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  1. Originally posted by Andrew_C:Since the bike accident U2 have basically fallen off the face of the earth as far as promoting the album goes, they need to reschedule the Jimmy Fallon shows and get into peoples' living rooms.
    I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, the bike accident is the WORST thing that could've happened to the band. Like you said, there hasn't been a peep regarding U2. It went from the iTunes album drop, to everyone freaking out about it, to starting to play the songs live, they were doing a lot of little promo things (answering questions on Facebook comes to mind). Whether it was good news or people complaining, U2 were still in the spotlight. Then the accident happened and we have had NOTHING over the last 4 or 5 months. I understand they weren't able to go perform and stuff, but just release 45-60 second videos every so often on Facebook of them in the studio, figuring out how to play the songs from SOI live and stuff. Sorry, but I just think the accident (obviously) was the worst possible thing that could've happened. After all this time I still feel it's their best album since Pop, but without promotion it'd be hard for it to be noticed. Sorry for the long rant!
  2. unfortunate as the accident was, I still think they could've stayed on people's minds a lot more with proper single videos and the AIRING of such videos. remember how vertigo was everywhere, what with the apple spot? I heard "hello hello" everywhere I went. or hell, posters promoting the album/tour in the cities... I see none of that in germany at least.
  3. Why no promotion? They are rehearsing (or not)
  4. Bono is fit enough to rehearse but not fit enough to do that in public/promote (yet).
  5. The biggest culprit for lack of sell-out shows is the pricing... I just checked Ticketmaster and I saw tickets being sold for obscene prices. I would love to go to the other 4 LA shows but I'm not dropping 250-500 dollars for AVERAGE seats. And I don't imagine many people would either.
  6. Does anyone think the overpriced seats would drop once the shows get closer? I'd still love to go to more shows if seats dropped to about 100-150 dollars.
  7. Originally posted by Genaro92U2:Does anyone think the overpriced seats would drop once the shows get closer? I'd still love to go to more shows if seats dropped to about 100-150 dollars.
    Oh yeah! My Dad scored tickets to the last 360 show in Chicago the morning of the concert for like nothing. Had pretty solid seats, too.
  8. U2 as a business entity is not run by a bunch of idiots. Even though it seems like they have all but fallen off the face of the planet, I have a feeling that the people working behind the scenes have a plan in mind. Bono's injury was definitely a huge setback, but silence in the U2 camp is actually a good sign in my opinion. It tells me that they aren't concerned with damage control because as far as they are concerned, there isn't any damage. I think their intention is to use the first part of their tour to promote U2 and both of their albums (Innocence and Experience). Even if U2 loses money in the arena tour, if they've got an ambitious stadium tour in mind that'll be where they make the big bucks. Let's not forget all the records that were utterly shattered by 360.
  9. Originally posted by ahn1991:U2 as a business entity is not run by a bunch of idiots. Even though it seems like they have all but fallen off the face of the planet, I have a feeling that the people working behind the scenes have a plan in mind. Bono's injury was definitely a huge setback, but silence in the U2 camp is actually a good sign in my opinion. It tells me that they aren't concerned with damage control because as far as they are concerned, there isn't any damage. I think their intention is to use the first part of their tour to promote U2 and both of their albums (Innocence and Experience). Even if U2 loses money in the arena tour, if they've got an ambitious stadium tour in mind that'll be where they make the big bucks. Let's not forget all the records that were utterly shattered by 360.
    I actually never thought of it like that. That just got me so pumped up actually hahaha
  10. Originally posted by Genaro92U2:The biggest culprit for lack of sell-out shows is the pricing... I just checked Ticketmaster and I saw tickets being sold for obscene prices. I would love to go to the other 4 LA shows but I'm not dropping 250-500 dollars for AVERAGE seats. And I don't imagine many people would either.
    You hit the nail in the head there. Price, price, price. Fuck demand. If tickets were 50% of their current price ALL THESE SHOWS would be sold out.
  11. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    You hit the nail in the head there. Price, price, price. Fuck demand. If tickets were 50% of their current price ALL THESE SHOWS would be sold out.
    This is why 360 was such a genius tour. The stage format allowed them to increase the amount of tickets in lower price tiers, which led all those shows to sell out.

    But yeah, I would be going to some more LA shows if I didn't have to pay $200+ per show.
  12. Yep. I don't understand how tickets for stadium seats with a massive stage production are the same price as an arena show with likely a smaller production. It just seems like money-grubbing and it's well known that U2 don't need money. It sort of makes me sick..
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