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  3. I still have no idea what to expect in terms of what U2's plans are for their upcoming projects. Is it one album with a bunch of different vibes on it? Is it 3 albums? Who knows anymore.
  4. I wouldnt be surprised if they merge it all down to 1.


  5. I said awhile back on the Songs of Ascent thread that if they release 3 albums, I'll quite literally eat my hat. Talk to Kirsten, I believe she wrote it down just in case
  6. Those bets are always fun. Makes me hope they do release 3


  7. That's what I'm expecting/hoping for. It's easier to sit back and take time to appreciate one album than have 3 thrown at you at the same time or not too long apart from eachother. The first would come out, and then after the next two come out you'd almost forget about the first. Unless they're all equal in greatness. We'll see I guess. If they merge it down to one album I'm expecting something along the lines of Pop. They're talking about rock tunes, a few ambient ones, and dance songs. Sounds like Last Night On Earth/Mofo, If God Will Send His Angels/Wake Up Dead Man, and Discotheque/Do You Feel Loved, respectively.
  8. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    That's what I'm expecting/hoping for. It's easier to sit back and take time to appreciate one album than have 3 thrown at you at the same time or not too long apart from eachother. The first would come out, and then after the next two come out you'd almost forget about the first. Unless they're all equal in greatness. We'll see I guess. If they merge it down to one album I'm expecting something along the lines of Pop. They're talking about rock tunes, a few ambient ones, and dance songs. Sounds like Last Night On Earth/Mofo, If God Will Send His Angels/Wake Up Dead Man, and Discotheque/Do You Feel Loved, respectively.


    Now THAT is would an album I can get behind.
  9. U2 in Concert: The Animated Series!

    These are actually quite cool. I'll leave the third one here because the arseholes at WMG have disabled the audio on the first part. No doubt this will disappear too, so see it while you can.

  10. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

    I said awhile back on the Songs of Ascent thread that if they release 3 albums, I'll quite literally eat my hat. Talk to Kirsten, I believe she wrote it down just in case


    written down and pinned on the wall above my desk ye ain't get outta that
    camera is ready
  11. The band is on track to break all-time gross record

    Billboard, January 27, 2011
    By: Ray Waddell



    [The January 29, 2011 issue of Billboard magazine includes a feature called "2011's Top 40 Best Bets." U2 is listed 11th with this accompanying article.]

    In early April, while the group is performing somewhere in Latin America, U2's 360 tour is projected to become the highest-grossing tour off all time.

    The previous record-high gross of $558 million, set by the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour of 2005-07, won't just be broken but, to quote the Stones, shattered. When U2 concludes its two-year, 110-show trek in North America in July, the 360 tour is projected to top $700 million in total gross and 7 million in attendance. The feat is even more remarkable when one considers that the band will break the record on a tour that spanned trying economic times around the globe.

    U2 won't claim the all-time highest-gross mantle because it has the highest ticket prices -- the tour tops out at $250 and prices go as low as $30, well short of what acts the Stones and Barbra Streisand have charged. Rather, the record-breaking numbers are made possible by the band's enduring popularity and the tour's groundbreaking 360-degree staging, which expanded stadium capacities by double-digit percentages.

    The success of the tour is also a milestone achievement for 360 producer Arthur Fogel, Live Nation chairman of global music and CEO of global touring. Fogel has played a key role in seven of the top 10 tours of all time, including treks by U2, Madonna, the Police and the Stones.

    The 360 tour's record-high gross will stand for a long time, given the ambitious scale of the production, the band's willingness to invest in its show and its ability to stay on the road for such an extended period. Few acts can play stadium tours. And even if an artist attempts to emulate the staging that has enabled 360-size capacities -- a massively expensive endeavor that few would dare take on -- filling those seats would be a tall order, particularly over 100 shows in markets around the world. In all likelihood, U2 can only be topped by U2.

    (c) Billboard, 2011.
  12. Question: Is this the tour where they played more times?

    Anyway, in my opinion, this is their biggest tour, and those numbers just confirm that...
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