I've been listening to some of the 2011 South American show....nice, long setlists, enthusiastic crowd, intense performances although a little sloppy at times.
I think the Euro 2012 tour trumps both mini tours from 2011 - yes, I'm even including the Canadian one!
Europe '12 was a fine tour..I agree with you Matt but IMO Toronto '11 is an all time classic gig...
Im actually listening to very early U2 the last couple of days.The first 4 studio albums, Dortmund '84, Red Rocks '83 and Im looking all over for Boston '81..but I seem to have lost it !!!!!
Why the hell didnt they clean up Dortmund '84 and include it with the UF reissue !!!??!!
What is everyone's thoughts on how the Melbourne 2014 festival show could turn out? I am seriously considering going. Will be about $600 for the trip, so it's not out of my league to get there.
Hmmm....as great as PJ is, that is quite a bit of cash to see them. Not that I should be one to talk as I spent a relatively excessive amount for two tickets to see them in London (Ontario, Canada) this past summer.
My "concern" with seeing them at two festival shows is that you might get a lot of repeat songs (mainly hits, mind you) and it's not the same as going to two separate PJ-only shows.
All of that said, if you plan a trip to Melbourne and PJ just happens to be playing there, why not go for it?! I was in Melbourne (and Sydney) many years ago and both are great!
Yeah Melbourne is one of my favourite cities. It's got everything. Although the only reason I would be there would be to see Arcade Fire and Pearl Jam again on the Big Day Out festival circuit here. It's a lot but it's only a week's wage over the summer holidays. I am really in two minds about it.
Similarly, I'm going to go see the Kings of Leon in Sydney on the 20th of November, IF I can get a ticket. They are playing a club show at a place called the Enmore Theatre, which has a capacity of 1600. I'm in Brisbane so I've gotta fly about 1000kms, $75 for flights each way, plus ticket and accomodation puts me at about $500 for one day and night. I guess if I can get tickets and go to that I can decide whether I'd be keen to do it again to see PJ, for a little extra. The only thing I'm not sure about will be the performance/setlist aspect, being at the same festival and all about a week later.