Sydney
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I couldn't agree more... we all can wait one more year.
Do we know if he has signed with any label though? Or will he release without a label? GOD THAT would be really sth special! :o
(if the tour is included in the contract, which I doubt will happen, it will be a huge contract)
Why no tour in contract ... :mellow:
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U2 world tour continues to smash records
Box office stats reveal that the more than 100-show run has so far raked in more than $675 million. :o
Announced last week by Billboard Boxscore, which tracks sales for concerts and albums, the tour passed the $558 million top-earning record set by the Rolling Stones' tour of 2005-07.
When the tour wraps up this summer, it will have sold more than seven million tickets to 110 shows, meaning it also ranks as the most attended tour in history, according to Boxscore. Rolling Stones sold 6.4 million tickets with their Voodoo Lounge tour of 1994-95.
The massive, seven-leg tour launched two years ago in Barcelona. In 2011, the band kicked off its South African tour in Johannesburg on February 13 followed by a slew of shows in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, Mexico, the US, and Canada, wrapping up on July 30 in Moncton, Canada, at the Magnetic Hill Music Festival.
According to Billboard Boxscore's report earlier this year, rockers AC/DC earned the third highest grossing tour of all time with their Black Ice World Tour, while Madonna comes in fourth with her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which took home $408 million in just 85 shows.
Artists with the year's top ten grossing tours, according to Billboard Boxscore's report:
1. U2
2. Kylie Minogue
3. Kenny Chesney
4. Justin Bieber
5. Miley Cyrus
6. Rascal Flatts
7. Mötley Crüe
8. James Blunt :o
9. John Fogerty
10. Rush
Musicrooms.com
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Well I bet you didn't think you'd hear me say this - but - if Rob's doing something in Manchester - I'm going to try for tickets. Believe me - I will still be viewing with an open mind - but I think I may enjoy it (mainly his banter - it would help if I liked some of his songs).
Kath
:o Do not worry Kath, the ambulance is on it's way http://i53.tinypic.com/wqoo0o.gif
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If he wasn't so bloomin rich he'd have been scoffing a bacon sarnie. Lobster. I ask you. :rolleyes:
Why would anyone eat Lobster on a tour or any other bloomin shell fish for that matter... Il'l bet Gary felt like hitting him with his sandwich.... Robbie as usual always wants to wrap his arms around therld, he just had to have it <_< .. I wonder if he wore his knee drop trop trousers that night :lol:
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I find this weird! Because I have to admit - when I went to the Manchester show - Rob's slot was my favourite bit of the night! Whilst he didn't exactly make Take That look boring - he did make them look a little tame!
Maybe we're morphing! To you - to me - to you - to me!
Kath
No offence Kath but I doubt it somehow :lol: ...you are way more demanding than me & you seldom take any prisoners -_-
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I found an on-line translation website. The translation is also gobbledegook. But if I'm reading it right, it hasn't been possible to find a suitable date to reschedule the cancelled concert. However, :rolleyes: if and when TT (or parts of TT? :unsure: ) ever decide to hold concerts in Denmark again, people who were supposed to go on Saturday will get access to an exclusive presale.
Big Wows all round then. TT in Copenhagen. 2019. Maybe.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
A bit like the 'free gig in Dublin ' ..on the never never :o
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Monday, July 18, 2011Concert Review | U2 at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis
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Growing up with my older brother had its highs and lows. He would bully me, whip me in basketball; he even hit me in the face once. I remember the days when he would wake up early in the morning and blast his cassette tapes while we all got ready for school. He played Springsteen, Billy Joel, The Doors. And yes, he really liked U2.
I distinctively recall a time when I was listening to "With or Without You" in our basement, right after our parents had separated. I was with my brother, sister, and cousins -- we had just bought our first stereo system with a CD player, and my brother was elated that he had made his first purchase, a copy of The Joshua Tree. We all sat there not saying a word, just listening to a song that made perfect sense to all of us. It was a strange time, but I really believe that was when I first figured out my true love in life: listening to music with loved ones.
