no way. Originally posted by Pipo:[..]
who likes love is bigger and lights of home? I don’t.
Originally posted by Pipo:
Well i think it’s time to say goodbye to u2 if They release more songs like that and When They start plying wowy again this tour
Originally posted by Reach1985:I wonder whether there will be another tour too...
Look at it this way SOE probably hasn’t been as big a success as the band (and LN) wanted it to be - and let’s be frank it was never going to be. The E&I tour, in the US at least, was not a sell out - that must the first time since 97’ that US seats have gone unsold - and not just in minor cities but NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA. Cities that you’d expect them to sell out 2-4 arena shows over night.
Originally posted by Reach1985:I wonder whether there will be another tour too...
There was some noise recently about a re-signing of the Live Nation contract but nothing official. You would have thought that if something had been agreed and signed then there would have been an announcement made by LN at the very least as it would have surely insured a boost in share price.
Look at it this way SOE probably hasn’t been as big a success as the band (and LN) wanted it to be - and let’s be frank it was never going to be. The E&I tour, in the US at least, was not a sell out - that must the first time since 97’ that US seats have gone unsold - and not just in minor cities but NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA. Cities that you’d expect them to sell out 2-4 arena shows over night.
That’s not great when you’re at the negotiating table. From LNs perspective you’re probably thinking it’s a good few years before you can market another tour in North America. And what LN really want is the greatest hits tour - a la JT30 - they don’t want a show touring the new record because the casuals (the vast majority of the audience) want to hear the hits from their youth.
And let’s be honest JT30 wasn’t the bands idea (or only partly anyway). I’d guess it was a contractural agreement that they needed to complete a stadium tour before the deal was up and all parties realised that E&I wasn’t going to do the business. To back this up there was an interview with Adam a good while back around the time of SOI / i&e in which he said that he saw (at that point anyway) the SOE / E&I bit being in stadiums.
Finally, what else do they have to achieve? They’ve done it all, the greatest live band of all time, tours and productions that no one has, or will ever match in terms of both scope and of course ££$$€€. If they don’t want to be a heritage act then perhaps this is the time to call it a day at least in terms of what we know as U2 as it is (mega tours / big marketing / ‘trying’ to be relevant - mainstream).
We’ll see anyway...but the lack of info regarding LN does have me thinking that something might change...
Originally posted by Timk68:I watched the Washington 1992 show last night. Absolute chalk and cheese with this tour .
The bands best days are behind them I'm afraid .
Originally posted by Timk68:I watched the Washington 1992 show last night. Absolute chalk and cheese with this tour .
The bands best days are behind them I'm afraid .
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
I mean yeah, I think we've all known that for a while. I think the closest they've come to that level of greatness (at least recently) was the 360 tour. What a fucking show that was, especially the 2011 run of shows. Even throughout though, they sounded great, the production was spectacular (I even remember longtime fans saying it might've even surpassed ZooTV), and they weren't afraid to try out different songs. It's weird to think that the band on the current tour is the same band who tried out Mercy. Mercy. Let alone all the other rarities they brought out.
I think now, the most we can hope for is the best they can do now, if that makes sense. I'd strongly argue that this current tour is not the best they can do right now. Some people can't believe U2 would do a show like the Joshua Tree one - I can't believe U2 would get their fans to buy tickets to a "new" tour and keep most of the show the same.