Willie Williams leaving the tour

[chyland]

One bad thing Bono announced tonight was how this was the last show for Willie Williams, and he's told the band it's for good, but Bono doubts it, and says that once you're in U2's family, there's no getting out...hopefully it's not the last we've heard from Willie

 

[Iskra]

For good?!
Whats that about ?
First Eno slowly disappears then Willie?
This is odd

 

[Axver]

Well, that would explain why Wille's diary never came back.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Why? Is he retiring or something? This sucks!

 

[oceane]

Yeah, I was shocked when I heard that. Bono dedicated Yahweh to him and sounded really sad.

 

[fullautoreverse]

doesnt sound very good at all?

 

[Lila64]

 

[Carek1230]

Wow! This was surprising news. Sad news.

 

[Yahweh]

Well maybe he thought it was time to call it a career.

 

[Zoomerang96]

in the middle of a tour though?

something must be up. whatever that is, i haven't a clue.

he did good work though, no doubt about that.

 

[biff]

Well maybe he thought it was time to call it a career.

In the middle of a tour? Very strange. Let's hope he's not ill.

Willie

 

[Palace_Hero]

I hope he has a good reason, otherwise he'd be a fool to give up one of the best jobs on earth.

 

[typhoon]

Maybe they can stop using the fancy visuals as an excuse for the lame setlists?

I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.

 

[babyman]

maybe willie got personal reasons..............if they would have run into trouble bono would've never announced the leaving of willie..........let's hope it's nothing serious...............
bye willie!

 

[Pero]

Who's Willie?????

 

[babyman]

Who's Willie?????

their tour designer......................shoulda know it!

 

[Joshua_Tree_Hugger]

Wow, after 25 odd years. I really hope he comes back, he's done some great work on the previous tours

 

[EPandAmerica]

 

[chrissybaby]

wonder if this will affect whether the tour will go to a forth leg?

 

[U2FanPeter]

Did the price of Portland tickets just go up?

 

[chrissybaby]

do we know exactly what Bono said about Willy last night?
this could be pretty serious for the future of U2 tours... I thought he would be back for the 3rd leg...

My only reason for visiting u2.com has just disappeared.

 

[1stOne]

Is this official? Any confirmation? He has been moving in Mysterious Ways lately!

 

[U2Man]

Is this official? Any confirmation? He has been moving in Mysterious Ways lately!

 

[ramblin rose]

It seems like everything with this tour has been an uphill battle. It will interesting to see what happens after Portland.

 

[Circe]

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

he is an amazing talent! Did some amazing things over the years! Gonna miss him! I hope all is ok with him and that it is a career move and not a personal reason. The boys are gonna miss him something fierce. It is a family with the U2 crew. Everyone has been there for many many years! So I can see why they would be very sad about it. Hopefully we all will get more info from willie or the u2 camp as to why he is leaving.

it does lead one to wonder how the impact of his leaving is going to affect the rest of the tour and future tours.

 

[1stOne]

WHAT!!!!!?

 

[U2Man]

WHAT!!!!!?

 

[1stOne]

 

[angelordevil]

One bad thing Bono announced tonight was how this was the last show for Willie Williams, and he's told the band it's for good, but Bono doubts it, and says that once you're in U2's family, there's no getting out...hopefully it's not the last we've heard from Willie

I wonder if he was offended or something? I've heard people comment on how the current tour design is static and a rehash of previous outings, but I personally enjoyed it the other night in Toronto. It was a powerful presentation.