For those of you who saw the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony....

[Billy Rotten]

I don't think we (Canada) stole anything from U2. The spiral thing was all fabric and projected on. If anything, the Canadian spiral was much more versatile than U2's LED light cylinder.

Great 'shop, Sicy!

 

[BluRmGrl]

Oh, right.

Big, beefy Edge....

 

[ramblin rose]

Oh, right.

Wow that's awesome!!!!

 

[rdy4thdl]

[/QUOTE]
This is very cool. Obviously the boys flew WAY under the radar if they won at both Salt Lake AND Vancouver. I did read this however...
Bono- first interview afer winning the metal: "thanks for giving us a great life".
Cheers,

 

[kramwest1]

Oh, right.

At their age, they look more like a Curling team than a Bobsled team.

 

[daygloeyes2]

Sicy

 

[Galeongirl]

Wow Sicy, that's one eerily real photoshop there!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

Photoshop? What photoshop? Bono is the shortest dude there. That's a real picture, yeah!

 

[kramwest1]

^ The pic makes me long for the uniforms of ZooTV days, back when U2 should have formed their own country that could have then competed in the Olympics.

(and great job Sicy, right down to the angle of the heads in the turtlenecks )

 

[Sicy]

They deserved the gold.

 

[HBK-79]

The original subject matter of this thread has me wondering-

Can someone sue someone else for "stealing" the idea of a particular stage design?

I mean- There have been many in-the-round stage designs well before THE CLAW was invented.

Foo Fighters

Justin Timberlake

Jonas Brothers

Britney Spears

Wrestlemania

What do you guys think?

Hope I'm not stirring up any trouble here.

 

[Sicy]

Well the general idea is the same but those stage designs look nothing like the Claw (except maybe the last one) so I don't see how any 'suing' can happen. If it were the exact same complete stage setup in all aspects then maybe.

 

[coolian2]

Well the general idea is the same but those stage designs look nothing like the Claw (except maybe the last one) so I don't see how any 'suing' can happen. If it were the exact same complete stage setup in all aspects then maybe.

besides, there are only so many ways to construct a stage with a screen for an in the round configuration.

it's like one car manufacturer suing another for building a box-shaped object with four wheels.

 

[Sicy]

Yeah pretty much.

 

[Galeongirl]

... did someone just compare a JONAS stage to U2?

 

[vaz02]

This is very cool. Obviously the boys flew WAY under the radar if they won at both Salt Lake AND Vancouver. I did read this however...
Bono- first interview afer winning the metal: "thanks for giving us a great life".
Cheers,[/QUOTE]

KA-POW !

 

[kramwest1]

... did someone just compare a JONAS stage to U2?

It's understood that they are the next U2. Weren't you aware?

 

[Galeongirl]

It's understood that they are the next U2. Weren't you aware?

Ironic how that was your 1,666th post. I ain't listenin' to ya mr Devil!

 

[corianderstem]

U2 never claimed to be inventing the whole "in the round" concept, and the only of those stages that looks remotely similar is the wrestling one.

 

[RedRocksU2]

I can't believe I will admit this, but I saw Whitney Houston and she had the 360 stage as well back in the 90's....or 80's.
That would be pre-crack Whitney btw

 

[kramwest1]

I can't believe I will admit this, but I saw Whitney Houston and she had the 360 stage as well back in the 90's....or 80's.
That would be pre-crack Whitney btw

I assume that was post-crack RedRocks that went?


I liked '80s Whitney.

 

[U2FanPeter]

Rod Stewart and Celine had "in the round" stadiums for shows in Europe in the mid/late 90's.

Peter Gabriel had a round/spherical/egg shaped projection screen used in his "in the round" stage show in 2002.

 

[BVS]

Can someone sue Bono for singing behind a microphone? I'm pretty sure he didn't invent that...

 

[HBK-79]

Rod Stewart and Celine had "in the round" stadiums for shows in Europe in the mid/late 90's.

Peter Gabriel had a round/spherical/egg shaped projection screen used in his "in the round" stage show in 2002.

Where can I find pics of Rod Stewart's and Peter Gabriel's stage designs from those tours?

I already found some pics from Celine Dion's tour in the General Tour Discussion thread. But I can't find any for Rod Stewart and Peter Gabriel.