Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Amazing that that page is still up.
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Amazing that that page is still up.
Originally posted by popmarter:[..]
Maybe but the rumour mill had them announcing it a few weeks back and it turned out to be Metallica, I was under the impression they weren't going to tour for a very long time and that they were taking an extended hiatus however I won't mind been proved wrong.
Originally posted by Remy:[..]
Yep. So far they have been right with a lot of stuff so I would put my money on all their info now.
However, it's U2, and in 2016, a lot of people were rightfully spreading rumours that U2 would tour arenas that year. No one could foresee U2 pulling the plug last minute though, so that's always a possibility in any scenario.
The joy of rumours
Originally posted by DanialGowans:if nothing is announced next week i am completely over this BS fanciful 'rumor'!
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This is the grave reality they face should they once again snub us, the band have be warned!!!
Originally posted by DanialGowans:if nothing is announced next week i am completely over this BS fanciful 'rumor'!
It's bad enough as Aussies we have had to sit back and watch them troop thru 3 x Nth Americain tours since they last ventured to our shores with 360!
The band don't realise how close they are to extinction among Aussies & NZs and with the end so near it would be a travesty for them to drop of the musical landscape all for the perusal of fatter wallets with numerous Northern Hemisphere tours.
Australia used to be a fantastic solid base for the band ( per capita i would have thought right up there with the best in the world ) their music was played on all of the radio stations here from 'easy listening' right thru to "alternate' stations such as JJJ (who in the 90s loved them) and everything in between TripleM, 2Day, NOVA , 96.1 and so on!
Triple M played more U2 than any other station and where unabashed card carrying paid up members, however these days u would hardly hear u2 on the station or for that fact any station bar the odd spin of "The Sweetest Thing" on the Easy Listening Stations!
If this tour falls thru i for one will be handing in my 'unabashed card carrying membership' back. I will quietly delete all their music from my devices and find inspo elsewhere (as have in recent times with Dave Gilmour and his last couple of tours).
Touring and the visual element of seeing a band like u2 is what inspires and make us as fans 'dream out loud' and continue to burn the embers inside to enable us to hang in there for that next album, or to defend the band when ur mates start to rip in to you for stupid mistakes like the 'free apple album' (which unfortunately happened to be their worst album) and old favs like 'Bonos tax evasion' and his Narcissistic ways!
As a fan of theirs for well over 30 years and 15 odd concerts spanning 6 tours it pains me to say all this. With each passing month and each tick of the clock, and no tour announcement their musical legacy is slipping further and further down the rabbit hole into oblivion.
This is the grave reality they face should they once again snub us, the band have be warned!!!
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
How exactly have you "warned" the band? Do you think they read this forum or something?
I agree that it's too bad they haven't been around your shores for almost a decade, but do you really think it's worth resigning as a fan?
Originally posted by DanialGowans:[..]
i am warning them as a 'fan' , you know that word 'fan'?
A 'fan' like millions of other 'fans' who have paid for their amazing lifestyles and provided them with wealth and riches that individually they couldn't spend in a lifetime.
Fans though are also fickle bunch. Fans turn easily into critics, critics who then start to question things like history and legacy. Its these Fans turned Critics i speak of who are the ones who are warning them , and that 'fandom' is growing!
When U2 are long retired who is left to hold the fort? To speak for and against. To attack or defend. To listen to and watch. To argue for or against.
When this moment in time arrives post U2 you need all the 'fans' you can get,
not those the ones who turned critic!
I am that 'fan' and i suspect there are many more who they need on their side , not against them!
I think it was Bono who said once "your only as good as ur last record"! Prophetic!!!
Originally posted by DanialGowans:if nothing is announced next week i am completely over this BS fanciful 'rumor'!
It's bad enough as Aussies we have had to sit back and watch them troop thru 3 x Nth Americain tours since they last ventured to our shores with 360!
The band don't realise how close they are to extinction among Aussies & NZs and with the end so near it would be a travesty for them to drop of the musical landscape all for the perusal of fatter wallets with numerous Northern Hemisphere tours.
Australia used to be a fantastic solid base for the band ( per capita i would have thought right up there with the best in the world ) their music was played on all of the radio stations here from 'easy listening' right thru to "alternate' stations such as JJJ (who in the 90s loved them) and everything in between TripleM, 2Day, NOVA , 96.1 and so on!
Triple M played more U2 than any other station and where unabashed card carrying paid up members, however these days u would hardly hear u2 on the station or for that fact any station bar the odd spin of "The Sweetest Thing" on the Easy Listening Stations!
If this tour falls thru i for one will be handing in my 'unabashed card carrying membership' back. I will quietly delete all their music from my devices and find inspo elsewhere (as have in recent times with Dave Gilmour and his last couple of tours).
Touring and the visual element of seeing a band like u2 is what inspires and make us as fans 'dream out loud' and continue to burn the embers inside to enable us to hang in there for that next album, or to defend the band when ur mates start to rip in to you for stupid mistakes like the 'free apple album' (which unfortunately happened to be their worst album) and old favs like 'Bonos tax evasion' and his Narcissistic ways!
As a fan of theirs for well over 30 years and 15 odd concerts spanning 6 tours it pains me to say all this. With each passing month and each tick of the clock, and no tour announcement their musical legacy is slipping further and further down the rabbit hole into oblivion.
This is the grave reality they face should they once again snub us, the band have be warned!!!
Originally posted by DanialGowans:if nothing is announced next week i am completely over this BS fanciful 'rumor'!
It's bad enough as Aussies we have had to sit back and watch them troop thru 3 x Nth Americain tours since they last ventured to our shores with 360!
The band don't realise how close they are to extinction among Aussies & NZs and with the end so near it would be a travesty for them to drop of the musical landscape all for the perusal of fatter wallets with numerous Northern Hemisphere tours.
Australia used to be a fantastic solid base for the band ( per capita i would have thought right up there with the best in the world ) their music was played on all of the radio stations here from 'easy listening' right thru to "alternate' stations such as JJJ (who in the 90s loved them) and everything in between TripleM, 2Day, NOVA , 96.1 and so on!
Triple M played more U2 than any other station and where unabashed card carrying paid up members, however these days u would hardly hear u2 on the station or for that fact any station bar the odd spin of "The Sweetest Thing" on the Easy Listening Stations!
If this tour falls thru i for one will be handing in my 'unabashed card carrying membership' back. I will quietly delete all their music from my devices and find inspo elsewhere (as have in recent times with Dave Gilmour and his last couple of tours).
Touring and the visual element of seeing a band like u2 is what inspires and make us as fans 'dream out loud' and continue to burn the embers inside to enable us to hang in there for that next album, or to defend the band when ur mates start to rip in to you for stupid mistakes like the 'free apple album' (which unfortunately happened to be their worst album) and old favs like 'Bonos tax evasion' and his Narcissistic ways!
As a fan of theirs for well over 30 years and 15 odd concerts spanning 6 tours it pains me to say all this. With each passing month and each tick of the clock, and no tour announcement their musical legacy is slipping further and further down the rabbit hole into oblivion.
This is the grave reality they face should they once again snub us, the band have be warned!!!
