Jeannieco
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Hey are you the Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses guy per chance?
Oh ya!! I bet it is!! Hi Mike!! I saw you on stage in Hawaii! You are famous around here!
Hey are you the Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses guy per chance?
I just want them to keep Minneapolis as the last US show, because I'd love to be at the last show of the leg. That's good times, right there.
Your guess is as good as mine! I've heard nothing.
It really wasn't (that roof over the Claw just made it all seem wrong). But I like the idea of it anyway. Portland on Vertigo was a good leg-ending show.
It would make sense to tie it into the down under dates when shipping the claws. Seems odd that they would skip at the very least Tokyo only dates.
There's many Asian countries that have really opened up in recent years for international touring that u2 have never played. Apparently Adam has extensively travelled the continent away from the band.
With Perth so close to Christmas, there's no way it'd be at the end of the leg, and if any Asian dates were before Auckland, you'd think they'd not only be rumoured, or announced, but have already had ticket sales! I'm starting to suspect Asia's missing out this time, unless they're going to tack it in somewhere before or between Latin America and North America; just shuttle one Claw across for a gig in Tokyo or whatever. Maybe they fear the numbers aren't there to justify such a huge show?
Still, surely they can do Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, and a major Indian city or two.
I think if they expand into more Asian markets it'll be in future arena tours, the logistics of 360 just wouldn't be realistic. In fact, it seems pretty likely they won't go to Japan even this time around.
As for more US dates, I hope so, I may be biased but come on, they can easily sell out another Gillette show nearly 2 years later, Boston is always huge for U2. I could see them doing some 2 night stands in NJ, Chicago and Toronto with a new album. As for areas with smaller stadiums and bad economies? Unlikely.
I'm thinking Beijing(dodgy politcis notwithstanding) and Bangkok. Cairo, Mumbai and Jo-burg are pipe dreams but do-able.
Maybe they will wait to add more US shows/3rd Europe leg until a new album is released this fall (hypothedical) and the world will be in love with U2 again because it'll be a huge hit. There are certain measures they can take to assure that this next album will be a big hit, but it'll cost them.
I think that the back issue really took the wind out of their North American sales. They might have to do a salvage job and add more dates to recoup.
There's no way they'd ever play in Mainland China. The chances that the PRC would allow it in the first place are small, and even if they approved a show, it would come with very strict requirements on what U2 could and could not do and say that they probably wouldn't like.
I think if they expand into more Asian markets it'll be in future arena tours, the logistics of 360 just wouldn't be realistic. In fact, it seems pretty likely they won't go to Japan even this time around.
I'd welcome a show without that stupid facemask bit.
I'd welcome a show without that stupid facemask bit. What songs beyond Walk On would get the axe? Bjork is far more outspoken and she was allowed to play as were a couple other artists(REM PJ Bowie RHCP Alanis?)
They only gave the Stones a list of 5 banned songs and let A LOT slip through the cracks. For instance the chorus of "Let's Spend the Night Together" was banned but Satisfaction line "make a dead man cum" was allowed.
u2 may be game as Bono may want some political angling - and they already did Russia and allowed the World Cup to use their song even though both places have some very dodgy recent human rights issues.
I'd welcome a show without that stupid facemask bit. What songs beyond Walk On would get the axe? Bjork is far more outspoken and she was allowed to play as were a couple other artists(REM PJ Bowie RHCP Alanis?)
They only gave the Stones a list of 5 banned songs and let A LOT slip through the cracks. For instance the chorus of "Let's Spend the Night Together" was banned but Satisfaction line "make a dead man cum" was allowed.
u2 may be game as Bono may want some political angling - and they already did Russia and allowed the World Cup to use their song even though both places have some very dodgy recent human rights issues.