I also remember watching the video for "One" on MTV with my brother. We thought it was the best thing we had ever heard -- I even swore that it had to be a cover, because it sounded so classic. It wasn't, of course; it was just one of those songs that had the ability to speak loud and clear, to define a generation.
But then, something happened. I started listening to Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam, and by the time U2's Zooropa was released, I had moved on. Looking back, I probably didn't give Zooropa much time because it sounded nothing like the U2 that had left a mark on my life. A few years later, when they released Pop, I simply gave up. They were no longer a band I could identify with; their records sounded too calculated and fake.
But, as they say, great music can always take you back to a time in your life you remember so vividly. And that happened last night.
In many ways, it's a shame that I couldn't enjoy my first U2 concert with my brother. When the first notes of "Where the Streets Have No Name" hit the air inside Busch Stadium, I'd be lying to say that I didn't long for my youth just a bit. I looked around me, and here's what I saw: A man, probably in his 50s, sporting a soaked towel around his neck, eyes closed, arms in the air; a middle aged woman, mouth agape, practically hugging herself; a young couple jumping up and down, holding each other. I want to believe this had everything to do with the sound of The Edge's guitar, and nothing to do with the overzealous stage called "The Claw."
Let's talk about "The Claw" for a bit. Sure, when you walk in, it's a sight to see -- it's huge, it's cool, whatever. And when it operates, it's a well-oiled machine, providing lights, amazing video, and rotating bridges where The Edge and Bono make appearances closer to different parts of the audience. But, it's just a spectacle, a grand gimmick. I did not once find myself thinking, "Wow, "The Claw" really kicked ass on that song." Perhaps during "Elevation," "Zooropa," or "Vertigo," the night was more enjoyable, only because those songs, to me, lack substance. So, at its best, "The Claw" was a nice distraction to cover up weaker songs in U2's catalog. God, I sound old.
What I'll mostly take away from the show are two simple things: The Edge is truly a once-in-a-lifetime guitarist (Bono called him "the best guitarist of his generation" when introducing him), and whether you like him or not, Bono is a rock star who definitely still has it, even if he gives us too much bravado at times.
The Edge, in my opinion, was the star of the show, providing lift-off for songs like the opening "Even Better Than the Real Thing," "Mysterious Ways," "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," and the dramatic "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Is it just me, or is there not a more definable guitar sound out there? It's so clean, yet piercing and powerful. There is no grunge effect in The Edge's guitar work, and it's a wonder how such a cool and collected character on stage can produce such energy with an instrument.
Bono, on the other hand, is a much different personality, and was a mixed bag throughout the night. He cleverly produced U2's setlist from their first show in St. Louis, an appearance at the Graham Chapel at Washington University in 1981, digging it out of his pocket, admitting that they played a couple of the same songs twice due to lack of material. His talk about Gabby Giffords before "Beautiful Day" and shout out to the Joplin tornado victims was also a nice touch. But during the second encore, during "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," he completely lost me with his antics that included swinging from some type of steering-wheel microphone, and sporting a God-awful jacket that lit up like the 4th of July.
This pretentious rock star moment came during the beginning of the three-song second encore, which was the only real disappointment of the evening. To me, it didn't feel like the same show -- even "With or Without You" felt rushed and uninspired. And the show's closer, "Moment of Surrender," was a real head-scratching thud, even if it was dedicated to the good people of Joplin. It surely didn't hold up against the first brilliant encore, which featured "One," a snippet of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," and "Where the Streets Have No Name." The show should have ended there, with 50,000-plus buzzing, feeling great about life.
Still, though, U2 proved more than relevant, even if their best moments were during songs that didn't need lights, lasers, or guest appearances by people in space. I guess that's the beauty of a huge production, though -- we'll all take the parts we loved best and live with them forever
Speakersincode,com
UK/Europe Tour: Progress Live (2011) (with Take That)
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Hot Tours: Take That, U2, Roger WatersHot Tours: Take That, U2, Roger Waters
A reunited Take That - the British boy band featuring Robbie Williams - tops Hot Tours, having stormed through the U.K., shattering gross records, including Bruce Springsteen's eight-year title as the highest grossing concert stand ever, a mark it topped twice on this tour.
