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  1. I just can't really think of another show from the UK and Ireland that tops that one from before or during the boy tour. They killed it that night. Some NA shows are great and do, but in terms of setlist and performance, well I can't think of a better show in Europe from the boy tour. Maybe they have one hidden away in the vaults that we don't know about
  2. I asked this in the dedicated thread, but should I assume I won't get this since I resubscribed a month ago and got a second copy of NSS?


  3. A lot of bands are releasing double 10" vinyl now. It has the benefits of being easier to press exactly in the center of the wax and also less likely to warp.

    I really can't wait for this! Just resubscribed
  4. Yes you won't get it. Apparently they had some NSS leftovers and sent those instead of something new.
  5. RUBBISH
  6. That's why I chose to wait I will definitely subscribe now!
  7. U2 Nominated for Best Rock Album Grammy

    Grammy Award nominations are being announced throughout the day today, mainly via Twitter, and U2 have been nominated for Best Rock Album for Songs Of Innocence. A list of 82 of the 83 nominees will be released at Grammys.com at 2 p.m. ET. Album of the Year nominees will be announced on the CBS TV special "A Very Grammy Christmas" at 9 p.m. ET tonight.

    Also nominated for Best Rock Album are Ryan Adams, Beck, The Black Keys and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.


    http://www.atu2.com/
  8. Good news!
  9. I hope they take it. Black Keys wasn't really good and Beck was fine but nothing special. (I admit I haven't listened to the other 2 yet)... SOI was very good to excellent. If Grammys hold some truth in them, U2 should take it.

    (once again)
  10. I really hope they take it as well. Between the surprise release and the sheer amount of jimmies rustled by it, discussions about SOE pretty much dominated all forms of social media.
  11. Inside U2’s Ambitious Upcoming Tour Strategy
    By Ray Waddell | December 08, 2014 1:30 PM EST

    Despite album backlash and a battered Bono, the band preps its first road run since 2011.

    The announcement on Dec. 3 of U2’s Innocence + Experience Tour was a blast of confidence for a band that has experienced a bumpy past few months. Setting aside mixed consumer reaction to its Apple give-away of new album Songs of Innocence and frontman Bono’s Nov. 16 bike accident in New York (he shattered his left elbow, fractured a humerus bone in his left arm and injured the orbit of one of his eyes), the trek will begin May 14.

    “Like any good football team, sometimes you have to adjust your game plan at halftime,” says Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel, promoter-producer of all of U2’s tours since PopMart in 1997 and 1998, noting that he would have liked to make a splashier announcement tied to a high-profile TV play, no doubt in reference to U2’s planned (and scrapped) five-night residency on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But “given all factors, we’re OK.”

    It’s a pivotal time for a band that, nearly 40 years after forming, remains consumed with its relevance (“We don’t ever want to become a heritage act,” The Edge told The Hollywood Reporter in February). The new tour will arrive with an ambitious strategy in which U2 plays two dates in each market (and four at both Los Angeles’ Forum and New York’s Madison Square Garden) with different sets on consecutive nights -- one representing Innocence, the other Experience (an indication that U2’s already confirmed next album, Songs of Experience, may be previewed or even released by then). Songs of Innocence has struggled to find success at radio, but many touring executives think U2’s track record as an elite live act will lure fans. Consider its last outing, 360°, which grossed $736.4 million from 110 shows to become the biggest tour in history, despite an accompanying album (No Line on the Horizon) that sold a third of its predecessor (1.1 million in sales versus 3.3 million for 2004’s How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, according to Nielsen SoundScan).

    “I have a lot of confidence they could pull it off,” says Chip Hooper, worldwide head of music for talent agency Paradigm, of U2’s dual-night approach. “There’s a sense that they’ll deliver again.”

    Affordable pricing should help generate early sales, too: A large percentage of floor seats will sell for $30 and $65, “which is kind of ridiculous, in a good way,” says Fogel. The configuration splits the arena floor in half, with a rectangular layout, though Fogel wants to keep certain details of the production secret.

    After the enormity and spectacle of the stadium-based 360°, with its spider-like in-the-round stage, some insiders predicted the band will scale back on its next run. Indeed, indoor arenas serve the introspective, personal nature of Songs of Innocence well. “No matter what size the venue, they create an atmosphere and community that’s really unrivaled,” Fogel says.

    As for the consumer blowback to the Apple promotion, Fogel remains undeterred on its potential tour impact. “It’s noise, frankly,” he says. “These are great songs, and they’re going to translate incredibly well live.”

    Only stops in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe were announced, and Fogel is tight-lipped on future plans, but it wouldn’t be out of the question for the tour to run as long as three years, returning to North America and Europe, along with visits to Asia, South America, Australia and other territories.

    http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6386022/inside-u2s-ambitious-upcoming-tour-strategy
  12. I still wonder what the sets will look like and how much will change from night to night.

    I'm kinda afraid we will get the same setlist every 1st night and every 2nd night in each city.
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