Galeongirl
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Australian tour in March? Tempting..
I think she's doing reserved seating. U2 GA's will probably be $100-150. Can't see them higher than that, but it's possible.U2's GAs won't be over $500..
GA last time was $100, yeah? The Aussie dollar was stronger back in 2010, so taking into account inflation and the currently weaker exchange rate I'd expect GA to be around $130-150 this time.
...which means that if they do a massive run of shows in Melbourne I'll have to be judicious in my choices because I really don't have a desire to burn a thousand dollars on U2 any more.
I say go to 2 shows. I went to just 1 show in Chicago, mostly because I let my responsibilities control my life too much. I feel like it barely happened. The whole thing is like a distant photograph in my mind. I wish I'd have gone to 2 shows.
Every morning after a U2 show, I check u2gigs for the low-down while I eat breakfast. I appreciate your work on that site so much. I found myself not very excited leading up to the shows, because on paper (or... computer/phone screen, whatever) the setlists seemed boring to me. I was fine with my decision to just see 1 show. Until after the fact. That I+E show was my 11th U2 concert going back to Popmart, and if it wasn't the BEST U2 show I've seen, it was certainly top 3. Seeing "Gloria" was a bucket list moment for me, as well. Even watching the hits parade, Pride, BD, WOWY, Streets, etc, was quite thrilling and I was reminded of why I became a U2 fan in the first place. I'll certainly be seeing 2 shows next year, assuming they come back to the States; I don't really care what my wife or boss have to say about it.
I'll definitely do two. If there are four Melbourne shows I'll probably do all four. But if there are more than that, that's when I'll start to wonder if I really want to spend heaps of money to see a whole bunch of songs I've seen plenty of times before (and by and large aren't personal favourites either) in the hope of one or two special rarities filtering through each night. You know that we're going to bloody cop Stuck at some point too. I often wish I'd stuck to my resolution at the end of the Vertigo Tour to not see any more shows - having One Tree Hill as the last U2 song I'd heard live was perfect.
PS Thanks mate.
Forget #asignofhomecoming, let's focus on the #nostuck campaign.
We can make itnothappen.
#stuckontheothersideofthebarricade
It really pisses me off that they don't play OTH more often! People outside New Zealand would love to hear it. It's not the same as playing a truly unknown b-side like "your blue room", it's one of the better songs from their best selling album. I'm sure a large majority of any U2 crowd own the Joshua Tree. Why go to all the trouble to work out the arrangement and do all that rehearsing for just 2 shows?
Still thinking arenas. The album kind of went unnoticed here. My friend who went to Vertigo and 360 shows with me wasn't aware an album had been released.
Probably just east coast to save time but you never know...
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I have a feeling Arenas will be a comfortable fit everywhere except Mexico and South America. I wonder how many shows they would have to play in an arena to satisfy demand in Mexico City?
I really hope this rumour turns out to be true. If I get enough time to prepare (read save up), I might finally see the other end of the planet. 100 aussie bucks is about 67euros so that's just as much as home.
Forget #asignofhomecoming, let's focus on the #nostuck campaign.
We can make itnothappen.
#stuckontheothersideofthebarricade
It really pisses me off that they don't play OTH more often! People outside New Zealand would love to hear it. It's not the same as playing a truly unknown b-side like "your blue room", it's one of the better songs from their best selling album. I'm sure a large majority of any U2 crowd own the Joshua Tree. Why go to all the trouble to work out the arrangement and do all that rehearsing for just 2 shows?
A campaign to not play a song that's only been played on 5 of 32 shows so far?
Have they ever played it frequently though? Seems like they enjoy keeping it (mostly) for the New Zealand shows and making it a bit more 'special' that way. Not cool for the majority of us, but I suppose it keeps us from getting sick of it or calling it a 'warhorse' as well.
Also, there is the whole Dublin show debacle they need to address. I'd think they'd want to take care of that BEFORE they announce dates anywhere else.
Yeah this really needs to be sorted out. Ridiculous that they announced there would be something and still haven't been able to finalise it.
How tough would it be to get GA's for, say, Auckland without a presale code?