Originally posted by Blue_Room:[..]
You got to see one of the greatest if not the greatest rock bands in the world, possibly on one of their last tours and you are bitching about it wanting money back. Really???? Ask the Australian's how they feel about that.
They shouldn't have played the US at all on this tour they've overplayed that market over the last few years Eastern Europe and Aus,NZ should have been toured instead.Everyone knew what they were buying a ticket for the tour was part 2 of I&E they didn't pretend otherwise the people moaning about the U.S. setlist sound like a bunch of jealous kids at Christmas who weren't satisfied with their lot when they saw what their mates got.
Originally posted by ninoma:I think the US shows were great looking back on them.
I just wish they didn't drop raised by wolves. it sounds great
live and fit in perfect.
Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Just because I can't help jumping into a debate:
I saw the current tour in June in Montreal. If I had known how much of the setlist and production was the same from the 2015 shows - I wouldn't have bought a ticket. You could argue this is my own fault as I chose to go in blind, but...is it? Wouldn't U2 prefer that I do that? Why should I be informed to the point of being spoiled on a show to make a fair decision as a customer?
I'm super happy that they've changed the setlist now, and I'm super happy for those that get to see it, but yeah - I'm disappointed it wasn't like this when I saw them - but this is different from people getting disappointed in a setlist changing over the course of a tour.
Why? Because when U2 go out on a NEW tour and promise that it'll be "the same stage, but the experience show instead" - I'm expecting a change like what we're seeing in the setlists now. The shows back in June were kinda bullshit (for those that already paid to see the Innocence show) in that they were very similar, and while I'm not asking for my money back or anything, I wouldn't have hesitated at that time to tell U2 it was crappy of them to do that - to not change the setlist much at all, and to use the stage/screen the same way for so many of the songs as they had already done.
In my opinion, it did feel rushed, it did feel lazy, and there should have been more time taken to create a different show. The show as it is now (or as it's becoming as it still seems to be developing which is awesome) should have been the show that STARTED earlier this year. Guaranteed if this was the case, and if by now in Europe they were playing Pop tunes, people wouldn't be angry they weren't getting to see them. Sure they'd be sad they didn't get to hear them, but there's a difference between that and feeling like you were conned into paying to see a show you had already seen two years ago.
Now, some have made it clear they were perfectly happy with that, but enough people around here and who I personally know who saw both shows (and these people aren't setlist-grubbers, they're casual fans at best) were pretty disappointed about it.
Willie mentioned that U2 don't want any of the same songs in this DVD (being filmed at the END of the tour) as was on the Paris DVD. That should have been the mindset in creating this show from the beginning. Especially because they used the exact same stage setup.
Originally posted by Andrew_C:[..]
What I'd give to have them come back. They could play BD, Stuck and Vertigo 8 times over and I'd still be happy to just get to see them again
Originally posted by sleus:Don't know if this has been discussed before, but does anyone know why U2 have planned a week long gap inbetween the Belfast and Dublin shows?
Can't imagine a holiday as after Dublin (Berlin) the tour is finished anyway.
Bono's political activities? Family obligations? Any clues?
