2011 Tour Rumours/Discussion Part 2

[4U2Play]

Category:Football venues in Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan looks awesome, though I'm not sure the solar panels there could power much more than Edge's amps.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Category:Football venues in Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MJ did 110,000 over 3 Taiwan shows 13 years ago.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Ah so, Singapore, then.
They could get a quiet motorboat to tow them around the lake so they could sell more tickets there.

Pink Floyd's 1988 show in Venice had a similar set up. Rest fo the tour was stadiums and arenas.

Google Image Result for http://www.tourleadervenice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pink-floyd-live-in-venice.jpg

 

[NewKillerStar]

I might travel to Hong Kong to see them play on that floating bit of wood.

It's steel, actually

So maybe no European Tour next year...?

 

[4U2Play]

Pink Floyd's 1988 show in Venice had a similar set up. Rest fo the tour was stadiums and arenas.

Google Image Result for http://www.tourleadervenice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pink-floyd-live-in-venice.jpg

Holy crap, that is awesome. I'd swim out there to the front row, fuck boats.

 

[NewKillerStar]

Just read that China banned the use of English words in media - well after that I highly doubt any possibility of a U2 show in the country unless Bono learns Chinese and translates all the lyrics into Chinese... those folks are just mad

 

[NewKillerStar]

PF undoubtedly got style

Shame I was too young to see the Division Bell Tour.

 

[bonoishot]

Holy crap, that is awesome. I'd swim out there to the front row, fuck boats.

That's awesome. I'd be swimming with ya.

 

[U2girl]

The Europe 2011 rumours seem to have gone quiet. Weird when European festivals are announcing headliners and the fight for fans concert dollar with early ticket sales has already begun.

Well..."Europe" may be a handful of UK dates and Dublin.

 

[NewKillerStar]

Personally I'll be happy with a show anywhere in the continent...

 

[domo-kun]

Just read that China banned the use of English words in media - well after that I highly doubt any possibility of a U2 show in the country unless Bono learns Chinese and translates all the lyrics into Chinese... those folks are just mad

sources ? Sound more like something Korea would do

 

[corianderstem]

Just read that China banned the use of English words in media -

Is a concert considered "media"?

That's an honest question, not snark - maybe in China anything uttered by a public figure (Chinese or not) equals "media."

 

[HBK-79]

Concerns with the Spire seem like a ridiculous reason to skip Japan entirely. They could modify the stage like Dallas or Perth Popmart.

I need to mention that U2 reduced the height of the spire for the Arlington show due to the massive size of the Jerry-Tron. It had nothing to do with the stadium itself.

http://www.phatrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_0095.JPG

As you could tell from that picture, the dome on Cowboys Stadium is so high that they could've assembled the entire length of the spire- with plenty of additional clearance to boot.

Had the Jerry-Tron been smaller, the U2 crew would've probably been more inclined to keep the entire length of the spire- like what whey had done for the Geilenkirchen and Frankfurt shows.

http://www.bohnert.lu/wp20/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/P1010156-e1262021062952.jpg
http://u2log.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/P1000195-500x375.jpg

The spire was cut off at the Cardiff show for unknown reasons.


I'm guessing now that the Claw could indeed fit inside the Tokyo Dome, whose dome/roof is more or less the same height as those on BC Place, UOP Stadium, and the Georgia Dome. Veltins-Arena, Amsterdam ArenA, and Commerzbank-Arena have lower ceilings, I bet.

 

[Sicy]

Over 1000.. feel free to start a part 3