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  1. They'd damn well better come to Adelaide. They forget about Popmart and Pop conveniently, but make sure to go to the place where they did that tour - fucking Perth. That's it...if this is true, I'm going to Sydney or Melbourne. And then next tour, next round, they'll conveniently forget Australia exists like they did on a certain tour in 2001 - and Aerosmith too.

    Of course Guns N Roses decided they're doing Australia and likely Adelaide like they have on their Chinese Tourforevertour - I mean, Guns N Roses - as much as I like them still, but not bloody U2? If Axl can do it, so can U2. And Alice Cooper does all the states since the BP tour, so if an old fart like him can, surely four younger farts such as U2 can too. And Santana too. Three other guys that can, so what's the issue?

    If they do come to Adelaide, they'd better damn well play somewhere actually in Adelaide and not Football Park, 'cos have you ever tried to get in that damn carpark or even on a damn bus there? Worse than the AC/DC show down at Adelaide Oval - and there's another one; AC/DC. How old are they and they're damn well popular and they bothered to come, y'know. U2 got 60 000 people out in 2006, surely 60 000 tickets...is that enough? Rant over and it might not even be true, but y'know, just how I feel about the certain rumours, which surely of course will be true.
  2. Does the chance of U2 come to Brazil gets bigger when they go to Australia? I hope so!

    And as I said before, It's always great to see U2 going down (talking about the hemisfere, of course!)

  3. According to the Australian radio Triple M, U2 will visit Australia and Japan at the beginning of 2011

    http://www.u2place.com/newsdett.asp?idN=4429

    The tour plans should be officially announced at the beginning of August.

    This should be good nows for our friends down under, and it would also make it more likely - or at least slightly less unlikely... - that U2 will pull out a new album by the end of the year. A nice Christmas present?

    Fingers crossed!
  4. That's coherent with the last rumours compiled in U2gigs:


    They state that Live Nation has been working with local promoters and venues on the basis of the following provisional itinerary: Japan and South Korea in early February 2011; Australia and New Zealand in late February; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru in March; and then Mexico and the rescheduled US and Canadian dates in April and May.
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:That's coherent with the last rumours compiled in U2gigs:


    They state that Live Nation has been working with local promoters and venues on the basis of the following provisional itinerary: Japan and South Korea in early February 2011; Australia and New Zealand in late February; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru in March; and then Mexico and the rescheduled US and Canadian dates in April and May.



    Indeed. It is going to be a busy 10/12 months for them, starting from... well, presumably now, if it's true that they are preparing a partially new show, with some brand new songs.

    U2 haven't road tested songs since 1982 (SBS, NYD, Surrender) - apart from the TV version of TTYW in 1986 and the 1987 performance of WLCTT towards the end of the JT tour. Or am I getting this wrong...?

    Let's hope for the best.
  6. U2 Summer Aussie Tour

    Last week we announced that U2 were coming to Australia in the summer but what we didn't say was which summer.

    Well, all indications look like it's going to be this summer! Our music reporter Nui Te Koha told Triple M's Hot Breakfast that U2 look very, very likely at being here in November/December 2010.

    "They're going to do Europe, South America and that's where Australia fits in before they head back to America next year," said Nui.



    "I spoke to the promoter Michael Coppel to see what kind of scale it is and he said it's incredibly huge. It's like that UFO in Close Encounters… It will stick out of the stadium and it will be a force to be reckoned with."

    So it will be a massive summer for Aussie audiences with U2, The Eagles, Bon Jovi, Peter Frampton and America all touring, and lets not forget Slash this August. Basically everybody is going to be here!

    Nui asked promoter Paul Dainty if the summer season was in danger of becoming overcrowded? "We keep saying 'well, it's so crowded that someone is going to get hurt' and yet we haven't so far seen it. I think if it's the A-grade stuff it does well."

    Meanwhile, it looks like Melbourne will not get a second Bon Jovi show.

    "We thought there was going to be a second Bon Jovi show," Nui admitted. "The dates were open for Etihad and it looked like there was a window on December 9 because their next show is not until Brisbane on Dec 11.

    "I spoke to Paul Dainty last week and he said 'No!'. They have to get all their equipment out of Etihad Stadium and up to Brisbane on time, so that's a load out on Sunday and they take everything up on Monday.

    "It's a 40-truck tour so... it's a big show to move and unfortunately it looks like Melbourne won't get a second show."



    http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/news//blog/u2-summer-aussie-tour/20100720-98xl.html







  10. I don't care, I just want something official. I'm going to attend it anyway...


    Greetings from Brazil
  11. U2 to play Etihad Stadium in Melbourne?


    Recently in Melbourne, there has been considerable controversy with regards to the turf of Etihad Stadium, a major Australian Rules football venue. This has included talk of reducing the number of concerts held at the venue, or ceasing to host them altogether.

    Etihad Stadium tends to be the first choice for stadium concerts in Melbourne, and it is where U2 performed two concerts on the Vertigo Tour, on 18 and 19 November 2006, back when the venue was still the Telstra Dome. Concerts are a major money-spinner for Etihad Stadium, and it should come as no surprise that U2's name has been mentioned in relation to the future of live music at the venue.

    An article today in Melbourne broadsheet The Age on the topic mentions that negotiations are taking place between the venue and U2's tour promoters. It specifically states that these negotiations are with regards to a U2 concert "later this year". The article also says the concert is "likely to be held before Christmas", as if there is much of 2010 left after that.

    The stadium's chief executive has a strong preference for concerts in the final quarter of the year, and clashes with the Australian Rules pre-season tournament make it unlikely that Etihad will be available for U2 in early 2011. Melbourne is not without alternative venues to Etihad for U2 if they come later than this year, but the November/December 2010 timeframe is definitely the stronger subject of current rumours.



    http://www.u2gigs.com/article650.html
  12. Fellas,
    Rolling Stone Argetina has published an article, stating that producers TIME 4 FUN has confirmed U2 will come to Argentina in early 2011, but still has not been announced due to they have no place to play.
    Since River Plate Stadium is out for concerts.

    With out propper habilitation of the stadium, U2 will not come to Argentina in 2011.

    Full article in spanish:

    http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1289381

    I've translated just a bit (I'm at the office and can't do the whole article right now!!! sorry).


    The Bad Vibes at River Plate Stadium

    River Plate Stadium Monumental undergoes studies following complaints from neighbors. U2’s 2011 visit in danger.

    In the last years, Monumental has consolidated as the “ELITE” global stadium of music: not for anything artists like U2, Madonna and The Police, have chosen to film their DVDs in River.
    “If it can’t take place in River, U2 will not come”, assures source from Time 4 Fun the Producers responsible for bringing U2 to Buenos Aires at the beginning of 2011, after an Enviromental report was critical of River Plate Stadium’s rock concerts.

    The coordinated jump made by fans attending the shows, following the music’s rhythm, generates vibrations that can be perceptible as far as 3 kms and literally “shakes” buildings in the sorroundings. This vibrations are at some places 10 times the average tolerance, eventhough they don’t compromise any of the building’s structural safety.

    Studies where conducted during the last 3 big concerts that took place at River Plate Stadium: AC/DC, METALLICA and Colplay.

    So as long as this situation is solved, U2 will not confirm any dates for Argentina, they intend to come, but they want to play in River.
    .....

    continues




    I'm so pissed right now....

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