Wooderson wrote: » Setlist is obviously a wow given the scarecity of loads of it. My problem looking at the videos is how static and pedestrian the "show" looks in comparison to then i+E tour.
Wooderson wrote: » Well he's ducked out of taking *any* risks with it last night. As other people have said the first night of the tour is always a feet-finder. Hopefully they grow into it. I've reservations however. The stage looks enormous for the the lack of activity and general sense of meh from the visuals.
lazer.blue wrote: » I think it's a bit early to pass judgement on this tour and will wait until I see it for myself. As far as visuals etc are concerned it's more stripped back compared to I&E Tour ( who remembers the original JT tour stage). Ultimately for me it's about the songs so as long as Bonos voice can hold up/is up to it I'll be happy.
JKerova1 wrote: » It's a completely different type of show. I wouldn't judge anything based on the first night. Popmart was a train wreck in Vegas first night, 360 didn't go down well either but they grew into great shows.
finbarrk wrote: » I have seen some of the footage from Vancouver. I don't think this gig will be at all as good as the last tour. Innocence & experience.
johnpatrick81 wrote: » Opening nights are notoriously rough, this seemed quite solid in fairness! With some tweaks Croke Park could be epic
PTH2009 wrote: » Hopefully as he keeps on performing the songs his voice will start on improving. Got to remember it's years since they done some of these songs live (think this was the first time red hill was played live ???) and we're only 1 show into the tour. Obv Bono's voice is not as good as the 80's when he recorded the JT songs
Wooderson wrote: » Made a bags of One Tree Hill also.
MisterAnarchy wrote: » Complete carnage by all accounts. People with standing tickets had only one gate to enter the stadium while guests with seated tickets had only four gates. One gate for standing ,and it was credit card entry so your card would have to be swiped slowing things down , what a farce. New screen looks very impressive. Red Hill Mining Town live is a train wreck though ,way too slow ,no guitar ,they murdered it last night.
PTH2009 wrote: » Prob the days before fan club pre-sales and stuff. These days The fan club would have to get dibs on tickets first before any public dale
PTH2009 wrote: » Pity, it's prob a good studio song that doesn't translate too well to a live setting
MisterAnarchy wrote: » New screen looks very impressive. Red Hill Mining Town live is a train wreck though ,way too slow ,no guitar ,they murdered it last night.
johnpatrick81 wrote: » There was massive delays at the turnstiles so perhaps they started late and had to cut some stuff out.
MisterAnarchy wrote: » lol It's a beautiful stadium ,I was actually in both it and BC Place last year . The end behind the goal has hardly any seating in it and you can walk right up to the barriers from the street and see right into the stadium,which is very strange. I think it will happen. I remember the Slane 2 ticket sale well. I went off on a long lunch break from work to watch Wimbledon on tv in a pub ,next door to HMV ,and missed the whole bloody thing. Came back from lunch to find out the concert had been announced and sold out ,but luckily one of my buddies was on his lunch break and passed Golden Discs and was wondering what the massive queue was for so he got me a ticket !
Seve OB wrote: » Looks like a typical Irish stadium..... they forgot to finish one end of it. The lads should feel right at home
You know what, stranger things have happened. Not quite as close, but they announced Slane 2 completely unexpectedly.
MisterAnarchy wrote: » They are already erecting the stage in Seattle so it seems they have more than one stage for the tour ,which is the norm. Probably only one screen ,speakers and lighting set though . As this is a smaller tour I wasn't sure if they would have 2 stages. However now that we know this ,the excuse that they can't get the equipment from Barcelona to Dublin on time for a gig on Friday July 21 is a blatant lie. With the Rolling Stones not taking the third concert slot could we see a second gig in Dublin on the Friday ??
