Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]
Business School 101
You sell lemonade, at a lemonade stand. You sell it on a corner in Chicago for one afternoon, and then you sell it on a corner in Minnesota. You make a KILLING in Chicago, and you break even in Minnesota. "Wow!", you say, "That lemonade really made me a TON of money back in Chicago.....
...guess I'll go home."
Not quite. You go back to Chicago and you sell more lemonade, because it fattened your wallet.
U2 is a business. They go where they make money. The people themselves don't deserve to be called selfish because its not selfish to want if you can't control whether or not you get it. I want to win the lottery, that's not selfish. Yes, I want a new car more than I want someone else to get a new car. Because I'm living my own life, and the more times I get to see U2, the happier I'll be.
The fact of the matter is that we don't have any control over what they decide to do. We can only hope that they drop the Claw where we can afford to see it, and if that's not in your area, I'm very sorry to hear that. I understand that you don't think its fair, and to a pretty high degree, perhaps it's really not "fair". But it's a money situation for the band/business, and if you're not satisfied, I'm sure there's a customer service line for you to dial
What would be inappropriate is if Europeans/Americans/what have you began to complain that The Claw was not making a stop there again. Nobody's doing that now- they're hoping that it WILL come. It would be INSANE not to hope for that. IF IT DOESN'T, and THEN people complain, then they're out of line, because they've had ample opportunity to see the show or perhaps have even seen the show before, whereas other countries have had no such luck.
How about doing very big European and North American tours. (Not for this tour, it's too late now) Or they could split it up some how. Then U2 can have their money and the fans are all able to go to the show.