Estadio Morumbi on April 9th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Argentina. The U2 360° Tour will visit Estadio Unico de La Plata in Buenos Aires on March 30th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Lucky people getting to see Muse aswell
November 29, 201014 yr :unsure: I don't think anything official yet has been confirmed about any Dublin dates, just rumour as far as I know. Hope it happens though, makes sense to finish the tour there. New dates added: Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Brazil. The U2 360° Tour will visit Sao Paulo’s Estadio Morumbi on April 9th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Argentina. The U2 360° Tour will visit Estadio Unico de La Plata in Buenos Aires on March 30th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Lucky people getting to see Muse aswell Well they better hurry up :mellow: before the IMF & EU banks take the stadium back ...seeing as they are taking everything else :arrr:
November 29, 201014 yr :unsure: I don't think anything official yet has been confirmed about any Dublin dates, just rumour as far as I know. Hope it happens though, makes sense to finish the tour there. New dates added: Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Brazil. The U2 360° Tour will visit Sao Paulo’s Estadio Morumbi on April 9th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Live Nation Global Touring and Time for Fun have today confirmed that U2 will return to Argentina. The U2 360° Tour will visit Estadio Unico de La Plata in Buenos Aires on March 30th, 2011 and special guests on the night will be Muse. Lucky people getting to see Muse aswell I saw Muse on the tv from Glastonbury love their performance with The Edge ....the man is a ledgend
November 30, 201014 yr From: http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourn...1130-18fbq.html U2 unleashes its claw December 1, 2010 Sixty thousand are expected in Docklands as Etihad Stadium hosts the biggest rock show to visit Melbourne, writes Andrew Murfett. AFTER five days of intense production and preparations, Etihad Stadium is ready for the biggest rock show to visit Melbourne yet. Tonight, more than 60,000 rock fans will cram into the Docklands venue for the beginning of the Australian leg of the enormous U2 360 tour. While the four members of U2 were absent yesterday - Bono and his bandmates Edge, Larry Mullen jnr and Adam Clayton were in Sydney - by early morning their massive 250-man crew had ensured the enormous ''claw'' stage had risen above the stadium's roof. The claw itself stands 30.53 metres high (with the pylon, it's 51.8 metres) and is a sight to behold. The stage's co-designer, Willie Williams, who has worked with the band since 1982, said yesterday that U2 had revamped the show regularly since it began last year in the US. Jake Berry and Willie Williams have been responsible for the design of all of U2 s tours since 1982. Photo: Rebecca Hallas Bono spoke to The Age before his arrival in Melbourne today. Asked to recall some of the more surreal moments of his life as a rock star, he was quick to single out the night he got a bit tipsy at 10 Downing Street. He had encountered then prime minister Tony Blair in his role as rock's highest-profile activist, but their meetings were often stuffy and earnest. It was decided dinner and drinks at No. 10 could break the ice. The night went well, with Bono indulging in ''a few'' glasses of wine. At midnight, Blair asked to be excused when his staff alerted him to an emergency phone call. Bono was politely asked to let himself out. :lol: Wandering through No. 10, he got lost. ''It's a labyrinth,'' he said. ''I'm walking into rooms, and looking at pictures on the wall of David Lloyd George, who divided Ireland under threat of war.'' He ended up in the basement before a guard confronted him. ''How far have two countries come when the Irish rock star can wander through No. 10 unaccompanied,'' he said. ''I should have taken a portrait of Lloyd!'' Bono's perceived close relationship with Blair came under closer scrutiny when the former PM's recent memoirs noted the Irish superstar could have been PM himself, had he chosen politics over pop. Bono conceded his bandmates did not approve of his relationship with Blair or George Bush. ''There's people in my band who were upset with me hanging out with George Bush,'' he says. ''I didn't get a lot of support for that … But when you're dealing with people directly, you become friendly, sympathetic, and hopefully an empathetic character where people cannot always have their guard up with you.'' The rocker and the British PM had ''robust'' discussions about Iraq. ''Tony knew what I felt about the war,'' Bono said. ''I totally disagreed with him …'' Bono was quick, then, to credit Blair for his assistance with up to $100 billion in African debt cancellation, a passionate project for the singer. Bono also revealed last month that his band is working on a new album on the road. :dance: They plan to continue this process. For their production man Williams this has been liberating. So far on tour, the band has played six unreleased songs among their hits. ''It's been wonderful for them,'' Williams said yesterday. ''I have never seen them so creatively free. They are so thorough. Everything they do, they really examine it and look hard at what they do. It's wonderful to watch.'' Coincidentally, tonight's support act, American superstar rapper Jay-Z, was in Melbourne yesterday with wife Beyonce and fellow star, hip-hop artist Kanye West. The two were rumoured to be recording new material together in Richmond. Bono says an important part of his role as a songwriter today is understanding the world his songs occupy and, if he can, attempting to help shape those issues. In recent times he has studied economics at Harvard and invested in the tech company Palm. In fact, his ability to parlay his profile into aiding causes close to his is unparalleled. But how does he counter the ''Saint Bono'' caricature? ''Generally it's more 'rock star/arsehole','' he said. ''It's, 'Oh, that's Bono, he's the rock star/arsehole.' I haven't heard 'saint' for many years. I don't think I have a pious bone in my body. A caricature's quite far removed from my life with my family and friends. I must have helped it happen by doing some stupid stuff over the years.'' Yes, Bono is an activist (and a rock star) but he is also a husband and a father of four. His eldest two daughters live in New York and both call dad every two days. ''Family at times gets intense,'' he said. ''But most of my friends I grew up with leave for work at 7am and don't come home until 9pm. They don't see their kids. Whereas I am working in the house writing, I get to drop them at school when I'm home. We're a very close family.'' U2 play Etihad Stadium tonight and Friday.
