UK Dates next Summer?
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mirrorballman
Refugee
Yeah but whatever, why would you take any of that serious? Just go to youtube, you'll always find the "oh God I love them" and "for f...s sake, I wish Bono would die" comments. It's easy to write something anonymous on the internet
Either way, I think this is exciting news. Bummer that the tickets cost nearly 200 Pounds, otherwise it would have been worth a thought.
I'm gutted that I won't get to a show next year, but excited that I'll get to see them on TV from Glastonbury. Having done 6 shows this summer, I was thinking of only 1 or 2 shows if there was a UK/Ireland leg in 2010. I'm getting married in October, so it wasn't going to be my highest of priorities anyway - maybe I just need to persuade the boys that they'd make an ideal wedding band.
The other factor is that I now have no incentive to re-sub to U2.com this year. I was holding off spending the money until a gig was announced that I'd need a pre-sale code for. Sure I won't be alone in this - major marketing whoopsy.
The other factor is that I now have no incentive to re-sub to U2.com this year. I was holding off spending the money until a gig was announced that I'd need a pre-sale code for. Sure I won't be alone in this - major marketing whoopsy.
crapstable
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It's no surprise that there are no irish or UK dates next year!
- The 2009 ticket sale in UK and Dublin was slow. At Wembley II many seats were left empty.
- PMG told fans at U2's hotel in London in August that probably there wouldn't be any UK shows in 2010
- There hadn't been any dates released yet
- Band is upset about their Dublin shows in 2009: slow ticket sales, trouble with the protesting neighborhood at Croke Park, they were fined for being too loud, partly poor audience....
And the British fans are not the only ones who don't get any dates: What's up with the Italians, Dutch, Swiss fans? (Although I suppose U2 will add dates for Italy and Switzerland - but not the Netherlands.
Well don't understand me wrong. I feel sorry for you guys from Great Britain.
Cheers.
- The 2009 ticket sale in UK and Dublin was slow. At Wembley II many seats were left empty.
- PMG told fans at U2's hotel in London in August that probably there wouldn't be any UK shows in 2010
- There hadn't been any dates released yet
- Band is upset about their Dublin shows in 2009: slow ticket sales, trouble with the protesting neighborhood at Croke Park, they were fined for being too loud, partly poor audience....
And the British fans are not the only ones who don't get any dates: What's up with the Italians, Dutch, Swiss fans? (Although I suppose U2 will add dates for Italy and Switzerland - but not the Netherlands.
Well don't understand me wrong. I feel sorry for you guys from Great Britain.
Cheers.
phommel
Refugee
I don't believe the band is upset about their Dublin shows. I believe the opposite is true. I completely agree with your other comments
JohnnyBoy
The Fly
There's still big gaps in the tour calendar. 6-15 Sept and 23-29 Sept - so hopefully some more dates. So we know not Eire or the UK.
Why do people think definite no Dutch shows?
Why do people think definite no Dutch shows?
How can any band be dissapointed with braking the attendance record at the new wembley? they also broke the attendance record for the millenium stadium so i dont get how they would be dissapointed in the UK shows.
chrissybaby
Refugee
Playing Glastonbury is the last logical step in Bono's obsession with being "universal".
He wants to play to a new crowd. He's bored with the same faces. He's bored with us...
It will be very, very interesting to see how this plays out. The UK press could well slaughter this performance. Much of the Glastonbury audience will despise U2 being there, they have long been the whipping boys of the alternative/indie scene in the UK... While that indie/commercial divide isn't as strong as it once was, there's still a lot of Glastonbury goers that have been brought up to see U2 as everything that is wrong with music... They can't get away with it like other big headliners. McCartney was in the Beatles, Springsteen is cool, Radiohead have indie roots. U2 are none of those things.... And they aren't playing on their own stage.
Biggest risk to their reputation in a long long while IMO...
He wants to play to a new crowd. He's bored with the same faces. He's bored with us...
It will be very, very interesting to see how this plays out. The UK press could well slaughter this performance. Much of the Glastonbury audience will despise U2 being there, they have long been the whipping boys of the alternative/indie scene in the UK... While that indie/commercial divide isn't as strong as it once was, there's still a lot of Glastonbury goers that have been brought up to see U2 as everything that is wrong with music... They can't get away with it like other big headliners. McCartney was in the Beatles, Springsteen is cool, Radiohead have indie roots. U2 are none of those things.... And they aren't playing on their own stage.
Biggest risk to their reputation in a long long while IMO...
chrissybaby
Refugee
Everybody says they want to play Glastonbury, I think they've flirted with the idea in the past but the timing here is key. Something aint quite right with 360 IMO, and I saw a lot of shows in the summer.
phommel
Refugee
One of these gaps probably will be filled up with (a) Zurich show(s). 26 of September will possibly be a concert in San Sebastian...
I think it's not definite that there are no Dutch shows. However, I doubt it will happen. There are no suitable stadiums available and the tour itinerary is filling up...
If it happens, it has to be with temporary stands... or playing Pinkpop Festival to celebrate their 41 (!!) birthday, june 2nd? It should be possible to fly to the Netherlands between the Mexican dates and Anaheim? They could practice for Glastonbury
thelaj
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The thing that annoys me is the timing of the announcement. It is after the Euro pre-sales and after Glasto is sold out.
Even if the UK dislike U2 at the moment, it is still a massive economy with >60m people - comparing it to countries like Switzerland is disingenuous. They should have just said prior to the Euro pre-sales that the UK and Ireland would be skipped this year.
Even if the UK dislike U2 at the moment, it is still a massive economy with >60m people - comparing it to countries like Switzerland is disingenuous. They should have just said prior to the Euro pre-sales that the UK and Ireland would be skipped this year.
