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  1. Because their contract told them to. I doubt they would have done this 2019 tour if LiveNation didn't push it.
  2. Originally posted by SJKamal:[..]

    Because their contract told them to. I doubt they would have done this 2019 tour if LiveNation didn't push it.
    Do you really not think U2 of all artists are in a position to do what they want at this point? I'm not saying they don't have a contract and may be obligated to play shows, but they obviously wouldn't sign a contract they don't want to at this point - they don't NEED anything anymore.

    I saw this same theory about the 2017 tour and now it's being peddled out for this one too? Lol.


  3. I mean the last contract they signed was before 360 - that hasn't expired yet. I agree they don't need anything anymore. They will probably sign a smaller contract next year purely for that reason.
  4. No they aren't. They are a corporation and are tied to contracts that greatly overrule their artistic caprices.
  5. People need to realize that the 4 members of U2 are the face of a much larger business. They have employees. They have contracts. They have bosses. It’s not as simple as “oh the 4 members of U2 have made enough money to last the rest of their lives, might as well quit.” The U2 corporation won’t make any money if they spend years dicking around in France. The game has changed.

    They’re still artists, and I believe they care about their music and their fans more than most big acts do.
  6. It is a large responsibility to have others livelihood dependent upon you.
  7. I don't know. I'm not denying that U2 have obligations, but I also don't buy into this notion that "they're touring because Live Nation is making them" - and not simply because they want to be doing it. I don't buy that U2 is going backstage saying "fuck I'm ready for this to be done". Sure they signed a contract and sure they have to fulfill the obligations of that contract, but they signed it knowing what they were signing up for, this ain't their first rodeo.

    It all comes back to a subset of U2 fans who seem to think they know what's best for this band and they should be giving the orders lol. "No Sirius station, we want a new album, and we want it to be Passengers 2". It also doesn't help that these fans are negative and whiny as hell and it seems to be rampant right now (I say this as I'm whining about the whiners). It's getting annoying coming here and only seeing complaints.


  8. Yes they have employees. But some employees such as tech crew and just tied down to U2. When this tour is over they'll go work for someone else.
  9. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:It also doesn't help that these fans are negative and whiny as hell and it seems to be rampant right now (I say this as I'm whining about the whiners). It's getting annoying coming here and only seeing complaints.


    Well we can’t have you feeling like that now can we ? Just because I have an opposing but equally as passionate view about the band just like you and i have issues in large about aspects of the bands PR machine doesn't negate my right to express them !!!

    The ship is rudderless and if I am the one to point it out in here ( the land of u2 fairyfloss u2 rainbows and u2 unicorns ) so be it !

    If there is an issue with my view/views I’m sure the mods will silence me !
  10. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I don't know. I'm not denying that U2 have obligations, but I also don't buy into this notion that "they're touring because Live Nation is making them" - and not simply because they want to be doing it. I don't buy that U2 is going backstage saying "fuck I'm ready for this to be done". Sure they signed a contract and sure they have to fulfill the obligations of that contract, but they signed it knowing what they were signing up for, this ain't their first rodeo.

    It all comes back to a subset of U2 fans who seem to think they know what's best for this band and they should be giving the orders lol. "No Sirius station, we want a new album, and we want it to be Passengers 2". It also doesn't help that these fans are negative and whiny as hell and it seems to be rampant right now (I say this as I'm whining about the whiners). It's getting annoying coming here and only seeing complaints.
  11. Originally posted by DanialGowans:[..]


    Well we can’t have you feeling like that now can we ? Just because I have an opposing but equally as passionate view about the band just like you and i have issues in large about aspects of the bands PR machine doesn't negate my right to express them !!!

    The ship is rudderless and if I am the one to point it out in here ( the land of u2 fairyfloss u2 rainbows and u2 unicorns ) so be it !

    If there is an issue with my view/views I’m sure the mods will silence me !
    I welcome reading your opinion because it gives me another chance to laugh at the dramatic nature of it. As soon as the band do something you don’t like it’s the end of there career. A bad song, disaster. A bad performance, they’re finished. The members of u2 are human, they make mistakes, if you think at this stage a mistake is going to ruin there legacy you are quite literally insane. They turn up to Singapore with no big hit single in over a decade and can near enough sell out not 1 but 2 shows. They sell tens of thousands of tickets for every night of the tour making a fortune in countries they’ve not visited for more than 9 years. You completely underestimate where the band are at and it’s actually quite funny but only drifts into annoying because it becomes so relentless. But keep it coming anyway you’re only making yourself look stupid.
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