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  1. Bono is fit enough to rehearse but not fit enough to do that in public/promote (yet).
  2. The biggest culprit for lack of sell-out shows is the pricing... I just checked Ticketmaster and I saw tickets being sold for obscene prices. I would love to go to the other 4 LA shows but I'm not dropping 250-500 dollars for AVERAGE seats. And I don't imagine many people would either.
  3. Does anyone think the overpriced seats would drop once the shows get closer? I'd still love to go to more shows if seats dropped to about 100-150 dollars.
  4. Originally posted by Genaro92U2:Does anyone think the overpriced seats would drop once the shows get closer? I'd still love to go to more shows if seats dropped to about 100-150 dollars.
    Oh yeah! My Dad scored tickets to the last 360 show in Chicago the morning of the concert for like nothing. Had pretty solid seats, too.
  5. U2 as a business entity is not run by a bunch of idiots. Even though it seems like they have all but fallen off the face of the planet, I have a feeling that the people working behind the scenes have a plan in mind. Bono's injury was definitely a huge setback, but silence in the U2 camp is actually a good sign in my opinion. It tells me that they aren't concerned with damage control because as far as they are concerned, there isn't any damage. I think their intention is to use the first part of their tour to promote U2 and both of their albums (Innocence and Experience). Even if U2 loses money in the arena tour, if they've got an ambitious stadium tour in mind that'll be where they make the big bucks. Let's not forget all the records that were utterly shattered by 360.
  6. Originally posted by ahn1991:U2 as a business entity is not run by a bunch of idiots. Even though it seems like they have all but fallen off the face of the planet, I have a feeling that the people working behind the scenes have a plan in mind. Bono's injury was definitely a huge setback, but silence in the U2 camp is actually a good sign in my opinion. It tells me that they aren't concerned with damage control because as far as they are concerned, there isn't any damage. I think their intention is to use the first part of their tour to promote U2 and both of their albums (Innocence and Experience). Even if U2 loses money in the arena tour, if they've got an ambitious stadium tour in mind that'll be where they make the big bucks. Let's not forget all the records that were utterly shattered by 360.
    I actually never thought of it like that. That just got me so pumped up actually hahaha
  7. Originally posted by Genaro92U2:The biggest culprit for lack of sell-out shows is the pricing... I just checked Ticketmaster and I saw tickets being sold for obscene prices. I would love to go to the other 4 LA shows but I'm not dropping 250-500 dollars for AVERAGE seats. And I don't imagine many people would either.
    You hit the nail in the head there. Price, price, price. Fuck demand. If tickets were 50% of their current price ALL THESE SHOWS would be sold out.
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    You hit the nail in the head there. Price, price, price. Fuck demand. If tickets were 50% of their current price ALL THESE SHOWS would be sold out.
    This is why 360 was such a genius tour. The stage format allowed them to increase the amount of tickets in lower price tiers, which led all those shows to sell out.

    But yeah, I would be going to some more LA shows if I didn't have to pay $200+ per show.
  9. Yep. I don't understand how tickets for stadium seats with a massive stage production are the same price as an arena show with likely a smaller production. It just seems like money-grubbing and it's well known that U2 don't need money. It sort of makes me sick..
  10. ^ fully agreed with you, guys!!
  11. It very well could be that Live Nation and the promoters decide on prices..but I have to believe that U2 could take a stand on it if they really wanted to. Those shows would've sold out in seconds if the most expensive seats were 150. Guaranteed.


  12. Only one solution : bring out Songs of Experience immediately with a ton of smashing hit singles.


    About the promotion : ok, Bono isn't fit. But they still could've done a LOT more with The Miracle. Like said above, Vertigo was everywhere in 2004/2005. The Miracle could've been as well. U2 as a business had got tons of money, why not invest a substantial amount of it in promotion instead of still relying on their status..?
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