Why is the band so quiet leading up to opening night?

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Does it seem as though they've just gone into auto pilot since Bono's accident? It's like they gave up entirely on promoting the album and tour. I don't remember it being this quiet before the the 360 Tour. I mean they haven't announced any opening acts or whether or not they'll even have opening acts. They did zero North American promotion via any kind of talk show(I know they planned to but Bono got hurt), there's been no concept art of what the stage will be or do if it in fact does anything ala the video screen on the 360 tour. They haven't let fans in on what the shows will encompass when it comes to giving two separate experiences from night one to night two. It just seems weird to me that it's only 22 days till opening night and everything is so quiet on the bands end.
 
My best guess as to why they are so quiet is that we are so close to the tour starting, and the tour will be absolutely amazing and they don't want to give any hints away just yet, especially about the state of the art stage design. They know full well that as opening night is taking place, the rest of the world will be alerted to the setlists, stage set up, and any surprises.

But yes, a little more info would be wonderful.:wave:
 
Numb1075 said:
My best guess as to why they are so quiet is that we are so close to the tour starting, and the tour will be absolutely amazing and they don't want to give any hints away just yet, especially about the state of the art stage design. They know full well that as opening night is taking place, the rest of the world will be alerted to the setlists, stage set up, and any surprises.

But yes, a little more info would be wonderful.:wave:
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We haven't even had any countdown clips from U2.com


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I loved the countdown clips for 360 tour. Hopefully they will do that again. Maybe from 10 or maybe from 20.

I would think tough with sales for some fo the US shows not being full sell outs they'd want to promote a little bit of what they are planning. Then again like you said Numb1075, the "world" will be watching opening night to see what this is all about so..... maybe the silence is a good thing. maybe they are saving us from ourselves and from spoilers haha.
 
I feel hesitant to buy tickets right now because of all the unknowns. I want to see if the paperless ticket thing will cause havoc or not, and I also want to know what the shows will be like, in case I can only go to one night. I will have to drive to another state if I want to see them, so it would be nice to know what to expect before I commit to doing this. Hopefully they'll do another American leg of the tour next year if I can't see them this year; all the kinks should be worked out by then.


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Headache in a Suitcase said:
Why would the paperless ticket issue cause havoc? It's not as if this is the first time someone has used it.
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But is this the the first time it's been used for GA without an organized lottery system?

I think the potential havoc depends on how they let people into the venue. What if there are 4 lines of ushers scanning credit cards and one of their handsets is having issues? Imagine the meltdown from people waiting in that specific line as they see others filling up the floor.

If they want to avoid that kind of issue, maybe they'll scan cc's and wristband everyone in the GA line well before the gates open.
 
weinerdog said:
But is this the the first time it's been used for GA without an organized lottery system?

I think the potential havoc depends on how they let people into the venue. What if there are 4 lines of ushers scanning credit cards and one of their handsets is having issues? Imagine the meltdown from people waiting in that specific line as they see others filling up the floor.

If they want to avoid that kind of issue, maybe they'll scan cc's and wristband everyone in the GA line well before the gates open.
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Arcade Fire had paperless GA for most shows on their last tour, I was GA for a show in Bridgeport that had it and overall it was fine. Scanner issues can happen with hard tix too, it's unfortunate when it happens, but thems the breaks sometimes.
 
Pop Artist said:
Scanner issues can happen with hard tix too, it's unfortunate when it happens, but thems the breaks sometimes.
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That's my thinking too. Things go wrong even with regular tickets and other things during the entrance, so I'm not sure how things would be too different this time around. The occasional snafu might happen, I'm sure. But maybe not to a larger extent than what's normal.
 
Rachel D. said:
I feel hesitant to buy tickets right now because of all the unknowns. I want to see if the paperless ticket thing will cause havoc or not, and I also want to know what the shows will be like, in case I can only go to one night. I will have to drive to another state if I want to see them, so it would be nice to know what to expect before I commit to doing this. Hopefully they'll do another American leg of the tour next year if I can't see them this year; all the kinks should be worked out by then.


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really? ^ sounds more like buying a kitchen than going to see U2 .. just go for it
 
weinerdog said:
But is this the the first time it's been used for GA without an organized lottery system?

I think the potential havoc depends on how they let people into the venue. What if there are 4 lines of ushers scanning credit cards and one of their handsets is having issues? Imagine the meltdown from people waiting in that specific line as they see others filling up the floor.

If they want to avoid that kind of issue, maybe they'll scan cc's and wristband everyone in the GA line well before the gates open.
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Yeah, that happened in Brussels last tour as well...a few tickets scanned in and then they all broke down. Everybody started running except my line, while people from behind started crashing into us.

Paper or no paper, shit's gonna happen either way. Your suggestion would be pretty brilliant, it would prevent a lot of shit happening.
 
I've been to a whole bunch of non-music live events where they've gone through the queue before doors opened and scanned the tickets, but never seen it done at a gig. It would definitely make life easier if they did it.
 
They have been very quiet. I know they are on the west coast, but would have been a really great time for them to show up for one of the last two SNL shows of the season. Could have been a cool lead up to the tour kick-off...
 
I dunno, it is very weird. After they finished the album, every step they made was a mistake after mistake, disaster after disaster. The bike accident was the last nail to the coffin. I start to think their expectation were very high, but now they are very depressed and frustrated. So, I wonder how it will the first gigs feel like for them.
 
thavidesco said:
I dunno, it is very weird. After they finished the album, every step they made was a mistake after mistake, disaster after disaster. The bike accident was the last nail to the coffin. I start to think their expectation were very high, but now they are very depressed and frustrated. So, I wonder how it will the first gigs feel like for them.
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How would you possibly know that the band are depressed and/or frustrated? Are you a part of their inner circle or something? If not, then these statements just sound ridiculous.
 
womanfish said:
They have been very quiet. I know they are on the west coast, but would have been a really great time for them to show up for one of the last two SNL shows of the season. Could have been a cool lead up to the tour kick-off...
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I don't know if you heard, but they're rehearsing in Vancouver for that tour thingie that's coming up soon. Flying to NY to appear on SNL is not something they should be doing. If Bono didn't get hurt, then it could have been possible, but he needs to work himself back into shape as well as rehearse with the band.
 
thavidesco said:
I dunno, it is very weird. After they finished the album, every step they made was a mistake after mistake, disaster after disaster. The bike accident was the last nail to the coffin. I start to think their expectation were very high, but now they are very depressed and frustrated. So, I wonder how it will the first gigs feel like for them.
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Nothing they did was a misstep. Sure there was backlash over the release but that was the minority just making noise and bitching like a bunch of whiners. Their promotional tour in Europe was really good and the 5 nights on Fallon would've been great. The only true "misstep" was Bono's bike accident which seemed to be the band's cue to give up on any and all promotion for the album and tour.
 
Hallucination said:
Nothing they did was a misstep. Sure there was backlash over the release but that was the minority just making noise and bitching like a bunch of whiners. Their promotional tour in Europe was really good and the 5 nights on Fallon would've been great. The only true "misstep" was Bono's bike accident which seemed to be the band's cue to give up on any and all promotion for the album and tour.
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