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phommel
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artdirector said:
Maybe the target will rise, with the band in the middle. At the start of the concert or halfway. The band will be elevated to the roof (like in the vertigo-clip), the stairs will roll down to the B-stage......etc something like that I guess
Just found this pic of City of Manchester stadium. Looks like it's all set for Vertogo.... lol
http://www.thefa.com/Euro2005/VenueVisit/Postings/2004/11/Venues_ManchesterCity
http://www.thefa.com/Euro2005/VenueVisit/Postings/2004/11/Venues_ManchesterCity
bono_man2002
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so what is the grass gonna move around or something
Miss You Sugar
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artdirector said:
I think you were smoking shit when you typed this. I liked your first interpretation, though.
artdirector
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it was 2 in the morning
a month and a half until the tour kicks out... more stage details should be comming out soon... but it deffinetly looks to be "interesting" to say the least...
LarryMullen's POPAngel
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I can't wait. 
Add me to the list of who likes Headache's interpretation.
Add me to the list of who likes Headache's interpretation.
yea... my interpretation rules 
but of course, i do believe my friend's interpretation is even better...
but of course, i do believe my friend's interpretation is even better...
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nathan1977
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artdirector said:
B stage = Zoo TV
Making it all up at the last minute = PopMart
OldTimerU2Fan
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Too funny
First, let me say I am right with everyone in that the stage design is KILLING me. I can't wait to see what it looks like.
This is mostly because I've been reading the U2 - SHOW book recently, and (being in the design business myself), I'd give my left nut to work with their stage design teams - it sounds like a great environment for creativity. The band sound like they're just great clients too - they have ideas, they know what works and what doesn't - but they really want the designers to push the boundaries and do new things. I highly doubt that we'd see something that directly mimics anything from another tour. Sure, the Heart worked, and we'll most likely see some sort of device that serves the same purpose (that being to get the band "out" into the people somehow).
But this thread is just too hilarious. It's just ripe for a Saturday Night Live treatment - a la William Shatner and the Trekkies. "I think that U2 will arrive riding an atomic bomb like Slim Pickins at the end of Dr. Strangelove - and then, the stage will stay where it is, and the PEOPLE will rotate around the band... yeah, that's it!"
Again, I say the above only in jest, cus I'm just as geeked about the stage as you all (and I hope the B Stage part is true, cus my tickets would put me in the 1st seated row in front of it for one of the shows).
First, let me say I am right with everyone in that the stage design is KILLING me. I can't wait to see what it looks like.
This is mostly because I've been reading the U2 - SHOW book recently, and (being in the design business myself), I'd give my left nut to work with their stage design teams - it sounds like a great environment for creativity. The band sound like they're just great clients too - they have ideas, they know what works and what doesn't - but they really want the designers to push the boundaries and do new things. I highly doubt that we'd see something that directly mimics anything from another tour. Sure, the Heart worked, and we'll most likely see some sort of device that serves the same purpose (that being to get the band "out" into the people somehow).
But this thread is just too hilarious. It's just ripe for a Saturday Night Live treatment - a la William Shatner and the Trekkies. "I think that U2 will arrive riding an atomic bomb like Slim Pickins at the end of Dr. Strangelove - and then, the stage will stay where it is, and the PEOPLE will rotate around the band... yeah, that's it!"
Again, I say the above only in jest, cus I'm just as geeked about the stage as you all (and I hope the B Stage part is true, cus my tickets would put me in the 1st seated row in front of it for one of the shows).
jedi Larry
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This is a cool setup with that B-stage(if that's what it is).
It's not in the round, but should give every fan in the place a great show like a center stage would.
It's not in the round, but should give every fan in the place a great show like a center stage would.
TheBrazilianFly
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This is very exciting!
hibricc
Refugee
Re: Too funny
I said it in a previous thread, and everyone laughed at me (they must have thought I was joking), but...
I just spoke to a guy whose cousin dates a girl who went to school at the same place as a guy who used to know someone who worked at the Boston Garden before they tore it down, and he told me that U2's stage at the Fleetcenter will feature an elevated catwalk that extends from the floor up to the first row of balcony section 314 (where I'll be sitting), and the band will deliver pizzas and beer to those lucky u2.com members (like me) seated at the tip throughout the show.
