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  1. MOFO is the best opener ever in rock concert history and needs to be played live today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. We all know that you desperately love everything POP/PopMart related, but there's no need of reminding it with every-single-post, man. I truly do appreciate you yourself and your opinions, but as Jeremy said, lately you sometimes sound a little repetitive with the Pop rave.
    Just to let you know. It's nothing personal as I stated before, David, no offense intended
  6. Turin. Production rehearsals.

    In a moment of inspiration I'd suggested that we do our full dress rehearsal tonight. This means we'll have time to fix things if necessary and is also something of a safety measure in that Bono won't have to do a full run through tomorrow. He seems to be doing very well in his post-operation return to stage, but he hasn't yet gone at it for two hours in one uninterrupted stretch.

    All today's timings were earlier than they have been this week to accommodate the time needed for a full run-through, so there was a faint reminder of what it feels like to actually do a show. We ran through the whole show with the band in stage gear, and made it without stopping which was enormously encouraging.

    Both North Star and Glastonbury were included and the lunatic opening with The Return of the Stingray Guitar. We ended up placing Miss Sarajevo in the Unknown Caller slot and I'm delighted with the 'Questions' audio-visual piece that links it to Until the End of the World. Hold Me, Thrill Me replaced Ultraviolet as the encore opener, which will no doubt cause apoplectic consternation on the U2 fan sites, but for at least the first show of a new year this feels like the right thing to do.

    We had our post-mortem afterwards, which was largely positive though there remain a lot of fixes to make tomorrow. Bono was exhausted but he is clearly going to be able to do this which is a great relief all round. There are lots of technical things to sort out still, but I think we're in as good a shape as we can be. I programmed late with my team, but I think that's it now. Unless anything startling happens tomorrow, we're good to go. Might even manage an early night.


  7. Excellent switch I thought. Ultraviolet got 2 legs, so should Batman.


  8. Yep, I don't mind the switch.
    The interesting part is that anyone in doubt now has the confirmation that they know quite well what's going on on the fansites. Curious if they consider more changes on double dates now after the Horsens uproar.
  9. woah, he was quite right. I think everyone has mixed feelings about that change.

    Although Ultraviolet looked tired in Horsens, so maybe they made the switch right in time

    At least I heard it twice last year, so.
  10. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Yep, I don't mind the switch.
    The interesting part is that anyone in doubt now has the confirmation that they know quite well what's going on on the fansites. Curious if they consider more changes on double dates now after the Horsens uproar.


    I'm also curious. I think it's criminal not to change it up quite a bit on multiple show cities. If they are visiting fansites then they must know that we are mostly all going to attend all of the shows in one particular city. Willie is a knowledgeable fella and I hope he keeps them on their toes. Would like to see the back of Miss Sarajevo. Willie almost said he conceded it's admission due to the Italian link in Turin. I hope he pressures them into dropping it and getting a new song or a Horizon track in it's place.
  11. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

    I'm also curious. I think it's criminal not to change it up quite a bit on multiple show cities. If they are visiting fansites then they must know that we are mostly all going to attend all of the shows in one particular city. Willie is a knowledgeable fella and I hope he keeps them on their toes. Would like to see the back of Miss Sarajevo. Willie almost said he conceded it's admission due to the Italian link in Turin. I hope he pressure them into dropping it and getting a new song or a Horizon track in it's place.


    Agree
  12. "We're not promoting anything," he [Edge] contends, referring to the early emphasis on last year's No Line on the Horizon. "These concerts are everything we have to give -- our past, our future, where we're at today." Rolling Stone magazine.

    So touring for the sake of touring? I really love Miss Sarajevo (the Questions link into UTEOTW is legendary) but I really think they should drop whatever space theme they have going (I'm looking at you In a Little While and Elevation)
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