verte76
Blue Crack Addict
The "intimacy" thing was something they definitely used on the War tour because it hit me when I watched Red Rocks for the first time and became a fan. They were not big stars all over at the time; they were just breaking through in the U.S, although they were #1 in the U.K. The U.S. and Canada were both potentially strong markets for them and you just don't write that off. But they hadn't exactly conquered these markets, either; they didn't do that with UF, either, they had to wait until JT in 1987. They used the intimacy factor way before this. It happened to work even better than they realized. Look at Live Aid--they thought they'd blown it, but in fact they'd stolen the show, at least partially, with their bonding with the audience. Who else in the world can do this? No one. Except----U2. It's part of their strength but got a bit submerged with ZooTV and PopMart. It was stronger on the Elevation tour, what with the cat walk and the heart and such. There were no cat walks in the '80's. It was just a stage. So did they know the cat walk/ heart deal work like a charm? Not necessarily. It was risky. It turned out to be a brilliant idea.
Sounds just like any other U2 tour to me.
Sounds just like any other U2 tour to me.