Melbourne 1 - Setlist Party!
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AndrewCowley
Refugee
Maybe they expected 3 shows and the 3rd would have been Saturday. Gotta wonder too how empty the stadium will be on Friday given that Wednesday was far from full.
Onto the setlist... Is it unrealistic to expect TUF? I soooo want them to play it. Then again if they play UV I will have an emotional breakdown.
Onto the setlist... Is it unrealistic to expect TUF? I soooo want them to play it. Then again if they play UV I will have an emotional breakdown.
AndrewCowley
Refugee
The top deck was only partially full.
bono_man2002
Blue Crack Addict
I think that might have been a sight issue. Because it looked pretty much the same all around the stadium.
Yeah there was a pretty consistently shaped line of empty seats. I doubt that very many sellable seats were empty.
AchtungGirl219
Acrobat
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
How is it your song when it's been played there once?
So lucky, Can we claim it as our (Melbourne's) song now
Could claim it's Brussels's song as well, or Amsterdam's or Dublin's.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
i bet he had a look at the afl website to get the names of melbourne suburbs. i hope he knows fremantle is in perth.So what places will Bono namedrop tomorrow before Magnificent? We need some places outside of metro Melbourne.
Sunshine? Frankston? Epping?
At least he didn't say Brisbane instead of Fitzroy.
bono_man2002
Blue Crack Addict
Lilydale, Keysborough, Baccus Marsh
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
There's photos of a couple thousand empty balcony seats with full view.
u2_360_tour_melbourne_23 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
NZ had a bunch of roped off seats used for the 1st night that were not used on the 2nd night.
This is not good/bad. It just means U2/promoters hit the saturation point accurately with this series of shows. It'll be called a sell out in th eofficial documentation.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
they'd be obscured by the roof truss just under the row of stadium lights.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Would that also make thousands of seats unusuable for sporting events in the stadium?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30949624@N06/5224640561/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39129851@N03/5225841774/
This is during Jay-Z set, but nearly all totally empty sections have full view.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
it doesn't obscure the floor, but it would obscure the claw. that photo also proves that.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
In 2009 they sold seats that partially obscured the screen and even parts of the band themselves. What made Melbourne special?
The claw legs themselves show very little if any of the "show".
Were fans outside wanting to buy tickets refused because the promoters insisted than fans only pay to see every inch of the stage up to the top mirror ball?
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
i'm not saying there were all empty because of the obscured view, but because they had less demand and/or more seats to sell i can't imagine they'd have been in a rush to sell obscured view seats.
and again, your photo shows that if you were close to midfield the roof beam would obscure the screen even at a lower level.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Like several other stadiums the show was a "soft" sell out.
IMG_0759 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
They had had no sight line problem selling the same seats 4 years ago.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
don't disagree with it being a soft sell out.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
that's from one of the corners, and as i said it doesn't obscure the playing surface, but it would obscure anything above it.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Etihad Stadium | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is close to the view from the balcony.
They do seem to put up some sound baffles for concerts.
coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
you're still not showing me anything for further back where seats weren't sold.
U2FanPeter
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Melbourne Victory Game 06.08.09 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
This is a third one I've shown that, IMO, was an unsold ticket.
If you can see the band and most of the screen, and there's a lineup at the ticket gate, out it goes. There just wasn't a lineup, so those sectioned weren't "opened up" to the public onsale.
This is a third one I've shown that, IMO, was an unsold ticket.
If you can see the band and most of the screen, and there's a lineup at the ticket gate, out it goes. There just wasn't a lineup, so those sectioned weren't "opened up" to the public onsale.
How is it your song when it's been played there once?
And Cardiffs
Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
And Cardiffs
I wasn't at that show so I wouldn't be able to claim it. But you can, however!
And i do
How is it your song when it's been played there once?
I think annabelle's referring to the fact that not only did we get a rare 360 Tour performance of Bad, but we also got the only Australian performance of it on Vertigo.
Though here's hoping it's the start of a trend and Bad now becomes a bit more regular in the setlist.
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