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Refugee
Are those fan actions still "fun" actions or is it now a competition between the cities?
(and I don't mean this in a negative way)
Quotes from Tour Diary of Willie Williams...
The beggining: Poland - Chorzow
Paris:
Milan
Gothenburg - "white wave"
from U2log
Wich one do you like the best?
Lets turn this thread into a "poll", what "fan action" do you like the best?
Please post as many pictures from those actions as you can (from all: previous or future actions, please )
(and I don't mean this in a negative way)
Quotes from Tour Diary of Willie Williams...
The beggining: Poland - Chorzow
It was a great gig, entirely due to the audience being so up for it. The best moment was going into New Year’s Day where the audience, entirely of their own volition, produced flags and scarves. Everyone on the floor of the stadium had red, everyone in the grandstands had white, so the whole stadium turned into a huge Polish flag. I have never seen an audience do anything like it before – getting it together to surprise and delight us. I think my mouth must have fallen open. Who organized this? The fact that it was premeditated made it all the more extraordinary; an audience consciously plotting to put on a show for the performers. It was absolutely wonderful, humbling, thrilling all at the same time. A great, great crowd, and a unique atmosphere.
Paris:
At the end of Running to Standstill the crowd on the stadium floor took part in their own Polish-style spontaneous audience participation moment. A large portion of the audience near the stage held up white balloons, which turned the floor into a very eerie looking sea of white spheres. It was a perfectly still and very emotional moment, though I laughed because I could see what was inevitably going to follow it. As the band crashed into Pride, all the balloons were thrown up into the air and were batted about all over the place, turning the stadium into a gigantic Chuckee Cheese children’s party. Well it’s a celebration of sorts. We absolutely loved the fact that another city had produced its own audience participation spot. God bless the Internet. I wonder if we are going to get into a situation where cities start attempting to outdo each other? Go for it, I say – create your own audience tribute. How about throwing bundles of large denomination bank notes at the mix position? Just a suggestion…
Milan
Following this, the band went into ‘Sometimes…’ which Bono dedicated to his father Bob Hewson. As the song progressed all the members of the audience in the grandstand facing the stage produced large squares of cardboard and held them up, a la Russian Olympics, to make an Irish flag, an Italian flag and the words “HI BOB” in between, in giant letters. I think Bono practically stopped singing when he saw it (you have to admit it would be a surreal sight – a stadium wide message to your dad). Last week we talked about perhaps trying to organise something along the lines of the Polish flag tribute for the video shoot here, but in the end felt it would be next to impossible and besides, there’s something not quite right about carefully rehearsed spontaneity.
Instead, the U2 audience once again left us speechless. I can only imagine what this might turn into as the tour progresses and inter-city rivalry kicks in (and who said organisation isn’t Italy’s strong point…?)
Gothenburg - "white wave"
from U2log
U2.se’s ‘white wave’ crowd participation plan was a big success. Bono even changed the lyrics to I Will Follow and apparently exclaimed: ‘Oh my God, what have we here?’ The crowd, reportedly ‘laid back and polite’ while queuing turned into a somewhat over excited mob in the front pit, but an awesome audience overall.
Wich one do you like the best?
Lets turn this thread into a "poll", what "fan action" do you like the best?
Please post as many pictures from those actions as you can (from all: previous or future actions, please )