Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Well, that's the UK. Ok sure you got a point there. But that's just one piece, it's like U2 would appear in one state in the Us or something like that. During Vertigo they went to Germany for performances and interiviews, to France, Italy, even Holland if my memory serves me well. I'd love it if they did a global promo tour, not just English speaking countries as it happened on this tour.I Am with Galeongirl in my frustration at the realisation of another US tour dvd. Europe has twice the population of the US, yet, it only has One official tour DVD release to chronicle their 30 odd years in existence. Considering they are european, i find it quite strange.
However, I dont agree with Gg's statement about all the cool stuff only happens in the US. Back when NLOTH was released, U2@ the BBC was a week long stint of appearing on TV, radio etc. Plus, there was the Sheffield Live broadcast....As well as other stuff that appeared on UK TV along the way.
All this bitching about the audience of dvd shows is pretty stupid.
Red Rocks = Wet, soggy half empty crowd + U2 on FIRE = great dvd
R&H = What crowd? + Unbelievable Performances = Great dvd
ZooTV = What Crowd? + Great staging and show = Great DVD (Could be better performance)
PopMart = What Crowd? + Fair Performance = Decent
Boston = Hamlish + shit crowd + shit performance = Shit
Slane = Great Crowd - Boston audience + Home town show for U2 = Great DVD
Chicago Vertigo - Early in the Tour + hamlish + shit crowd = Still decent vertigo dvd
U23D + GREAT CROWD + HUGE SCREEN + BAND ON FIRE = GREAT
So to me, the dvd's have little to nothing to do with the crowd and everything to do with HOW DECENT THE BAND IS. Maybe the ONE exception is U23D where the audience was MUCH more part of the show than a normal dvd...
Well, it's been said by many people that the band performance partly depends on the crowd. Why was U2 so awesome at Slane? Because the crowd was awesome and it was a hometown show. That just combined into awesomeness, same with U23D(sans the hometown ofcourse). I won't disagree with you on Boston since you said it well, but I really do not like Chicago either. It just doesn't capture the energy of the Vertigo tour like Milan did.
Ofcourse it may have been because it was early on the tour, but then the argument about not having a dvd on this tour's first leg is quite nulled as well. And Hamish has a big part in the shittyness as well.