Maoilbheannacht
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That's right. Since, of course, U2 have utilized mostly arena openers on the 360 tour, like no other headliner EVER has on this scale. But I see you two still suffer from U2 disease...
The only openers that could qualify as arena level in the cities they opened for U2 are Muse, Black Eyed Peas, and maybe Jay-Z although I don't think Jay-Z has played arena's in Australia and New Zealand. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
Oh, by the way MOGGIO, Muse's gross for its 40 shows in North America in 2010 was only $23.3 million! Nickleback's gross in 2006 when they opened for the Stones was over $30 million. So you were wrong in claiming that Muse today was a stronger arena act than Nickleback in 2006, by a considerable margin!
It should also be mentioned that although Muse opened 7 shows for U2 in South America, Muse has NEVER ever played to an arena sized crowd on its own in South America. You can't claim to be an arena act in a country when you have NEVER played an arena there in your career and your most recent performance was to theater sized crowds!
Interpol, Florance And the Machine, and Lenny Kravitz are not arena acts. Hell, Lenny Kravitz supported Aerosmith and together they still could not sellout an arena in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Fray are not an arena act in Winnipeg, Edmonton, SLC or Denver. In Fact the Fray's popularity has decline since 2006-2007 when they were able to manage a tour in North America that had an average attendance per show of just 7,000. That was more than a theater act, but not really an arena act yet. Now their popularity has dropped.
So lets stick with the facts instead of making gross generalizations and false extrapolations.