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  1. There was very little recording done at Belfast.
    Everybody I could see was totally immersed. Especially with Belfast 1, which if you haven't read Gerard's review - was completely special.

    If you recognise live music as being about 'breaking through to the other side', you have to set down your fucking phone and enter the experience not through a secondary piece of equipment, but your own self.

  2. This guy on face time in Belfast.
  4. Public Service Broadcasting play this video before their concerts.


  5. Guy beside me recorded the whole of Dublin 4 with his S6 Edge. Every single song.
  6. Yeah guy in front of me did the same for Belfast 2. With an iPhone 4 or 5. Hilarious. He even used digital zoom for the e-stage songs as he was on the main stage. He didn't see a single song himself, recorded everything.

    And then he came home to see that half of the show was already on YouTube by U2gigs in 1080p
  7. Originally posted by BelgianBono:And we wonder why the atmosphere is less and less during concerts...

    Said it before, I'd like the idea that bands say "Hey, we're gonna give you access to tons of photos, a bootleg and some videos of the show when you enter the code on your tickets to our website. Now please lay down your phones etc. and enjoy the party with us."

    Jack White did this before the show started in Nashville when I saw him this year in Nashville and it was amazing... definitely one of the most "involved" audiences I've ever been a part of for that reason alone. Felt like I time traveled.
  8. Good one!

    It's a sorry state of affairs really and makes you wonder if theres any going back or just reversing the trend even a little. Or is it a case of the genie is out of the bottle / Pandora's box has been opened / [insert other cliche here!]

    On the one hand I'm glad some people do take pictures, and film segments of the show, they need documenting afterall for the likes of us right? But do the majority of the 10,000 to 90,000 people in attendance need to do it. the whole show through? Let the professionals do that I say.

    On the one show I managed to see this tour I was rather struck by a young lady in front of me who spent much of the evening with her back to the stage, self-y-ing herself on her tablet, almost like the record of her being there was more important than the experience. I can understand her perhaps doing it the once, but she literally appeared to spend half the night with her back to the band.

    Don't get me wrong, I've taken a few pics down the years at shows, and I don't see anything wrong with grabbing a few personal memento's of the show and whatnot (though have never done a selfie with my back towards the band or any other artist / group for that matter, either in close proximity or in seated areas).

    But if taking pics / filming is at the expense of others enjoyment and your own by not being in the moment, and even perhaps offending the band to some degree and perhaps even negatively affecting their performance (not that you'd ever really notice with the likes of U2, as almost every performance is beyond stellar obviously - even on an off night ;-) - but we all know they feed off their audience in terms of their performance), then things have gotten crazy.

    On the Zoo TV / Popmart tours you'd barely see any camera's. Some would get them in obviously and there were of course many who took in cheap disposable cameras with no risk if they got seized. And of course no phones, screens, tablets etc. Those were the days, back when we had inflatable lemons and Mexican waves to amuse ourselves with!
  9. Those were the days, back when we had inflatable lemons and Mexican waves to amuse ourselves with!


    In the time *before* new media was the big idea.
  12. Someone was using a selfie stick tonight to take pics / record the show. Edges side near the front.
    It's staggering how many people no longer watch the actual concert but play with phones etc instead .
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