December 1, 201014 yr I wonder what will happen to the stage when the tour is over :unsure: Recycled of course <_<
December 2, 201014 yr I wonder what will happen to the stage when the tour is over :unsure: I've read reports that Ireland are going to use the various stages as a bargaining chip in any future negotiations with the IMF and EU. The Government are counting on the likes of Ajai Chopra being big U2 fans as a last resort. :smoke: Seriously though - Willie Williams said the plan is for each of the three or four stages to be put on separate continents. What the purpose of this will be I don't know. <_<
December 2, 201014 yr U2 Aussie tour opened the Sweetest Thing Updated: 14:38, Thursday December 2, 2010 Decades after the birth of one the world's most popular rock bands, U2 frontman Bono can still hold tens of thousands of screaming fans in the palm of his hand. U2 kicked off the Australian leg of its 360 Degrees tour in Melbourne on Wednesday night in front of 60,000 people at Etihad Stadium. At age 50, Bono has an hour of physio before and after each power-packed performance. Beautiful Day got the crowd going as the band rolled through a collection of its classic hits, plus some newer material. 'It's good to be back in Australia, in Melbourne,' Bono said. 'We are still finding out so much musically, spiritually ... we are still pilgrims.' Under a giant 'claw', the band belted out crowd-pleasers including Mysterious Ways, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and Where The Streets Have No Name. Carrying on a tradition that began with the Live Aid concert in the 1980s, Bono called on fans to remember the millions of people suffering from HIV who cannot afford medication. He is a founder of RED, a charity that assists people in Africa to get AIDS medication. Bono paid tribute to Burmese democracy but he stressed that there were still more than 2,200 political prisoners in Burma. The audience was treated to a spectacular light show and video clips played on a 360-degree screen. The main attraction remains Bono's powerful vocals and the energy the band generated on stage. Perhaps the luckiest fan of the night was a young woman who Bono plucked from the crowd and serenaded. :unsure: :rolleyes: The pair also shared a very public slow dance on stage. sky.com.au
December 7, 201014 yr Author Seriously though - Willie Williams said the plan is for each of the three or four stages to be put on separate continents. What the purpose of this will be I don't know. <_< A couple of continents will be left without a stage. How will they cope? :o
December 14, 201014 yr My cousin lives in Australia and went to the Sydney concert, He's posted on his facebook wall a nice pic of the stage and has mentioned that he's been, offered VIP tickets to go back to U2 tonight. he says they were good, but not sure if they were 2 nights in a row good" hmmmmmm :wacko: I'ld love to see U2 again
December 14, 201014 yr My cousin lives in Australia and went to the Sydney concert, He's posted on his facebook wall a nice pic of the stage and has mentioned that he's been, offered VIP tickets to go back to U2 tonight. he says they were good, but not sure if they were 2 nights in a row good" hmmmmmm :wacko: I'ld love to see U2 again Il'l bet if he left outside the gate & couldn't get in he would think they were good <_<
December 19, 201014 yr Author From http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/...1214-18wid.html Thousands of cheap seats: U2 fails to sell out Glenda Kwek December 14, 2010 They may be one of the biggest rock bands in the world, but Sydney has served up a shock to U2 - their second show, tonight, has not sold out. :o More than 2200 $40 tickets - the cheapest for the Irish band's 360 tour - are unsold for tonight's concert at ANZ Stadium. Limited tickets are also available for more expensive seats, promoter Michael Coppel said. He said that may be because the unprecedented number of concerts this summer has saturated the Sydney entertainment market. Mr Coppel, who is bringing other popular musicians such as Linkin Park, Katy Perry and Rihanna to Australia, said he has "never seen the Australian market this busy". "Seven national tours that have gone on sale in the last five days," he said, naming Justin Bieber, Santana, Lionel Richie and James Blunt. :lol: "I think it reflects the fact that when they [u2] toured last time, when their tickets went on sale, there were very few other concerts on sale. "When they toured this time, they were the last big show of the summer to go on sale, and there was substantial sales already to Bon Jovi, and the Eagles, and Leonard Cohen and Muse and a range of other shows. "Obviously everybody's business is slightly affected because we only have a limited amount of people." Mr Coppel said one of the reasons that rival promoters had scheduled their concerts all around the same time was that each of them was busy working on their own projects and weren't aware of what their competitors were doing until they reached the promotional stage. "Every promoter, if they are honest, would say 'I didn't realise it was going to be this busy. Suddenly there are 22 on the market.'" The cluttered calendar was expected to free up by next winter, as it usually does, and as promoters reassess the number of acts they are bringing in to Australia, he said. "Hopefully it will be a little less frantic in the summer next year." About 130,000 tickets were on sale for U2's two concerts.
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