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All 4 Amsterdam shows ,
and London night 5 + 6.


Wouldv'e gone to Dublin but it was too hard to get tickets. And couldn't get off on such short notice.
 
Amsterdam 3/4, Stockholm 1/2, Barcelona 1/2, London. 1/4/5 and 6 and Dublin 3/4 next weekend....lucky they only tour every 4-5 years!
 
Man I envy you people who went to several shows. I was only able to get away from my life for 1 show, and even at that I had clients and colleagues calling me wanting this and that. I couldn't even take 2 days off of work. It's hard to escape into U2 Land when people are constantly texting "what time will you be back tomorrow? I need you to Blah blah nah".

Not trying to throw a pity party for myself, I'm just amazed that some of you are able to get that much time off work, and I'm thinking about what I need to do to make my life more like that. The more you work, the more work they make you do.


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The_acrobat said:
Man I envy you people who went to several shows. I was only able to get away from my life for 1 show, and even at that I had clients and colleagues calling me wanting this and that. I couldn't even take 2 days off of work. It's hard to escape into U2 Land when people are constantly texting "what time will you be back tomorrow? I need you to Blah blah nah".

Not trying to throw a pity party for myself, I'm just amazed that some of you are able to get that much time off work, and I'm thinking about what I need to do to make my life more like that. The more you work, the more work they make you do.


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Matter of planning for me. I know when the tours happen from the info we gather on here, I hardly ask for time off on other events, U2 shows were my holidays last tour (add a couple days of sightseeing to my travels, great way of holidaying!). So my work knows my fandom and they're okay with it. I save up a lot between tours to make it happen financially, and when I need the time off, work's willing to give me that.

If works make you do a lot of things without giving back, I wonder what kind of job you have. Most jobs you should get back from what you give.
 
The_acrobat said:
Man I envy you people who went to several shows. I was only able to get away from my life for 1 show, and even at that I had clients and colleagues calling me wanting this and that. I couldn't even take 2 days off of work. It's hard to escape into U2 Land when people are constantly texting "what time will you be back tomorrow? I need you to Blah blah nah".

Not trying to throw a pity party for myself, I'm just amazed that some of you are able to get that much time off work, and I'm thinking about what I need to do to make my life more like that. The more you work, the more work they make you do.


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Well if it makes you feel any better, it at least sounds like you have a decent payed, full time job.
That's a luxury for most people my age in my country right now. We get shitty unreliable flex-contracts , with shit pay, and the ONLY benefit you have is that it gives you some leverage about your days off. (Becuase you probably have more days off than work anyway)


I start to save up for U2 as soon as they quit touring. That's why I can still afford the GA tickets. Other than that. I don't know. Sometimes I wish I was in your shoes and have more work. (I usually have 2 actual jobs at the same time, and do freelance stuff like photography , webdesign and portraiture next to that to keep the money coming.. I'm not lazy or throwing in the towel)


Ah well. Grass is always greener on the other side eh. :wink:
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
Fairly certain I only took one day off to get to those 4 shows. I went to work two of those days. There was really no need to leave early to get a good GA spot.
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True that. I took off two days because I wanted to hang out with mates on the day of the first two shows, as they were only in the country/area for those shows we made it a fun day. The saturday show I worked early morning, and the last show was a sunday so I was off anyway.
 
Chicago 3 6/28
Boston 4 7/15
NY 3 and 4 7/22&23

Seats for 2, GA for 2. Loved every minute of all four.
 
domo-kun said:
Well if it makes you feel any better, it at least sounds like you have a decent payed, full time job.

That's a luxury for most people my age in my country right now. We get shitty unreliable flex-contracts , with shit pay, and the ONLY benefit you have is that it gives you some leverage about your days off. (Becuase you probably have more days off than work anyway)





I start to save up for U2 as soon as they quit touring. That's why I can still afford the GA tickets. Other than that. I don't know. Sometimes I wish I was in your shoes and have more work. (I usually have 2 actual jobs at the same time, and do freelance stuff like photography , webdesign and portraiture next to that to keep the money coming.. I'm not lazy or throwing in the towel)





Ah well. Grass is always greener on the other side eh. :wink:
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The grass is always greener for sure! ;)

I understand that I'm lucky to have the career that I do. I'm able to make enough money so that my wife only has to work part time, so that she can be at home with our kids (ages 2 and 4). I like what I do, but it's pretty demanding of my schedule. The last time I had an entire week off of work was my honeymoon in 2008. We never travel, which is hard to do with young kids anyway. I have a convention in Louisville each year (which is technically work) and I went to see U2 in Chicago... Other than that, I haven't left ohio in years.




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popacrobat said:
I only took off 8 days of work to see the 18 concerts I went to.
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Unfortunately I like in Ohio, which U2 seemingly don't think is worthy. During 360 I went to shows in Michigan and Pittsburgh, and both times made it home by 4am and went to work a few hours later. It sucked, but I didn't have to take the day off.


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domo-kun said:
:hug: They have not been close to you yet? or did you miss out because of other reasons.
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They didn't come to the southern US at all, and my travel schedule was too hectic already over the summer to fit in a trip to one of the few shows that I could have conceivably made (i.e. weekend shows). Hopefully next year!


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I have to do the travelling for the London shows- getting home at 2.30am is knackering which is why I "only" made it to 4 of the 6 shows...a very insignificant problem relattive to recent events admittedly

I base my time off mostly around going to concerts across europe
 
Vancouver 1 & 2.

Those were going to be my only shows.

Then I spontaneously decided to go to Phoenix 1 & 2.

And then thanks to a friend with very excellent ticket-buying luck, I'm going to Dublin 1 & 2 as well. :faint:

Work-wise? I've been at my job forever and have five weeks of vacation. So the time off isn't an issue. :)
 
The nature of my job is largely seasonal. I could completely take off August and mid-Feb to mid-March and nobody would notice. But U2 never tours during my downtime. :(

The week U2 were in Chicago (the closest city to me U2 played this year) in late June, is one of the busiest weeks I have. We've come to know it as "hell week".


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Only 3 - Boston 3 and NY 5 & 7. My favorite of the 3 was the Boston one w Crystal Ballroom/Miss You. I will definitely make up for the low number of shows when the next leg starts.

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