Encore of Tequila Sunrise.
*Rumor* - Larry to retire after E+I tour
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Encore of Tequila Sunrise.
Not a chance, u2 have this all for one one for all attitude. All 4 members are u2, one drops out and the rest will.
Nick66
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We all keep saying this, but I wonder how true it is? Do we know this for sure?
They were willing and ready to drop Adam after Sydney. Magoo’s departure was decidedly unsentimental.
While I generally agree that in this case the conventional wisdom that if one of them leaves the band is done, I just wonder how everyone is so dead certain about it.
They were willing and ready to drop Adam after Sydney. Magoo’s departure was decidedly unsentimental.
While I generally agree that in this case the conventional wisdom that if one of them leaves the band is done, I just wonder how everyone is so dead certain about it.
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We should probably ask Chris Evans.
This thread has Larry not on board, Fisher’s fan club, Sting, and confirmed rumors... we have a classic in the making, where’s Jick when you need him?
This thread has Larry not on board, Fisher’s fan club, Sting, and confirmed rumors... we have a classic in the making, where’s Jick when you need him?
Because it's sting2's 983rd alter.
Cheers
Nick66
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I've been disappointed in everything U2 has done since Larry's Mt. Temple ad. Before that it was just Larry keeping time in the Arcane boys drum & fife, Adam Clayton jamming bass on his bunk at St. Columba's secondary, Dave Evans making weird noises on his pawn shop guitar and Huyseman creating street theatre with Guggi in Lypton Village.
Those days were awesome. Before they met it was like you had four different bands instead one. No rehearsals, no fancy school gigs with sets, no flashy church shows, no talent contests, no pretentious band names...just pure raw art that you had to know someone to find.
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Actually, in interviews the band has done, Larry has stated they they could go on as a band without Bono and even sited AC/DC as an example.
The Edge as far back as the 90s stated the band could go on if someone left the group.
Adam and Bono have not commented on the topic.
So, that's two votes for going on, and no votes against.
Nick66
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See what I mean?
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They could, in theory, continue without Adam or Larry. There would be a giant black hole onstage where they used to be, but as long as Bono and Edge would be there, people would still consider it a U2 show.
Now if they pulled a Bon Jovi, and fired the Edge like BJ fired Richie Sambora, and then still continued performing as if it were the same band, then I think that crosses a line.
Now if they pulled a Bon Jovi, and fired the Edge like BJ fired Richie Sambora, and then still continued performing as if it were the same band, then I think that crosses a line.
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I just think Bono, Edge, & Adam won't let Larry retire. Too much $$$ on the table this year.
Nick66
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U2 can't "fire" The Edge. Sambora was an employee of Jon Bon Jovi. The Edge is an equal part and owner of U2.
And if Adam and/or Larry wasn't there, I wouldn't consider it a U2 show. But I agree that most people attending a concert would.
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I'm really not surprised and have sort of been expecting this to happen for a few years now. Larry has had back pain problems for a long time, has been absent from promotional activities, and has generally looked more miserable than usual.
Bono and Edge will stay involved with music in some way, there's no doubt about that, but I would be surprised if they replaced Larry and continued touring and calling themselves U2. Adam, Bono, and Edge could tour with another group and gain a drummer that way, but U2 shows as we know them won't exist anymore. If U2 makes it past 2020 and hasn't dissolved, I will be surprised.
Bono and Edge will stay involved with music in some way, there's no doubt about that, but I would be surprised if they replaced Larry and continued touring and calling themselves U2. Adam, Bono, and Edge could tour with another group and gain a drummer that way, but U2 shows as we know them won't exist anymore. If U2 makes it past 2020 and hasn't dissolved, I will be surprised.
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i miss those Fisher stories. they were good reading, kind of like U2 in graphic novel form where everything is super dark and it's always raining and our heroes are actually tortured and miserable (and broke, too). maybe they even hit a kid when driving after a wild night at the pubs and left the body by the side of the road, in the rain of course, and no one knows about it. yet.
i'll take more of those.
i'll take more of those.
Nick66
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Stay tuned.
My sources tell me he's planning his triumphant return even as we speak. And rumour is he's moving from @U2 and taking his prognostacations to Interference (fingers crossed).
My sources tell me he's planning his triumphant return even as we speak. And rumour is he's moving from @U2 and taking his prognostacations to Interference (fingers crossed).
That's it.... I'm calling your church ;+)
Nick66
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I'm still looking for one I can receive in.
Iggy Fizz
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Rumor is that Larry is physically unable to smile now. Apparently it happened after his 83rd plastic surgery procedure.
Nick66
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There's a rumour that the E-Street band is going to fire Bruce and replace him with John Mellancamp.
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I didn't literally suggest U2 would/could ever fire the Edge. I was just saying that without Bono and Edge, it could never be "U2", in a similar way that Richie Sambora was a necessary component for Bon Jovi. Now it's just kind of a Jon Bon Jovi & Friends sort of situation. I am also not a fan of Bon Jovi.
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To me it would never be U2 without any of them. However, I would still go to a show if Larry or Adam were gone. Casual fans wouldn't care as long as Bono and Edge were onstage.
One of my favorite bands from my college years, DMB, just announced their violin play Boyd Tinsley has left the group. He was their equivalent of a lead guitarist. They are continuing without him, but his stage presence was such an integral part of the DMB experience... it just won't be the same.
One of my favorite bands from my college years, DMB, just announced their violin play Boyd Tinsley has left the group. He was their equivalent of a lead guitarist. They are continuing without him, but his stage presence was such an integral part of the DMB experience... it just won't be the same.
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If U2 makes it past 2020 and hasn't dissolved, I will be surprised.
Damn! U2 dead in two years? That's the most dire prediction I've seen yet. Such a contrast to what I saw last summer. In my opinion the band had just as much energy and fire as when I saw them for the first time in the summer of 1992. Based on their live performances, this does not at all seem to be a band on the ropes. I wonder if the band realize how many of their fans have put a fork in them already.
Iggy Fizz
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They do realize. It's evident in the ticket sales data.
We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em.*Give me five bees for a quarter,*you'd say.
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Make Onions Great Again
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The band are still selling tickets pretty well for a music artist, about at Popmart levels of demand. Down for U2 at various peak levels in their career, but something they saw when they were over 20 years younger than they are now. So its not that most people think they are too old as we saw this level of ticket demand 21 years ago.
The fact is, when the new music does well and becomes popular, U2 get a boost in attendance at their concerts. When it flops, you get the downturn in ticket demand. Plus, tours in 2015 and 2017 have also weakened demand for 2018.
Iggy Fizz
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I agree with your last point. However the relationship between the quality (or popularity) of their new music and ticket demand is not as strong as you suggest. NLOTH was a commercial disappointment but its supporting tour was the most successful in history.
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“I don’t want to be in a rock band when I’m 60.” -Larry, around 2001 (I think)
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