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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong:Interesting insight by Sherry on FB (making up a lot of details aka U2 didn't rehearse in Vancouver for 3 months, lol), but at least she mentions the attendance to the COBL shoot was around 5K.

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    I'm sure this is much more accurate than my count
  2. You guys didn't count? Smh.
  4. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Haha that's amazing! Congrats on getting there for one of these unique events.

    As long as the girl wasn't up on stage for Yahweh on the 29th that's all that matters

    How many people do you think there were really in the 27th shoot? U2gigs says "a few thousands" but they usually let in a couple of hundreds for that type of things. So I'd be surprised if you were "a few thousands".
    They needed to fill up the floor for the shoot. So they needed quite a few people. I did a lot of research for U2songs when we launched the video section and we were told by the filmmakers that it was 4000.

    From: https://www.u2songs.com/videos/city_of_blinding_lights

    The official promo video for “City of Blinding Lights” was filmed by Alex Courtes and Martin Fougerol at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia over two days, April 27 and 28, 2005. Members of the public were invited to take part, and 4000 fans were allowed into GM Place for the shoot.

    The video features U2 on the Vertigo stage performing “City of Blinding Lights.” It incorporates footage shot on the closed set as well as actual Vancouver concert footage shot the following night. The video shooting was announced at 1:30pm, and at 3:00pm wristbands were distributed to 4000 fans who were let into the building at 7:00pm that night.

    U2 took the stage at 8:20 and ran through a number of renditions of “City of Blinding Lights”, as well as the “Hokey Pokey” and finished with a mini concert of “Vertigo,” “City of Blinding Lights,” and “Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own.”

    The audio for the video is an alternate version of the song, with a significant amount of crowd noise mixed into the song at the start.

    The video for “City of Blinding Lights” was circulated for play on May 30, 2005. u2.com made the video available to subscribers on June 2, 2005.
  6. It's the equivalent of sportswashing.

    I'll be done with U2 if they go anywhere near Saudi Arabia.
  7. I don't think they would, at least I hope. They are just investing in a ton of stuff that may be undervalued rn.
  8. There should have been a bigger fuss about BTS playing there IMO.

    Anyway, it sucks that there's basically a monopoly in the industry.
  9. As in you'll resign as a U2start moderator, refuse to listen to their music, refuse to watch any videos and stop buying any U2 related material? or just throw a tantrum on Instagram like a certain super fan did when it was announced they would play India. Claimed she couldn't support a band that chose to play there yet still attended that same tour ??‍♂️.
  10. Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]
    As in you'll resign as a U2start moderator, refuse to listen to their music, refuse to watch any videos and stop buying any U2 related material? or just throw a tantrum on Instagram like a certain super fan did when it was announced they would play India. Claimed she couldn't support a band that chose to play there yet still attended that same tour ??‍♂️.
    It would be highly hypocritical of the band if they played there. Supporting Amnesty International, etc, was clearly meaningless.
  11. It would be. However it's just a matter of time until they play somewhere like Saudi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi etc..
  12. It might be a good example of Western values on display. You can all take what you want from that.
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