beli said:
I didn't mean it as a whinge or a bitch. I just meant that U2 haven't played a world tour in a bloody long time, okay!!!!
U2 have never played a truly World Tour. PopMart was reasonably close though.
One of my major criticisms of U2 has been there obsession with Europe & USA. Now sure, I know they are major markets and all that, but with regards to touring every other country is treated as at best...an afterthought.
USA was treated twice to JT, and Europe once - yet no other areas even got a show.
Same with ZooTV Europe and USA were given two legs each before Australia, NZ and Japan were given a handful of shows of the watered down Zoomerang show.
PopMart explored several new areas in Europe and went slightly more south in America, to their credit, also it did go to SA. It did all this after of course USA had been given 2 legs. Although to be a truly world tour you would think a show or two in the middle east or Asia (not Japan) could be useful, maybe even a show in NZ.
Elevation they said the right fuck you to the rest of the world and only toured Europe and USA (twice).
The band that claims to be the biggest band in the world, will end 2005 having not played outside USA (Canada) & Europe for 8 years. That is seriously bizzare.