Take That sold out eight concerts at Wembley Stadium June 30-July 9, with a gross of £38,094,558, according to Billboard Boxscore. The U.S. dollar equivalent of that is $61.7 million, far and away the highest gross ever reported to Billboard. Attendance was 623,737, also a record. The act also captured the second highest gross ever, with eight more sellouts at City of Manchester Stadium June 3-12 taking in £27,273,546 ($44 million U.S.) with attendance of 443,223. In total, Take That's run through the U.K. grossed $185,175,360 U.S. and drew 1,806,473 fans to 29 shows from May 27 through July 9.
Take That played multiple performances at all seven of the stadiums included in this week's Hot Tours tally, selling out all 29 concerts. The tour began with four shows at the Stadium of Light in the English city of Sunderland on May 27, followed by the Manchester run and performances in Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow and Birmingham before the London shows. The Progress Live Tour then moved on to play stadiums in a handful of other European markets during July with a final performance planned for July 29 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
Springsteen's stand at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. in 2003 grossed $38.6 million and drew 566,560 to 10 sellouts. The dollar amount now ranks third all-time with the Boss' attendance figure settling into the runner-up slot among all-time Boxscore reports.
Rounding out Billboard's list of the top five concert grosses on record are The Spice Girls at No. 4 with $33.8 million from 17 shows at London's O2 Arena during the winter of 2007-08, and U2 at No. 5 with $32.7 million from three concerts at São Paulo, Brazil's Estádio do Morumbi earlier this year.
U2 meanwhile claims the No. 2 spot on our weekly Hot Tours recap with reports submitted from its three-night trek through eastern Canada. The rock legends played a pair of sold out shows at Hippodome de Montreal on July 8 and 9 which preceded a full house at Toronto's retractable roof stadium Rogers Centre on July 11. The three shows grossed just over $24 million (U.S.) from an aggregate crowd of 220,886.
Rank Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)
1 TAKE THAT $185,175,360
May 27-July 9
Stadium of Light, Sunderland, U.K. (4/4)
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, U.K. (8/8)
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, U.K. (2/2)
Croke Park, Dublin (2/2)
Hampden Park, Glasgow, U.K. (3/3)
Villa Park, Birmingham, U.K. (2/2)
Wembley Stadium, London (8/8)
1,806,473 (1,806,473)
2 U2 $24,034,855
July 8-11
Hippodrome de Montreal (2/2)
Rogers Centre, Toronto (1/1)
220,886 (220,886)
3 ROGER WATERS
$5,419,518
July 1-12
Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris (1/1)
Mediolanum Forum, Milan (2/2)
OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens (3/3)
70,399 (70,399)
4 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE
$4,057,300
July 6-17
Maverik Center, West Valley City, Utah (1/0)
Comcast Arena, Everett, Wash. (1/1)
Rose Garden, Portland (1/0)
Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento (1/0)
Oracle Arena, Oakland (1/0)
HP Pavilion, San Jose (1/0)
NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles (1/1)
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. (1/1)
U.S. Airways Center, Phoenix (1/0)
73,965 (76,885)
5 NEIL DIAMOND
$3,451,260
June 25
Aviva Stadium, Dublin (1/0)
28,701 (32,000)
6 SADE
$3,045,782
July 12-17
Philips Arena, Atlanta (2/0)
Amway Center, Orlando (1/0)
32,271 (35,664)
7 KENNY CHESNEY $2,721,441
July 6-9
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colo. (3/3)
USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, Utah (1/0)
45,081 (47,179)
8 JASON ALDEAN
$1,612,264
July 8-16
Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0)
1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre, Tampa (1/1)
Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Fla. (1/1)
55,872 (57,198)
9 NKOTBSB $1,603,831
June 22-July 12
Philips Arena, Atlanta (1/1)
Rexall Place, Edmonton (1/0)
22,123 (26,202)
10 BRITNEY SPEARS
$1,563,934
July 17-18
Philips Arena, Atlanta (1/0)
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville (1/0)
23,897 (26,227)
source..billboard.com