U2start.com | U2 Contemplating 360 Degree Stage Setup

Not much tour talk going on rather than the rumour thread so what do we make of this?

Lanois has let slip in an interview that he has seen preliminary frawings for the upcoming stage setup. The link below should let you hear him talk but the overall gist seems to be that the band is going to be able to sell out every seat in each stadium and still offer unobstructed views of the band. Only thing I can imagine is blown up Elevation or indoor Vertigo setup but then where do your screens and lighting effects etc go?

Have a listen and post your thoughts. (if the link doesn't work then visit @U2 and find the headline on their homepage)

http://www.atu2blog.com/audio/lanois-tour.mp3

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:Not much tour talk going on rather than the rumour thread so what do we make of this?

Lanois has let slip in an interview that he has seen preliminary frawings for the upcoming stage setup. The link below should let you hear him talk but the overall gist seems to be that the band is going to be able to sell out every seat in each stadium and still offer unobstructed views of the band. Only thing I can imagine is blown up Elevation or indoor Vertigo setup but then where do your screens and lighting effects etc go?

Have a listen and post your thoughts. (if the link doesn't work then visit @U2 and find the headline on their homepage)

http://www.atu2blog.com/audio/lanois-tour.mp3

I saw this a couple days ago.....was a never big fan of "in the round"....hopefully they make it something special and different

Hans23

16 years

Oh dear, I'm not sure about this, The concept seems to make sense but i can't see to many people thinking, "Yes, got a seat looking at U2s backside", even if the band do face them for a few songs

thefly07

16 years

Originally posted by Hans23:Oh dear, I'm not sure about this, The concept seems to make sense but i can't see to many people thinking, "Yes, got a seat looking at U2s backside", even if the band do face them for a few songs

well inevitably someones going to be sitting behind the stage in any setting...except for stadiums? That aesthetic of playing in the round just never struck me as that interesting, like some kind of easy ploy idk.....it worked for Dane Cook though

but stand up comedy (ah!) is different

yeah

16 years

Elevation and Vertigo Indoor came to my mind, too.

They could use a really elevated stage, so that the screens are "below" the stage, or maybe go Foo's style, although they had 4 pillars I think. Or do the Timberlake design backwards...

germcevoy

16 years

Originally posted by yeah:Elevation and Vertigo Indoor came to my mind, too.

They could use a really elevated stage, so that the screens are "below" the stage, or maybe go Foo's style, although they had 4 pillars I think. Or do the Timberlake design backwards...

Foo's was central was it not? And it did have Pillars. How would an Elevated stage work with GA though? I'd love to see those drawings

Are they trying this to show it off as 'engineering genius' or trying to sell more tickets?

yeah

16 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

Foo's was central was it not? And it did have Pillars. How would an Elevated stage work with GA though? I'd love to see those drawings

Well, the GA would have to have long necks.

Maybe they started from one of the alternate Vertigo/Elevation concepts?...

germcevoy

16 years

Originally posted by yeah:[..]

Well, the GA would have to have long necks.

Maybe they started from one of the alternate Vertigo/Elevation concepts?...

Thats my guess. How huge would the elipse be in a stadium? I'm baffled

MWSAH

16 years