Official: U2 in Turin for 2 weeks

[Galeongirl]

Well Bono did have a laserjacket, so they do lasers all right.

The cannons on ZooTv had ZooDollars in them, so that doesn't count as pyro stuff as it's not fireworks.

 

[BVS]

i don't remember it either. maybe it was different legs? i saw them on the first leg.

I saw them on the first and third leg, although both third leg shows were in roofed-in stadiums.

But I still don't even remember any mention of it or any video of it...

 

[brooklynmike]

Ok, I'll check youtube to see if I can find it. If not, I think I have a bootleg of the first show (New Jersey) sitting around that shows it.

Give me some time and I'll find it.

Ok, I'm not sure what's weirder, that I don't, nor the internet remember this(which I thought I had a good memory) or that certain posters ARE remembering this?

 

[brooklynmike]

Yup, just found the bootleg and watched the boomcha's. Definitely there. I'll upload some pics in a second and see if I can upload some video tomorrow.

 

[brooklynmike]

Actually I'll upload everything tomorrow. Gotta charge up the camera.

But there's def. explosions going off. You can see them clear as day.

 

[schnumi]

Don't forget the POPMART shows had pyro cannons going off in the upper deck for BOOM CHA! several times during Discotheque. At least through the New Jersey shows they did.

Yep also during the chicago shows i believe.

I do have a bootleg video of it as well but im not so sure which show it was.

 

[brooklynmike]

Alright, here it is. Crap quality and shaky. Skip the first 30 seconds if you get motion sick. lol

The explosions shook the stadium and lit the whole thing up, pretty awesome. Smoke then filled the joint for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=envPnTcMTm8

 

[corianderstem]

Huh. Well, whaddya know? Thanks for posting that.

I still say I hope they never throw in fireworks.

 

[BVS]

Huh, weird, I really couldn't tell what was going on, but thanks...

 

[brooklynmike]

If you watch starting at 40 seconds you'll see it clear as day- cannons set off to the right of the stage.

If I can figure it out I'll try to upload straight to YouTube without taping the TV screen.

 

[BVS]

No, you don't have to do that.

Obviously there's some huge flash of light at that time, it just wasn't clear what kind.

I guess at first when I hear "pyro" I think traditional fireworks.

I find it interesting.

 

[Benji2112]

Man I envy you. I SO wish I could go, the concert's on my birthday! But I've nobody to go with, nor a ticket.

Have a couple extra if you can get there . gratis. PM me if interested,

may you can hitch a ride with us, but we are going to the TDF first. Thats a crazy party if Lance wins

 

[Galeongirl]

I don't have the travel, nor the money to get it now. But thanks for the offer though.

 

[HBK-79]

True, I've actually liked U2 pyrotechnic-free.

Didn't U2 have fireworks go off at the end of the Slane shows back in 2001?

I could've sworn I saw a short YouTube video of fireworks shooting up above Slane Castle with UF playing over the PA.

 

[prbiker15]

Didn't U2 have fireworks go off at the end of the Slane shows back in 2001?

I could've sworn I saw a short YouTube video of fireworks shooting up above Slane Castle with UF playing over the PA

YouTube - U2,SLANE CASTLE,SEPT 1 2001. FIREWORKS SHOW AT SHOWS END

There's the video. Fireworks after the show's over is fine, just during the show..

 

[HBK-79]

And another thing...

Green Day had all sorts of pyro going off during their American Idiot shows.

Does that make them "cheesy"?

YouTube - Bon Jovi Fireworks New Meadowlands Stadium 5/27/2010

sorry but all just comes across as a bit cheesy to me.

 

[coolian2]

And another thing...

Green Day had all sorts of pyro going off during their American Idiot shows.

Does that make them "cheesy"?

do i have to answer that?

 

[hasin73]

Please add White As Snow.

 

[last unicorn]

^

Weren't there some rumours (Willy's diary, if I remember correctly) that the band actually rehearsed WAS for some shows? I'd love to see and hear that. It's my favourite NLOTH song. I know some will say it's a momentum killer and U2 shouldn't add another slow song, but I think the atmosphere would kind of fit into the set.

 

[Eastfly]

wow, I can understand your heartbumps. I like WAS very much and if it`ll be possible to hear this song this summer during the tour, then it have to play with a french horn section on stage. It`ll give me heebie-jeebies, truly.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

^

Weren't there some rumours (Willy's diary, if I remember correctly) that the band actually rehearsed WAS for some shows? I'd love to see and hear that. It's my favourite NLOTH song. I know some will say it's a momentum killer and U2 shouldn't add another slow song, but I think the atmosphere would kind of fit into the set.

that would be awesome. besides, if they really cared about killing momentum, they'd stop using tracks like ialw.

 

[U2girl]

If Your Blue room is anything to go by, U2 should stay as far away as possible from slow songs (WAS, I'm looking at you).

 

[mikal]

crazy that we may actually hear a new song in less than a month.

 

[schnumi]

As long as it's more rock and roll type songs and not slow ones im ok with it.

 

[last unicorn]

If Your Blue room is anything to go by, U2 should stay as far away as possible from slow songs (WAS, I'm looking at you).

I think WAS would work better than YBR, they should seriously consider having a few musicians with horns or strings on stage. I'm not very positive about the song being played live, but I hope they at least snippet it

In a little while wasn't a momentum killer at all, I loved it at the shows I went to, but then again I'm a big fan of that song.

 

[digitize]

crazy that we may actually hear a new song in less than a month.

If only we hadn't been making vague statements like that for the past year.

 

[coolian2]

If only we hadn't been making vague statements like that for the past year.

did kingdom count?

 

[U2387]

did kingdom count?

No

 

[U2387]

As long as it's more rock and roll type songs and not slow ones im ok with it.

This

I'm done with filling the biggest stadium set ever with sleepers!

 

[Galeongirl]

WAS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IALW. Would be a killer replacement, but please U2, don't ruin it with a shitty acoustic version!