I am sorry but i really do not get what you mean by "something aint quite right with 360", the show has been getting amazing reviews by fans and media alike.
chrissybaby
Refugee
Okay, I think that the album reviews/sales have hurt the band. They have said as much. The singles have flopped and they have said that they are disappointed by the fans reactions to some of the new songs. Bono craves relevance, this tour/album haven't widened their appeal IMO. The shows I was at a lot of fans stood pretty much still for Breathe, for instance. I think it's daft to presume that the band are totally overjoyed with 2009. Not that it's a disaster by any means.
If I look back even to Elevation, could I imagine a band that could create a performance/atmosphere like Slane 2001 at Glastonbury? Not really....
The reviews have been pretty much the same as they where for HTDAAB though? the shows have also been getting some great reviews, and IMHO Cardiff was the best U2 show i have been to,
guess we will just have to wait and see, but there already seems to be so much negativity about the band, despite the fact that many fans are rating NLOTH as one of their top 5 albums.
as for sales, its the second biggest selling album of the year,
guess we will just have to wait and see, but there already seems to be so much negativity about the band, despite the fact that many fans are rating NLOTH as one of their top 5 albums.
as for sales, its the second biggest selling album of the year,
phommel
Refugee
How could they risk their reputation at a festival where the majority is not that into U2? I think they can only win a lot of young soul.
By the way, Springsteen and Radiohead didn't get away with it. They belong, with U2, to the biggest music acts in the world today. McCartney sucks.
chrissybaby
Refugee
Cardiff was easily the best show I attended and I did most of the UK shows. It was exceptional IMO. I dunno, maybe I'm totally off the mark and the band think that the whole campaign has been a runaway success, but reviews aside, I'm just not sure they do right now...
chrissybaby
Refugee
I was at Glastonbury that year. McCartney doesn't suck, that's a ridiculous statement. That show was just incredible. 100,000 people singing Hey Jude! He's a complete legend. Perfect for Glastonbury, even in the rain.
Radiohead in 1997 was THE Glastonbury performance. A band with indie roots breaking through into the BIG time. Same for Coldplay. Same for Muse.
Just read the Glastonbury discussion boards, there's a lot of people that dislike this decision. In many many respects U2 don't fit into Glastonbury, that's what makes this one of their most important gigs ever IMO. If this goes right it could be legendary...
Thats a fair comment mate, but i really belive glasto could be good for the band.
Maoilbheannacht
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The band is not returning to the UK because they have already exhausted demand there. Demand was less to see U2 this time than it was on the Vertigo tour which had its shows sellout in hours. There were still tickets available for 3 of the 5 UK 360 shows the day before the show.
But how can you say they have exhausted demand? i mean there was more people who went to see them at wembley than there was at the london vertigo shows, more people at cardiff than vertigo, i am still pretty sure they could have done 2 shows at don valley but probably still wouldnt have matched city of manchester due to stadium size, the only one that really seemed slow was scotland IMO, i mean i remember being able to pull tickets up for the shows a week before on the vertigo tour, and that wasnt during the credit crunch.
Maoilbheannacht
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Well, Canada is buying tickets at a rate that is faster and higher than the United Kingdom. Everything in France soldout within hours UNLIKE the United Kingdom. Germany and Spain only got two shows each last year, UNLIKE the United Kingdom which got 5.
Ticket demand and number of shows explains everything. If the UK shows had soldout the day they went on sale, then the UK would be getting more shows this year.
Maoilbheannacht
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The London Vertigo shows soldout the day they went on sale, they could have sold more in London for Vertigo but had to move on. For 360, they soldout the first show, but the 2nd show they took a long time to fill. Plus, on 360, they played less shows outside London which naturally increases the demand for London.
Scotland 360 sold less tickets, and had a smaller gross than the Vertigo show in Scotland. Plus the Vertigo show in Scotland soldout within hours.
Cardiff only had 5,000 more people than the Vertigo Cardiff. The Vertigo Cardiff soldout within hours. The 360 Cardiff was on sale for months.
The reason you were able to pull up tickets the week before the Vertigo shows was do to TICKET DROPS which happen for all shows.
Sadly I think you are right.
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gman
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Eh...just to pull you up on something...dont forget...The UK = 4 seperate countries!
As has been stated, Wembley Dates set new attendance records, as did Cardiff! I would state that as sucsessful!
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gman
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no it did not!!....I picked up tickets off ticketbastard, which were readily available on many other sites about a month before the show, after my mate was scammed on ebay, thinking it was the only way left to get tix!
Greenlight
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Don't forget also that the UK dates this year were bang in the middle of the school summer holidays which wasn't the case with the Vertigo tour. They probably lost at least 10% of their audience as a result. I know loads of people with school age kids who had already booked their summer hols by the time the tour dates were announced and couldn't change their plans. They were banking on UK tour dates in 2010 but looks like that won't happen now.
Maoilbheannacht
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A bit like saying that the United States is 50 different countries. Although I think it would be interesting if Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England all had their own seats at the UN, their own military forces, and their own national leaders on the level of Gordon Brown or Tony Blair, they don't. Although I would like to see the Scottish Flag flying over Edinburgh Castle, its the Union Jack that flies over it. The UK is one independent state, just like the United States.
Maoilbheannacht
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Its called a ticket drop, all shows have them. Even if the show did not sellout on Vertigo, it had higher attendance and higher gross than the 360 show.
Maoilbheannacht
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Well, U2 had no problem selling tickets for ZOO TV stadium shows that took place in August of 1993. I assume people in the UK went on school summer holidays back then?
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