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There's gonna be an "show" here on Brazil and it is an in the round stage. I think it's pretty cool:
Any chance U2's stage to be something like this?
THIS. NEEDS. TO. HAPPEN.
There's gonna be an "show" here on Brazil and it is an in the round stage. I think it's pretty cool:
Any chance U2's stage to be something like this?
My prediction is that, we the fans can submit content to some part of the show. Video screens will incorporate technology from NIN tour and we will be let into the SOUND! Also think the audio spotlight will play a big part of this tour. All speculation from things I have read, but my guess to say the least.
This album in my Bose on ear headphones is heavenly!
I'm glad this thread has gotten back to its original intent. I agree with the poster who wanted the thread to be more about some neat ideas/technologies that might be used in the upcoming tour...just fans brainstorming some cool ideas. I'd rather read about the creative ideas of other fans rather than arguing over the minutia of technologies used on previous tours...no snub intended to anyone. So, on to 2 ideas that I've been thinking about for the past week...
1) During UC, it would be cool if they put a phone number on the projection screens before the song. Audience members then use their cells to call that number and during the choruses ("Rise up!", "Hear me...", etc.) the lines go "live"...the collective voices of the audience are fed through the PA system back to the crowd. The audience becomes the "unknown callers" for the choruses. They would have to overcome several technical hurdles (e.g., how to combine all those calls, the delay, possible feedback, etc.), but I love the idea. An alternative would be to post the number before the concert and have audience members sing the choruses over their cell phones before the concert begins. Then, they are all combined and played back during the concert.
2) I am in love with the mind-blowing ending to UC, especially the pipe organ. This is probably because I've loved pipe organ music for many years. Anyway, I would love it if they brought a full-size pipe organ with them on tour. It could also fit with the organ used on MOS and give the tour a churchy/gospel-y feel for those songs. I keep dreaming about Edge rocking that solo at the end of UC while Adam and Larry keep the rhythm going, then Bono playing the pipe organ part...full 4-part instrumental and a wall of sound. It would have to be a full pipe organ (not synthesizer), since those low notes can go down to around 16 Hz and rattle your ribs, and they wouldn't necessarily have to mic them. They could change the diameter of the pipes rather than the length so they can fit in semi-trucks (if needed). Edge could play the organ during parts of MOS, too. We know Bono can play keyboards at least a little, and he's never done it on tour...and I think when he "played" (i.e., pounded) the drum on "Love and Peace or Else" was a highlight of the last tour. I would be in heaven!
Well, those are some of my ideas. What about others?
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recall it's an outdoor venue so there is little chance the stage setup will include props suspended from a ceiling
But Bono and Danny both said the stage somehow has tech stuff above it, but without interfering with the views of people behind the stage (which will be opened up)...
Paul McG said only tiered stadiums - no baseball and nothing flat...which makes me believe they need the tiers to run cables across and help support stuff over the stage...and football/soccer stadiums that have the same basic configuration so that it all fits/works...just a guess...
Paul McG said only tiered stadiums - no baseball and nothing flat...which makes me believe they need the tiers to run cables across and help support stuff over the stage...and football/soccer stadiums that have the same basic configuration so that it all fits/works...just a guess...
don't really know where you live but baseball stadiums in america? they have tiers and are quite large.
i still say a large circular type stage with giant arches holding up speakers and video screens.
here has been a lot of talk about 360 degree view staging and possibly a sphere. mark fisher who designs the staging with Willie Williams has a website Stufish | Mark Fisher Studio which has concept art from the Vertigo tour. The images are of 360 degree staging and a sphere. As Bono and Paul McGuinness have said they have been thiking of the new set up for a few years, could this give us a clue as to what the new tour might look like??????
Here are two of the images from the website
Most baseball stadiums are only tiered down the left and right field lines...once you get to the outfield there is no consistency...just trying to figure out why they would put emphasis on tiers and eliminate baseball stadiums - and that is the difference (for the most part)...
What happens in cities like Edmonton/Winnipeg/Vegas that only have stands on each side of a football field but almost nothing at the endzones? Each venue is 50,000 seats. I thinks some big cities only have baseball stadiums(San Fran? Toronto? San Diego?)