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  1. OK - whether I'm the biggest fan or not could be disputed, but I queued long before the gates opened so my GA ticket could get me to the barrier front of stage. Problems with entry system cost five mins so slightly to side but on barrier so happy. Sadly for 90% of gig could not see a thing - just side of stage which formed barrier 7/8ft tall in front of me. Video screen was right above my head so couldn't see it either & one at stadium end, which would have given best view (although long way off) wasn't working. Adam came over a couple of times & played so we could see some action, as did Bono a couple of times, but that was it. Took comfort in fact that was close to bridge and having read blurb knew they'd be using that to connect with audience. BUT when they moved bridge during gig to where it was needed, it was right above my head! Saw The Edge's feet go over me & I think Larry & Bono - as well as Adam a couple of times, but that was it. Was so, so disappointed - as were all those close by - energy really dropped. Have tried to see U2 for 27 years and this was 1st time I got tickets. They sounded great but I was so upset that I couldn't see anything, it completely spoiled the experience. This was an ill thought-out layout, despite efforts supposedly made to look after fans. Surely someone should have realised and got our idols to play nearer stage edge rather than in middle where those who'd clearly arrived first could actually see them?

    I've bought restricted view seats (at much lower cost than normal tickets) for gigs at Earls Court and Wembley before as they were all I could get, but every time I saw far more of the gig than I did with U2.

    Hopefully someone with some clout will read this and make a difference to those still waiting to see the band so something they may have been looking forward to for years isn't wrecked too...
  2. ehm... if you were GA, why didn't you just change your spot?
  3. ^^is a good question, lol....

    You're the first I've heard with this problem. Not seeing the video is a given if you go in the inner circle. It's a trade-off to get the close-up.
  4. inner circle isnt the best spot anymore. next time go for the catwalks.
  5. since Barcelona it is known that you can't see it all when you're in the inner circle. it's either being close to the band or chose your position along the catwalk


  6. That's right.

    I don't get those complains...

    Now I'm expecting to be next something like: "I was at the top of the catwalk, boys were passing by quite often, but no one of them looked me in the eyes."

    The main thing for me was to listen what other fans are saying about positions, and I was at three concerts and I was always happy with both sound and visibility.

    First - in Milan - I was 10m away from catwalk, at Zagreb 1 first row in front of The Edge and then at Zagreb 2 second row on top of the catwalk. Each position gave me good sound and visibility, as I said, but each another experience.

    To me, worst positions would be left and right side of the main stage, inside of the circle.



  7. that's where I was the opening night in Barcelona I was happy to be that close for once, it was alright for that night really, but knowing what I know now I wouldn't chose that spot ever again LOL after Barcelona, it was always along the catwalk and that meant 3 times front row
  8. Thanks for the replies; it's a bit like therapy - although I'm still disappointed!

    Like someone else who's posted on this site, I'd tried not to read about the gig as I wanted it to be a surprise - big mistake! I hadn't realised the inner circle was a problem and staff called us through to "the best seats in the house" - perhaps they'd been tipped off to get it filled up as people in the know would have avoided it? I can't believe though that people can be sold tickets for gigs where they're not actually going to be able to see anything - we should have at least been warned... "You may get to be within 15ft of Bono or The Edge but you won't actually get to see them. Are you sure you want the ticket/to stand here?"

    As for the option of moving elsewhere, my daughter suggested it, but being a bit old fashioned I felt it would be unfair to shove into other people's spaces when they'd obviously picked their spot. That's happened to me before and it spoils things and can create a bad atmosphere (or even a fight, as happened close to me at last month's Oasis gig). And by the time she suggested moving I felt so low I'd even checked my phone for messages etc! Yes - I know!!

    I've learned that my neice & her hubby were at the back of the inner circle but at front of stage and they had a great view and fantastic time. That's made me feel better. (I only wish I'd been with them...

  9. Oh come on, I understand everyone who doesn't want to "spoil" the concert by reading about the stage or set before the concert. But from your 1st post, I'd think that you entered the stadium minutes after the gates opened - plenty of time to check the pros and cons of your spot. With the 1st support act at the latest you should have noticed that the view might be obstructed from where you were standing. Still plenty of time to change. And at that time the GA surely wasn't packed, so there were still plenty of possibilities to get a spot with an unobstructed view without taking anyone else's place.

    I'm sorry that you didn't have the experience you longed for, but it's pretty unfair to blame someone else for that.
  10. "it's pretty unfair to blame someone else for that."

    Wasn't blaming anyone else, just saying that it would have been nice for someone to warn us all that we wouldn't be able to see anything. If you look at it from a legal point of view, it probably doesn't meet trade description requirements, or whatever. As I said earlier, when I've bought tickets before that have had a restricted view, I've been warned - in advance - that the view is restricted, which has given me the option of buying or not. There was no warning at U2 and indeed we were called through to what we were led to believe was the best place.

    As for realising with the support acts that we wouldn't be able to see much, from what I'd gathered through the pre-show press reports, U2 were going to pull out all the stops to play to the entire stadium - not just the people front of stage, as normally happens at gigs - even in the round. I thought they'd be all over the place and if they'd used the bridge we stood near when we arrived (without moving it to above our heads) I'd have been a lot more satisfied. I hadn't expected the supports to go to the effort to be visible to all the fans, that U2 had promised, and as I'd not gone there to see them anyway, it never occurred to me that I'd have a problem once U2 came on. Having said that, the lead singer from The Hours made more contact with the people in our area - and more often - than Bono did.

    Perhaps I'm naive or something, believing what I'd read. It's a shame I hadn't come across this site before I went to the gig - no doubt I'd have had a totally different experience.

    Have to add that I'm lucky to have seen well over 100 great bands & singers and the only time I've not been able to see is when Prince played the round at Wembley in the mid-80's and all the seats were on a level. Once everyone was on their feet, being short, I couldn't see. I have been lucky to be on the barrier many times before too - but each time I had a fantastic view of the performers.

    And of course it is a performance, not just music. I just got half the package.
  11. I still don't get why you didn't change your spot as soon as you noticed that you won't see much(and even less how trade description requirements haven't been met - should you be warned next time that a tall person might stand in front of you?) but I don't think it makes much sense to discuss this furthermore.

    Better luck next time.


  12. Agree. There's a general tour chat topic which can be used if it must.
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