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Plus if this is a fall schedule their kids will be in school, I doubt they'll all uproot their families to the states, therefore the band will be traveling back and forth to Ireland every week?
Maybe we can call it the Expensive Jetlag tour...
All three of them with families have brought their families to the U.S for extended periods of time before (meaning an entire Fall or an entire year), the kids are either enrolled in local schools or receive private tutoring.
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exactly, I read an interview with Ali and she stated they have private tutors for the kids when they are on tour.
PowerSurge
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Well then it seems we are on the same page. Shocking, but true.
popacrobat
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i'll wait till we get some sort of official announcement or itinerary or something. if they don't come here till next year thats okay, more time to save up. if they do come here, cool, get to see them sooner. right now i'd just like to have the new album already.
LyricalDrug
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And one of Bono's daughters is a student at a "prestigious American university," (anyone know which one?), so perhaps U2 will be able to swing by campus on the tour
South America, Canada and Europe are musts on any tour. Even POP did fairly well in those regions.
the problem outside of the US/Canada and Europe isn't demand by the fans... the problems are largely distance (australia/new zealand) and government corruption (south america) driving up show costs.
BVS
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They didn't do it for the last tour did they?
buzzkill27
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Yeah Rose so do I ....of course they could do this hit the northern cities earlier in the fall and the southern cities later in the fall...it makes perfect sense to me
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SamuelSmeloc
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Maybe its the Reboot Yourself Tour.
Shush Now Tour. Remember that girl last tour, when Bono was singing SBS and she was talking on the cellphone... SHUSH NOW!
Shush Now Tour. Remember that girl last tour, when Bono was singing SBS and she was talking on the cellphone... SHUSH NOW!
It was more like "put down that fucking phone".
She/He wishes he would have send "shush now".
I was at that show.
Registered Dude
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maybe they're going green with their touring.. trying to cut back environmental costs of taking these huge shows all over the world
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There are a bunch of reasons as to why they wouldn't plan that far ahead from the start - tour success/failure pending, personal feelings pending etc - but the major, major (and only) reason why we didn't get Elevation, did get Vertigo and why (and I think I said this a while ago) our chances of seeing the Horizon tour at this stage are slim to f*cking none is because of our nosediving dollar. There's also no Live Nation here, they'll still have to work with locals, and I'd think that going by their previous deals (they make promotors take on all the up front risk) some local groups might have trouble in this environment getting that together.
There is of course the chance that the band do have a very firm and different plan for the immediate years ahead, and an outside Europe-US tour doesn't fit this stage of it. It makes sense that they are reigning the touring in a bit, it's only been a matter of time, but it could also be about something else. Shaking up their normal routine/cycle. It could of course be a bit like JT/Lovetown, or ZooTV to a degree. Maybe we won't get tacked on the end of the Horizon tour, but we will get the Next Album one very quickly.
That would be a shame though, I like being near the end, we generally get absolute belters of shows.
But yeah, keep an eye on that dollar, that's where it's at.
bayou12780
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Exclusive: U2 get on their boots for 3 Croker crackers | U2 news article from @U2
The secret is out! Today we reveal the inside details of U2's biggest ever world tour.
The rockers are set to return with a bang by with a European stadium tour this summer.
And they will enjoy a huge homecoming celebration with three nights at Croke Park.
We have learned the band has provisionally booked the GAA ground for July 24, 25 and 26.
Then Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. head to America where they will play a full stadium programme for the first time in 12 years.
In September they go to New York, Boston and Chicago before heading to Miami, California and San Francisco over the winter. A source close to the band revealed last night: "They have avoided U.S. stadiums for the past two tours as they were worried they wouldn't sell out. "They obviously think demand is there and want to reclaim their spot as the world's No. 1 band."
The secret is out! Today we reveal the inside details of U2's biggest ever world tour.
The rockers are set to return with a bang by with a European stadium tour this summer.
And they will enjoy a huge homecoming celebration with three nights at Croke Park.
We have learned the band has provisionally booked the GAA ground for July 24, 25 and 26.
Then Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. head to America where they will play a full stadium programme for the first time in 12 years.
In September they go to New York, Boston and Chicago before heading to Miami, California and San Francisco over the winter. A source close to the band revealed last night: "They have avoided U.S. stadiums for the past two tours as they were worried they wouldn't sell out. "They obviously think demand is there and want to reclaim their spot as the world's No. 1 band."
The_acrobat
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A few additions to your list:
1- Atlanta
1 Seattle
1-2 San Francisco
1- Detroit
1- Minneapolis (might be a stretch though)
1- Somewhere in upstate New York, like Carrier Dome in Syracuse or Buffalo
throw in Canada:
2- Toronto
1- Montreal
1- Winnipeg
1-2 Edmonton
1 Vancouver
Also, I'm going to plead my case for Columbus, OH. Think about it, you have: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Louisville, Lexington, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh within about 3 hours of Columbus, which is no small town itself. Those cities with all points in between could lead to a decent showing at Ohio stadium. The Columbus Popmart show had 45,000 people and was one of the highest attended concerts of the whole US tour.
Also, I think St. Louis could possibly support a stadium show (at a slightly reduced capacity) if it could also draw in people from Memphis, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines and a few Chicago drifters who couldn't get tickets there.
That gives you about 40 stadium shows on a North American tour. Not too bad really.
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They did for the Fall leg (quietly), I believe Edge's family was pretty much resident in LA for over a year (of course, there was the other reason for that)...
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Hmm... maybe they'll do two legs of tour supporting this album, release album another early 2010 and start that tour in Oz?????
Screwtape2
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I have a hard time believing this stuff is true. I mean, am I the only one who sees a little problem with trying to do an outdoor stadium leg during fall in the US...only late in the week and on the weekends? Those stadiums will be in use more than any time of the year on those weekends in the fall. 
Those stadiums will be in use more than any time of the year on those weekends in the fall. I have a hard time believing this stuff is true. I mean, am I the only one who sees a little problem with trying to do an outdoor stadium leg during fall in the US...only late in the week and on the weekends?
Well the dude who mentioned the weekend schedule said the US leg would happen in the spring of '10, which would then make more sense.
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how depressing. Vertigo was my first show, I was just that bit too young for Zoo. It was a great show but everytime I watch Zoo or Pop tours on DVD I just wish I could see an event like that. Now they're doing it but missing us. This is so incredibly dissapointng. At least come to Sydney, I can travel there.
Looks like us Australians will have to enjoy the DVD (again).
Looks like us Australians will have to enjoy the DVD (again).
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I was at Popmart Sydney, really wanted to go to Zoo but was forced on a family holiday (I was 13 at the time). Popmart was incredible. I think they put in a better performance at Vertigo, firing on all cylinders as a band, but it wasn’t the same type of overall experience Popmart was. Now Zoo, both the experience and the band on fire…. missing that is one of my greatest regrets. Made even worse by the fact that the DVD is of the actual f*cking show I would have been at.
My very first U2 concert was PopMart at Ohio Stadium! Needless to say I still haven't gotten over it!
I will plead with you. Plus, Columbus is such a "cleaner" city than Detroit!
U2Fanatic4ever
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i am not buying any of this until something official gets announced.
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PowerSurge
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Stadium shows are much better when you see them on DVD.
Arena shows are where its at. Its a shame that they might not do arena's for this tour.
Arena shows are where its at. Its a shame that they might not do arena's for this tour.
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