The now-missing Glendale chart was an early version of this plan, of course. They'll update it again when the details of the hydraulic lift are all worked out.
OldTimerU2Fan said:
I said it in a previous thread, and everyone laughed at me (they must have thought I was joking), but...
I just spoke to a guy whose cousin dates a girl who went to school at the same place as a guy who used to know someone who worked at the Boston Garden before they tore it down, and he told me that U2's stage at the Fleetcenter will feature an elevated catwalk that extends from the floor up to the first row of balcony section 314 (where I'll be sitting), and the band will deliver pizzas and beer to those lucky u2.com members (like me) seated at the tip throughout the show.
The now-missing Glendale chart was an early version of this plan, of course. They'll update it again when the details of the hydraulic lift are all worked out.
U2dork
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cardosino said:
I'll bet you're right...
rathergoblind
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Just a cool though....
I remember seeing a grammy( i think) stage a few years back where the monitor was the stage. What if the U2 stage was a monitor or parts of it for flashing color and designs? That could give a feeling of vertigo. who knows. I am sure it will be cool what ever it is.
I remember seeing a grammy( i think) stage a few years back where the monitor was the stage. What if the U2 stage was a monitor or parts of it for flashing color and designs? That could give a feeling of vertigo. who knows. I am sure it will be cool what ever it is.
OldTimerU2Fan
The Fly
Re: Re: Re: Too funny
Yikes, tough crowd here fmattyh eh?
I think you're spot on... that little rectangular protrusion is actually a spring board diving platform where the high-dive-vertigo-inducing entrance will be made by the band.
fmattyh said:
Yikes, tough crowd here fmattyh eh?
I think you're spot on... that little rectangular protrusion is actually a spring board diving platform where the high-dive-vertigo-inducing entrance will be made by the band.
Question bout the seats "behind the stage". I'm trying to decide whether to keep my seats behind the stage or try desperately to see if I could get my hands on something else.
Would I be able to see? If so, is it a good view? Will Bono turn around at all and recognize our existance?? Any help would be appreciated.
Its 3 seats at the first NJ show. Upper deck, not directly behind, but one sectio over.
Would I be able to see? If so, is it a good view? Will Bono turn around at all and recognize our existance?? Any help would be appreciated.
Its 3 seats at the first NJ show. Upper deck, not directly behind, but one sectio over.
Blue Room
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I believe Headaches interpretation is accurate. There is the equivelant to the heart this time, inside the egg. The circles and the sides are the main stage. The video screens will be on the lighting rig, similiar to Elevation.
To the person that said you could see out of the front of the heart on Elevation, how tall are you?? LOL. The heart tapered down and at its point was about 4 feet high. You could see out into the arena easily from inside the heart. I remember being able to see Joe and Willie back at the sound desk very clearly. So I think your theory is incorrect as far as that goes. As others have pointed out if the box is a b stage it will probebly be slightly elevated anyway, so seeing it wont be a problem. I'm not sure though if it is a B stage or the mixing/lighting desk.
I have to say the ramp is a nice touch. Divides the floor up into 3 sections. It should eliminate alot of push that occurred outside the heart at the tip and sides that would sometimes occur on Elevation.
To the person that said you could see out of the front of the heart on Elevation, how tall are you?? LOL. The heart tapered down and at its point was about 4 feet high. You could see out into the arena easily from inside the heart. I remember being able to see Joe and Willie back at the sound desk very clearly. So I think your theory is incorrect as far as that goes. As others have pointed out if the box is a b stage it will probebly be slightly elevated anyway, so seeing it wont be a problem. I'm not sure though if it is a B stage or the mixing/lighting desk.
I have to say the ramp is a nice touch. Divides the floor up into 3 sections. It should eliminate alot of push that occurred outside the heart at the tip and sides that would sometimes occur on Elevation.
hibricc
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Too funny
You're like those fans who U2 got sick of seeing in the front row night after night. I wonder how I can limit the number of threads you get to see.... hey, want to join my online fanclub?
fmattyh said:
You're like those fans who U2 got sick of seeing in the front row night after night. I wonder how I can limit the number of threads you get to see.... hey, want to join my online fanclub?
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