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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

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    Also, I think it's great that they're not trying at all to top the 360 setup and are going for a more standard stage&tour idea. The 360 won't be topped ever -or at least not by U2 themselves- so there's no point in doing lame attempts. Do a standard stage tour with loads of great music and have your fans happy. Quoting Bono himself, "Rock and roll. That's all folks!".

    If you are implying Elevation and Vertigo were the same thing: Elevation had the 'inner cicle' as unique feature and Vertigo the tennis balls.

    Agree on your topping 360 speech.
  2. I was speaking about your "they should drop the outter ring" point - I don't agree. Being inside the circle is something truly special, I can tell from the two 360 shows I attended. And it should be even more special in a smaller venue (=smaller ring). And I just posted two pics from their latest indoor tours to prove they might agree with me
  3. I don't think 360 can ever be topped. Given all the stadium tours going on, none of them even come close to 360. MX is unique for those wristbands, but as far as the stage was concerned, it's your typical stadium tour stage.

    Also, I'd say that Elevation and Vertigo were VERY similar from a stage perspective. The major difference was in the LED curtains, which was genius and I think should make a comeback.

    But yeah, I like the move. Bring the shows indoors with the 360 aspect, which should (in theory) increase capacity just as the outdoor 360 format did. I'd stand in the queue all day to do GA if they do an arena tour.
  4. Originally posted by LikeASong:I was speaking about your "they should drop the outter ring" point - I don't agree. Being inside the circle is something truly special, I can tell from the two 360 shows I attended. And it should be even more special in a smaller venue (=smaller ring). And I just posted two pics from their latest indoor tours to prove they might agree with me

    I think the outer circle would make the stage too complex for an arena tour. Moreover, the 360 Tour wasn't really 360. I sat at the back and got about 5% attention, if not less. Dropping the outter ring would make it real 360.
  5. Don't get your complexity point... That's what I was trying to say, the Elevation and Vertigo tours had outter rings too. . . .
  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:Don't get your complexity point... That's what I was trying to say, the Elevation and Vertigo tours had outter rings too. . . .

    I haven't seen Elevation or Vertigo live, but I think it would be way too big. Only the main stage, in the middle of the arena with two MX-like catwalks would seem far more interesting and 360-like.
  7. Actually, another point that I just remembered (and was addressed in that documentary, Squaring The Circle) is the fact that indoor arenas are, for the most part, a North American phenomena. They mentioned that for Elevation and Vertigo, they essentially had to design two stages and two shows, one for the indoor arena gigs in NA and another for the outdoor gigs in Europe.

    Now I don't think Europe got a ton of indoor arenas in the past few years, so wouldn't this still be an issue for them?
  8. Just to speak for Holland; There are some indoor arena's in The Netherlands but those aren't big enough for the normal U2 stages and don't allow as much people as at a normal U2 concert.
  9. I remember other stage designs for the 360 Tour, which they might use. It just not U2 to use the same stage for two tours. They have always been innovative...
  10. 6.15 min is where you wanna be.

  11. I feel like the next progression for them would be to make a true 360 show indoors, but this doesn't answer the Europe question...

    Most of the alternate 360 stages from Squaring The Circle look too similar to The Claw to be used. Then again, The Claw worked so well I don't see why they wouldn't stick with that formula.
  12. Also, in case you haven't watched Squaring The Circle, it's a very good documentary that's only a little over a half hour long. It provides great insight into why 360 looked like it did.
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